# '90 Civic Swap Info **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/90-civic-swap-info/191588 **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive **Created:** [August 4, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/90-civic-swap-info/191588 "2007-08-04T23:12:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28) #### Post date: [August 6, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/90-civic-swap-info/191588/14 "2007-08-06T19:28:30Z")
> [@\*OFFICIAL\* Buffalo Sabres 2007 Off-Season Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-2007-off-season-thread/30906/204): > > 88-91 Civic/CRX si is probably the most successful Autocross/RR car in Nasa and SCCA. To be honest and if you like to win, retain the stock Si engine and upgrade the suspension, if you decide to RR someday or be competitive in Autocross and become a better driver start off stock and gradually upgrade suspension. If you swap your cars engine 1 you will not be competitive in any series 2. you will probably start to cut corners because you wasted money on a swap d16a6 are plentiful and very reliable, if you want to do engine work, rebuild it and make it reliable. Reliability is key when you on track you driving a lot harder . if you blow you engine at the track ask yourself is it easier to replace a d16 or a b series? > > In my experience on the track there are many people who concentrate on getting more HP and not enough time working on becoming a better driver. Good example is I use to have the same car and I was at a track event and a guy had a Viper that killed me in the straights but I had to slow down in the corners because he was a terrible driver and he was a huge pain in the neck. In my opinion a danger on the track because he came very close several times in loosing the car. Hehe… you obviously don’t know my history. My AutoX car that I compete with is my '02 Z06. I’ve taken a local championship with it last year, and am in the hunt again this year (though I missed a few events that might bite me in the ass). I’ve done plenty of track days with it too. I also have a '90 Si I just picked up recently mostly for a DD that already has the D16Z6 swap (and some susp work too). The car in question in a friend’s '90 base model we’re thinking of making a dedicated track whore out of. It’d have to be just flat out dumb in one way or another. If I’m going to build a car to a class it’s going to be my '97 Z28 (hardtop, crank window, fabric seat car) to ESP. That still may happen, LoL. The idea with this car is to kind of try the “other” side of things (ie super small/light FWD) vs. my heavy/big (for AutoX) Z06. You are correct though, if I wanted to build a '90 Civic to any class it’d be a Si built to STS specs. Maybe someday I’ll return my Si to stock motor and do that too. But that’s not the point with this one. I guess we’d run it in SM (and get stomped to all hell by Vic Sias’s M3) for fun. -TJ --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/90-civic-swap-info/191588)._