US Honda Fans Can Now Buy A Civic Type R Crate Engine
As project car news goes, we’re pretty excited about this one. Honda has confirmed at SEMA that US car builders will be able to buy the Civic Type R’s 306bhp big-blown 2.0-litre unit as a crate engine.
Amateur racers in Europe and Asia have already had access to Civic Type R crate engines, but this is the first time that the US has had the same luxury. Honda’s full Racing Line programme has been made available to the continent.
Officially this is a system designed to provide the motor for racing use, but we don’t imagine that will stop people getting hold of them anyway for use in project builds. The price will be a pretty heavy-looking $6519.87, which is about three times what a basic comparable-output LS V8 crate engine costs.
Honda’s K20C1 is capable of some big power figures with tuning, though. Part of Honda’s SEMA display is the company’s Red Bull Global Rallycross Civic Coupe, a 600bhp monster that can launch to 60mph in less than two seconds and eat up jumps of up to 70 feet. Inspiration for your next project build, maybe?
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I need this in my life!
Fart can included?
Better than a $20,000 Hellcat engine
Where are you finding $2,000 LS crate engines LOL. If you Google “LS engine cost” ya the first result is a used one for $1,800. Normally LS3’s are greater than $6K new. You can get one w/ a cast iron block for cheaper but why bother LOL.
Hold up, there’s no chance that there’s an LS crate motor that’s less than 4k or only makes 303 horsepower. Junkyard motor yes (still makes more than 303 HP), but not a brand new engine.
Three times as expensive as an LS engine?
Show me a single place to buy a new ls crate engine for 2k dollars LOL :D
Swap this into a second gen civic
$7k seems cheap compared to the $20k that dodge is asking for the hellcrate. But you do get a lot more engine
so you can now Honda swap your Honda?
So you buy a base 2.0l coupe (nicest looking of the bunch) and stick a crate engine in it. Straight bolt in. Should still cost way less than type R after all said and done.
Insert F1 McLaren-Honda 2017 season jokes here
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