Swapped the engine in my CRV this past weekend..
04-22-2011, 09:14 AM
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4 wheel disc brakes, Im afraid not
rears are drums.We had one before we got Monicas impreza
great car for sure.Ours was an Auto
and had an issue that caused the front rotors to go bad about every 6 months, just a heads up. When using the brakes caused vibration it was always the front rotors, always, dont fool yourself into think they are new rotors if its vibrating they need changed 
I went through 3 sets of front rotors in 2008 with that thing 
Any plans for Boost OP?
04-22-2011, 09:49 AM
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Hey Evan, I remember on my first thread about buying this car you mentioned it. I do need pads within the next month which I will also be doing rotors at the same time. I'll make sure to get quailty ones.
As Far as boost, not really. I dont want to take away from the daily drive-able-ness as far as maintenace etc. Once I come back from vacation next month the wheels will be on so it'll look a little less plain.
As Far as boost, not really. I dont want to take away from the daily drive-able-ness as far as maintenace etc. Once I come back from vacation next month the wheels will be on so it'll look a little less plain.
04-24-2011, 02:02 PM
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i've seen this swap on CR-V forums. I've been wanting to do this exact thing because i figured it would be the perfect DD with a good balance between utility and mpg. But why didn't you just swap the head over so you could have a b20 with vtec? thats what a lot of people on that forum do so then you have nice torque and all the rest.
04-24-2011, 07:40 PM
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I average now about 27mpg city and before it was about 18. The motor had too many miles in my opinion to just swap heads. Plus I don't like Frankensteins like ls/crvtec. I feel like it wasn't worth the trade off for reliablilty just to have 10 more ft/lbs of torque. Plus I like 8k rpm redline . If I left it with the b20 id have to change the rod bolts so it can rev that high safely . I haven't noticed any torque loss but it's also modded lightly so it definitely helps. It has a nice pull all the way up to redline. Definitely more peppy around town.
. If I left it with the b20 id have to change the rod bolts so it can rev that high safely . I haven't noticed any torque loss but it's also modded lightly so it definitely helps. It has a nice pull all the way up to redline. Definitely more peppy around town.
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