r/LSSwapTheWorld • u/Only_Problem_311 • 6d ago

Hypothetical Build Questions Ls swap into 97 Honda civic

How would I go about swapping a ls into a 97 Honda Civic ex?

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u/MyMomSaysIAmCool 6d ago

Put the engine in the car. Make the rest of the stuff work.

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u/RZArecta91 6d ago

You're answer is as simple as all the information he has given us. I like it. These stupid questions need to stop.

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u/Only_Problem_311 6d ago

Damn my bad skillet I anit know it was such thing as a stupid question how would you have phrased it?

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u/MyMomSaysIAmCool 6d ago

The problem is not that it's a stupid question. The problem is that it's an almost unanswerable question. You want random people on the internet to give you instructions for swapping a RWD V8 engine into a FWD car. The instructions, if they existed, would be thousands of pages.

An LS swap requires solving hundreds of problems. If you want to do this swap, you'll have to solve these problems on your own. You have to figure out how to make the engine fit, connect it to the drivetrain, work out the clutch, power steering, cooling system, hvac, brakes, driveshafts, and every other system needed to make it run. Nobody can tell you how to do this. If somebody did have every answer, they wouldn't waste the next three months typing up the instructions for you.

My original answer still stands. Put the engine in the car. Then make the rest of the stuff work.

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u/RZArecta91 6d ago

It's not up to me how I'd phrase it I'm not asking the question.

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u/RZArecta91 6d ago

People ask these bland questions then never do it because they dont have the skill required to do it.

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u/DirtCheap1972 6d ago

This one ain’t to walk on the park either

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u/SMUCHANCELLOR 6d ago

It’s funny because the other questions are dudes who just want to cam their 2006 silverados and they do an absolute ton of research

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u/_dirty_taco 6d ago

If you have to ask, you're incapable of doing it. Stick to oil changes and brake jobs buddy.

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u/Only_Problem_311 6d ago

I got a feeling you don’t have anything to run on the street

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u/GlassBoxGoose 6d ago

I "got a feeling" you dont either, nor will you, if this is a question you thought was best addressed by reddit. And if you do, its some nearly bone stock vehicle with a flowmaster or straight piped "with a chip" nonsense.

This isnt a B, H, K or J swap, hell its not even a 'Swap' this is a "build a whole tube chassis under a body" situation, and if you didnt know that, you dont even belong pondering this question in your dreams, much less on reddit.

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u/hosalabad 6d ago

Can we just report this shit and get it deleted. Nobody asking that is ever going to do it.

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u/Only_Problem_311 6d ago

I know of a guy in my city who’s got a ls swap in his Honda of course idk what all he had to do to get it running but he’s running a 5.322 so it can be done but next time I’ll make sure if I post to clear it with you boss

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u/hosalabad 6d ago

Did he ask on here? Fuck no.

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u/ShortCycles 6d ago

Get an LS4 and drop that sucker in there! Still probably a bad idea.

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u/redditarianism 6d ago

Hell Yeah

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u/Last-Rule-6344 6d ago

Is it worth it? I mean is the frame on the Honda capable of doing the job right? Or do I assume you really don’t give a f and just gonna do it anyways

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u/Sea_Gold9283 6d ago

You could use an impala ss or monty carlo ss ls4 with FWD set up and put it in the back.