That's great news, really hope this is a wiring harness or full conversion kit that you'll be offering for sale.

 

Not sure how we are going to do it. I want to get it running first look at any issues and then see what we will offer. Good thing is there will be an option soon for you all

 

Its running

 

Congrats axion!

 

This is fantastic news, glad to see anyone still working on stuff for the GK.

 

Nice! Can't wait to see it wrapped up!

I JUST subscribed to the youtube page and will be keeping an eye out. I already have a short block from work waiting to come home. Just need a head and flood recovery GK to drop it in. Hehehe

 

Finallly outside and almost 100% finished up, yes the wiring is a complete pain

 

I'd be happy to help reproduce wiring harnesses for retail kits with a diagram and plug P/N if it's not something you guys have the time to take on.

 

Wiring is done, took 60 hours of work, push button is the biggest pain

 

Dash fully functional?

 

Ya its working which is suprising since its running on a 2016 honda civic ecu

 

Nice, sign me up! Would love to pick up a harness kit as well as axles/mounts/cables etc. whenever it's all available!

 

We will have it all available, well thats the goal. The harness is far from cheap around $2500 on its own

 

That's wild, but for a turn key experience I'm sure you get what you pay for haha. Gonna start engine hunting tomorrow!

 

Lots of them at wrecking yards. If you get the non si you can find for around $900, Si engine is going to be around $2600 and you will have to find a transmission also since the Fit one wont work

 

Is there much of a difference parts or power wise with the SI vs non-SI? And I'm assuming a new trans and shifter is needed for both not just the SI right?

 

Si will make more power due to the turbo and has stronger rods and a little large fuel system. You can easily change the turbo out most engines wont come with a turbo. I would say its what power level you will be happy with. This swap isnt cheap and takes a good amount of custom work.

 

Are you saying that the swap requires $2500 worth of factory harness from the donor car, or you're going to have a harness adapter that costs $2500 by itself? If it's the second one, that's probably going to price a lot of people right out of doing this. If it's the first one, then it seems like junkyards ought to have a bunch of wrecked Civics by now.

I have a 2018 Si at the moment, from everything the guys on CivicX say, it doesn't have stronger rods. All of the 1.5 engines supposedly have the same rods except for the hatch, for some reason those are weaker. The Si does have a slightly better turbo, I think it's interchangeable with the turbo from the CR-V though. The biggest benefit of the Si is that you get a limited slip differential from the factory.

 

All L15 rods are not the same. Fits have smaller wrist pins. Even on the same size big end, the notch is not the same between Fit and civic. I don't know between Si and hatchback... I'm running the Brian Crower civic rods in my turbo Fit motor.
regarding cost of a custom wiring harness, $2500 is average. and if everything else in the car works? Should be more expensive...

 

You're right, I misspoke. The Civic 1.5t engines have the same rods between Si and non, but the hatch are supposed to be different. And for my comment on the cost, it's the R&D that goes into the product vs the number they expect to sell that I'm thinking about. I won't pretend to be able to do that wiring work, but once it's been figured out, if they only have one customer then they have to price it pretty high to get their labor time back. If they have dozens, then it can be lower. If they have a hundred, lower still. Not saying they should sell at the cost of components- just that if they make a bunch, I'd hope it's not the same pricing as if it were a one off.

This is a pretty niche market so a hundred or hundreds is unlikely in the best circumstances, but it works the other way too. If the price is too high, people who might have done it will pass.