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Interior shot also of the seats gone.. fitted a blanking panel instead to help bring cabin noise down abit!!

Jesus how time flies! Hope youre all keeping well! Funny reading the thread back and trying to remember what I've done haha. The interiors getting there.. got some new seats fitted and the interiors been stripped somewhat. Still need to sort the headlining and wrap the pillar trims. Basically de-beiging the car!! In the meantime I think i also fitted a new exhaust.. basically most of a xpower janspeed system from a zs180. Sounds mega, need to get a flyby done at some point. I've got a full set of polybushes to fit also, just need to finish refurbing all the arms etc for them. Rust treating and painting seems to take forever! Cheers, Dan

Super shiny mate, she's looking good!

Hi Ben, The calipers in the photo are for the 260mm front brakes, not the larger 280mm front brakes. Manufacturer caliper numbers for the larger calipers are LCA333 & RCA333. You can use eBay to get the oem numbers from them. Basically the calipers are the same for the mg zs180, mg zr160 & accord of that era, but the carriers differ i believe (ive not checked any fit on an mb other than a zs). I can confirm that the calipers and carriers from the zs180 will fit onto a mb2 4x100 as thats what I'm currently running! If youre upgrading the brakes you'll need to change the master cylinder and prop valve if you don't have abs for it to work properly. My setup is: Honda Civic MB6 brake master cylinder Honda Civic MB6 brake servo Honda 40/40 brake prop valve (46210-S5A-912) Wezmoto Braided front and rear brake lines (700mm front / 560mm rear) MG ZS 180 Front & Rear brake calipers MG ZS 180 Front & Rear brake discs Cheers, Dan

Yes definitely! Focus at the moment is building up the engine ready to go into the car. I've got most of the things sorted that need/are easier to go into the car before the engine is in place, e.g. the shifter box, shifter cables and the power steering hoses (it's a real pain to reach the bottom of the PS rack with the engine in!) ready to go now I haven't got any engine mounts sorted yet but im hoping that some genuine Civic EG hasport ones come up for sale used at some point. They're incredibly expensive new (£750!) so I can see why people are tempted by chinese knock offs you can get on ebay, but personally I won't do that. You can get an alternative from Innovative Mounts for about £400 or so, but I dont need to order yet until i'm ready. A lot of these parts, its worth biding your time and seeing what comes up for sale on marketplace, ebay etc rather than getting things new as usually the price is high because it's come from the USA generally and import duties etc are rolled into the price. I've also managed to purchase a VTI-S front lip and side skirts from a car being broken, along with some door mouldings that were in better condition than ours which are all cracked and horrible (the ones right under the window on the top of the outside of the door). They seem to not be available new, i've tried both Honda and Rover part numbers. Most of the clips got smashed during the process of prising them out (I think you're supposed to do it from the reverse side with the door card out to release them) but it seems like you can still get those new fortunately. Also got a set of used MB-specific Meister-R coil overs which seem to be in very good condition so that was a score as they're also pretty pricey new. The rear lip is elusive but I think we may end up modifying the bumper somehow anyway depending on exhaust fitment etc so it's probably just as well for the time being.

Good idea on the import 😎 must be getting exciting now you've got hold of it.

Sure, we paid £700 for ours plus £80 delivery (which I didn't think was too unreasonable to be honest). I think that's about the going rate for one really. It's a JDM import engine from an automatic car - unknown mileage but it should have had an easier life than a UK one. Typically since I've now bought one there's a k24a3 from an accord showed up on eBay for £570! It doesn't look as clean as ours but would likely be just fine.

Tubs2 looking good in the sun today, even with a thick coating of pollen.

Good stuff mate. It's coming along nice. Do you mind if I ask what you paid for the engine? Just wondering about ballpark figures for the wife's type s.

A rather inebriated looking K24A showed up this morning But it has the RBB markings on the head which is what matters - meaning it is the "full fat" version with 3-lobe VTEC and ~200hp. There is a similar looking version with 160hp and only 2 cam lobes so you have to be careful! Hopefully get that mounted up onto an engine stand at some point and take a closer look inside but so far so good. For peace of mind i'm going to give it a compression test and have a peek into the cylinders with a scope before going any further.

Thanks both I forgot about that list (it's been really useful for me for other stuff actually) Added to the scary spreadsheet of parts to order... Over 50 items now. K-swappin' ain't easy.

yeah it should be compatible.

Not sure if this is one of the threads you came across, but it indicates it would be okay I don't know if this is correct myself, but @Roverjoe might know?

Hi all I'm looking to upgrade the front brakes on my MB2 as they will be woefully inadequate for the extra power of my K swap I've found that you can still buy new MG ZS front calipers - I understand that the ZS used the same 4x100 hubs - does anyone know if this is a straight swap or any modifications required? I found a few posts with conflicting info although I think some people were getting confused about the MB6 with its 4x114.3 hubs Thanks in advance Ben

Thanks. I'll try the oem equivalent bushings. Maybe i put some stronger bushings only on the sway bars.

Quick test pic

I thought I'd deleted the feet pic 😂 It's a class show for a freebie 😎 was well over 600 cars there

Cracking work so far mate. You make it sound so easy lol. Hoping to see this at a Civic5 meet (if we ever get one organised again!) Be good to see it in the metal.

Soooo many wants there! Not sure about the feet though lmao😆 Tubs is looking sweet as mate, nice to see her at shows repping the Civic Ms! Wonder who owns the wee silver MB?

Good work bud. Make sure you have a check under the plastic scuttle panel where the wipers are. That's a notorious spot for collecting old leaves and grot, and can be hidden rust back there. The clear repeaters really lift the look of the car I think.

Thank you for the warm welcome both I am basically following guides for an EG K-swap as the car seems to be almost identical as far as a K swap is concerned. Even the EG conversion harness (to connect the new engine loom to the existing car loom) appears to work for the MB. Spent a day on the car today and progress as follows: Bye bye D14! Some areas of surface rust in the engine bay that we'll go over with a flap wheel and spraypaint over just to stop it getting any worse but not found anything that needs any welding etc so that's good news Made a bit of a mess knocking out the leftmost engine mount bracket (required to install the EGK2 Hasport mounts). Drilled all the spot welds out but it still wasn't budging so ended up going in behind it with a hammer and chisel and it eventually came off - the chassis has suffered a few battle scars but nothing a bit of sanding and paint can't cure! I've agreed to buy an EP3 civic gearbox so now that the gearbox has been chosen the next job I think will be to get hold of a shifter from an Integra DC5 and get that mounted in the car and get the shifter cables fed through to the engine bay and the shifter mounted. If i'd gone for an FN2 or accord gearbox I would've needed an accord shifter as the pattern is reversed. And finally my first mod! A set of clear indicators, I believe they were from an accord - I had to file off a small tab on the casing to get them to fit the connector was a direct swap so that's a good result

Welcome to the club mate. I know what you mean, you can't beat a good build thread 😎 Interesting project, will be good to see how it progresses. My wife has a 2.4 type s tourer which we had the ecu flashed on - it's a cracker of an engine on them. Sadly it's going to be going the distance soon as rust is starting to take hold... Do occasionally think about doing the swap on mine, but I'm too fond of the B18, and it's the main thing left from my original deck.

Welcome to the club and good luck with your project! Also used to (briefly) think about a K-swap a few years ago, but I quickly changed my mind after I found out that all the extra bits and pieces you need to make it all fit and work can easily cost twice as much as the K-series engine itself. And as far as I remember you're going to need EG parts for the engine bay, suspension bits and headers. While the M-chassis does share parts with the EJ/EK platform, Integra and EG parts are much more numerous.