Motor swap and fuel economy

IN2deep · Post by **IN2deep** » June 03, 2006

This may be a loaded question but a generalized range is a fine response, What type of gas mileage do swapped cars get, i am espically interested in EK's
i have a deal as long as it dont fall thru to get a type r integra swap a 97 b18c5 swap from a friend who is upgrading to a k20r, and i have a 96 cx hatch so what kind of fuel mileage should i expect? i know it depends on driving habits etc but i would like to know, i had bought a 4th gen hatch a few years back with a GSR motor and it got around 30 miles per gallon prob more like 28 but anyways, and how does the integra type R swap compare to a gsr or a b16b swap in gas mileage?
I had thought about buying the R swap and selling it b/c he offered it to me at a great price and just getting a GSR swap but i thought it would be something i regretting it i didnt put the b18c5 in, but putting the profit towards a GSR and having not much of anything in it sounds good also, but there are alot of GSR swaps around and i want something different, but anyway enough rambling does someone have any info or first hand info on mileage and swaps?

Post by **kotomile** » June 03, 2006

Well, figure the car the engine came from got, say, 30ish and weighed a few hundred more pounds than the car it's going into. Should be better off economy wise, maybe a couple MPG worth. Of course, your foot is the biggest determining factor. Once VTEC (or boost) hits the fuel consumption increases a lot.

YouTube · Post by **.saint** » June 04, 2006

kotomile wrote:Well, figure the car the engine came from got, say, 30ish and weighed a few hundred more pounds than the car it's going into. Should be better off economy wise, maybe a couple MPG worth. Of course, your foot is the biggest determining factor. Once VTEC (or boost) hits the fuel consumption increases a lot.

amen. drive normal and you wont notice a big difference. but when you get on it its going to decrease.