We Put a $10,000 Engine in our $500 Civic
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The most unbelievable part of this video is the fact they found a 500 dollar civic in on this economy
They have had it for years. It's just been chillin.
Unoriginal comment.
One of my neighbors is selling the same civic for $8000 on FB market place. Absolutely nuts.
@@DropXplodestill a steal in this economy 😂
@@PedroTheEpicyour comment is unoriginal also, you played yourself move on 🤷🏻
Please turn this into another money pit season.
It's a Honda. They already spent 10k on a 2500 dollar engine. I'd say they have done that already.
@@philbert006I think they said 10k because of all the other bits and bobs they put on it, like I'm willing to bet those headers and exhaust are at least a thousand
K vs F builds! :D
I thought every Honda is a mony pit
Please
This is so fantastic to see!! My whole life I was a car fan and I dreamed of building and repairing cars. Sadly I was not cut out to be one and I turned another way. Seeing you guys work on a project like that is just amazing!! I owned a civic and it was not fast enough to witness the birth of my second daughter from the moment when I got the call when being on duty and me " racing" back home sadly I wasn't fast enough. If I would have had this beauty, things would have turned different. Anyway, enough of the sentimental part the bottom line is I always loved Honda and had special love for the Civic. So thank you for sharing this, being the owner of that car must sure be freaking awesome!! (bit jealous here lol) Warm greetings from there Netherlands !! keep them rolling ;)
Love your love for Honda and the civic
you said you turn other way... drugs?you choose that way jajaja
@@lethalspeed6350fucking hell a nice comment and you have to ruin it by saying that
I really want to see you guys get a roll cage, bucket seats and run a four banger race. I'm an engineer in aerospace and absolutely love your guys videos, everything you guys do in terms of trial and error and just enjoying the moment is really what it's all about. If you ever need another mind for the projects let me know.
You're wish came mostly true😂
They did it 😁
I feel like this one episode could’ve been an entire season of money pit, and I for one definitely want to see all of the hard work that went into this car
It definitely felt super rushed, but I don't think a whole season. Q 2-parter feels like it would be the perfect sweet spot for something like this. Maybe do a Friday& Saturday special for it?
I enjoyed that they did it all in 1 video
@@LuisGomez-su7kfsame
Are you sure it's rushed, or is it actually just how easy it is to upgrade an old Honda 😉
@@theepicricemaker6611 I feel all donut videos are rushed now, people dont have the attention span to watch a car transform over a few months of content and would rather have it all in 10 minutes
No matter how many engine swaps you do, that first startup always feels like magic lol
Bro, I get exited everytime my car starts after I change the oil lol (I'm no expert mechanic by any means) , I can't imagine how exited I would get on their shoes lol
Totally 👌👌
I mean if you think about it, it kinda is. You are taking what is essentially a couple hundred pound paper weight and turning it into a thing that can make more power than human can in their entire life in just a matter of seconds.
It is magic, cuz it'd take magic for you getting it up and runnin on the first start, typically you'd go "shit, come on girl not like this"
Not gonna lie, I liked this video before I even hit the play button. BTW, to the guys of Donut, this and Real Mechanic Stuff are my two new favorite channels and I want to thank you guys for feeding my inspiration to become a certified mechanic and someday have my own shop too. I started working on motorcycles as a hobby when I was a teenager and had a natural talent for it, but then I joined the Army and spent a lot of years in related fields and my mechanical talents sat on the back burner for a long time. Now I'm 35 and I have finally realized that you don't have to hate your job and break your body to adult properly and my passion for working on mechanical things has come back to life and you guys are feeding that fire in me. You guys are so down to earth and seem like dudes I would love hanging around with turning wrenches all day and I hope I get to work with guys like you when I get that far. So thank you for inspiring me and I hope to keep seeing videos from you guys for a long time to come.
You guys need to do more builds like this, take the old money pit rides and turn them into trackday/weekend warriors!
Definitely need a Rev counter with shifter light so you can get those perfect shifts and some racing seats
For sure, I’m pretty sure the new type r’s and si’s come with them maybe it’s possible to swap a dash in from one of those
Hector name plate
Rev counter lol you mean a tachometer?
3 seconds out of a seat? You’re delusional.
@saltybmxer6977 you'd be surprised how much is left on thebtable without proper driver support. I had a Lexus is and I was fighting that car on the track because I couldn't stay on my seat. With proper support comes more focus and confidence. I could see at least 2 seconds from a seat.
Thank you for not splitting this up into episodes! Straight up action packed 💪
Agreed! 💯 👍
I can't wait to see this car completed! Might be my favorite project you all have worked on!
I love the EG's , have one myself for autocross. Stiffer springs, some chassis bracing , proper track alignment and a Kirkey and there is no doubt you will drop a fair amount of time. Hopefully enough to catch the CTR.
i love the genuine joy Adam got from the first firing up of the engine. he was not expecting it to work first try lol
They got all the big guns in and the power of editing. Be a bit embarrassing if it didn't.
This is why Honda boys are Honda boys... Easy, reliable, screaming engines. Not the fastest, but fun enough for the streets.
The starting point for the universal joy/love of jdm cars. They almost never quit, stock.
Like like how Gillespie was like "yep, just another swap". The guy is thee old school Honda swap god, incredible that they got him to come out to help with the swap!
@@y-rokenjnr6157more content if it fails
This is the kind of Donut content I like to see.
Agree no stupid clickbait, or wild stunts just good old builds
how tf is 10k engine only 200 bhp I think vid means 10k into everything as in team and work and paying everyone and everything to complete it for you, then its 10k, not the engine alone. else, that's really expensive and sounds off.
@@unlimiteduploads2971becouse these engines are legendary beasts and they are getting rarer and rarer to find becouse everyone want to put them in their civics, in 2008 i remember this engines would go around for 2k dollars and less but inflation, fast and furious etc everyone gets hyped and wants to buy them and they are beast of engine small not thath expensive reliable
@@unlimiteduploads2971 they payed engine alone 10k and parts like 10k for sure and more they are expensive
If you want 10 million views put a Hayabusa engine in that thing
I was came to Miami in 92 from Colombia and the civic hatchback was my Favorite car. So cool to see the Potential, Amazing Job!!
This new format of denser episodes is such a great and refreshing change. Huge fan of the direction you guys have been going in, keep it up!
And they are actually doing things properly for once.
Thank you guys for listening to the viewers and can’t wait to see a turbo installed🐌
Turbo builds are overdone, i'd love to see them put bike carbs on it🔥
@@Fred_the_1996 it's fuel injection tho, but still i want them to keep it NA. The sound is just glorious, proly some more suspension tuning and aero then it'd get thin close to the target time
@@Fred_the_1996bike carbs? Lol do you mean bike ITB's?
@@MV-ri7zu hes clueless lol na isnt gona make much more power besides these guy are gona make th car faster buy adding 1k seats and shit next episode lol they already spend 10k on a engine swap for less power then a d15 with a turbo would make so why not
@@bennaylor3658 it can easily make 300hp NA on pump gas. Would be cool to see a NA ITB build or a centrifugal supercharger build. Turbos are so boring.
I'm truly amazed. You guys knocked it out of the park with having a whole engine swap and time comparison between both engines all in one video. And the quality 🤌
10:27 The sound Master Chief makes when he dies
I've been watching you guys for years and it honestly makes me so happy to see how much more confident the donut crew is getting at the track. Nolan has come so far he should be proud af.
Who's NOLAN 🤔😱🤣
@@TheGuyOnTheCouch One of the crew members? the guy who was counting the lap time. Did you even watch the video?? 🤪😅🤡
@@remiroy270 I was Joking 🤔😊😄😄🤣🤣🚬
I love you guys but I gotta say, it’s nice to finally see a performance/build video again. Been kinda dry lately. Now y’all gotta put some boost to it!!
No Boost ! I wanna see JUICE
NA would be way more beneficial for track use, main factor is power to weight ratio
@@AK-hr9pmhigh revving screamers are always a good time
Wrong. It has not. But I guess people who don't actually watch the channel wouldn't know.
@@cenciende9401 ok
This show comforts me. Kind of like the Price is Right did when I stayed home from school. Another good idea, another good video. Love you guys.
I have a Peugeot 206 with 105 hp. You have no ideahow much i love this antique car. I just wish i could give it to you guys so that you could do your magic on its engine like you did to this civic. Driving it with twice the power would be absolutely legendary.
Don’t wait so long between these episodes, this has been my favorite this year
Honestly I’d love to see more quality and fewer episodes :) wait as long as you need to!
Ever stop to think that it was your favourite because it took a long time to make?
I love these series, take something cheap and transform it into a racing machine capable of greatness!
for only $30,000
@@PunkrockNoir-ss2pq ;)
And then do zero racing
@@wesgreen2812 its for the twistys :)
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Bruh love it. Y’all should do a race coach episode with this car. Unless y’all already pros. So much time can be had with proper coaching
Love this type of content! Huge Honda fan❤ thank you Donut Media for the good content!
It was AWESOME to come out and help with the swap. Let's do it again. You have the best crew AND snacks.
i love seeing you guys post about builds and educating us on what we need to know
Yeah, when i need to put a 10.000$ engine in a 500$ civic ill use this video!
@@niufy845it’ll still teach you the kind of stuff you’d expect when swapping out engines tho so🫡
@@demojamz my dearest apologies, kind sir, but I’m afraid you’ve missed the joke
@@niufy845what was the joke? It just reads as sarcastic
@@aliasfakename2267 I don’t wanna start a fight haha, I was being sarcastic, because it’s bizzare to put expensive engines in cheap cars, except if you’re a car youtube channel
This is my favorite car in Donut. Nolan's face really shows how much fun it is to make a cheap slow car go fast.
Im falling in love with this civic. They got super popular after the first Fast and Furious. It's great how you are using parts you had from previous episodes
No they didn’t they been popular ina street racing drag racing world ! Now they are last few years but real racers n mechanics been swapping out integras n civics for years
Zach is my favorite Donut host. Such a chill guy.
I miss Bart from science garage… but to be honest. It seems like every staff member at donut is cool as fuck. Even the camera guy.
He Gives me Venice beach skater stoner vibes beach
Zach and Jerry are the coolest indeed
FAX
Well I mean, he's from Ohio. People from Ohio are either completely insufferable or completely chill. No in between. Source: am from Ohio. Am chill.
Upgrading this Civic has been the best videos you guys have released this year. Keep it up!!
I had a ‘93 Civic hatchback just like that!! …almost
This is what we want!!!😊 swaps and shenanigans. Love it.
Brian is such a cool dude, love seeing him collabing with people.
i don’t know why “clean up on oil floor” got me 💀 it’s dad-ness approaching i can feel it
I’d imagine these videos are some of the more difficult to produce. But man this is some awesome content. Hats off
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2 Yeah but wouldnt it be cool if people were smart enough to do the right thing for the right reasons instead of the masses needing to be tricked into doing good?
Bro, this video was garbage. Could have been a great recap video to the end of a season but not a great video as a stand alone video.
Nolan 🤣😂 what a guy, we all need a dude like that dude in our lives!
would absolutely love to have a sleeper car like this. the joy of an insane build in a slow looking cheap car is just too much.
That sequence of you guys lowering the car onto the engine was epic, editing was on point and then carried the music through the perfect amount. *Chef's kiss*
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2revelations 3:9
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2who asked
Typing the words "Chef's kiss" on the internet like a verbal emoji is so bizarre
As someone who just bought a 2006 si this is the most timely donut episode I've ever experienced. Love you guys keep being crazy awesome!
Nice man hope you enjoy the 8th gen si. I have a 2007 2 door si, owned for 6 years, bought at 60k miles now 120k miles. Clutch will go around 80k-100k miles. Suspension will need replacement or upgrade around same time. Oil will start buring around 100k miles on average, some say from new but mine was fine out of v-tech till about 100k miles. Radio / Radio Dash lights can be quirky. That's about it I think, oh and a good alignment is needed on these cars as well. Have fun 😀
I'm in both a 310whp tuned 2020 civic si and a stock 2023 type r, welcome to the family and this series is hypre for giving me money pit vibes.
I miss the k20 from 2006 si I've had but the transmission was shit. Kept kicking me out of third gear. Had bad syncros. Other than that was a super fun car
@@jikwag3415 I'm loving how the k20 feels, coming from a 91 civic its a huge improvement over the d16. I'm sorry to hear that about your tranny, mine seems to be in better condition than my old cars was, which is impressive considering it was 5 years newer. No pops, grinds or anything
Old car and 91 civic are not related
Wow Donut actually dropped an entertaining video for the first time in forever
I'm a diesel owner who drives a Mazda and man you gotta love being able to stab a transmission by just picking it up and popping in in. Love the videos and keep up the great work!!!
You guys have a formidable set of cars man.. from the 350’s to the wrxs to the trucks.. I’d love to see y’all make a race fleet
This was amazing. Love seeing donut continuously out do themselves.
they make some good shit fr
Love that generation of civic as hatchback and love the k20 so this is an awesome video for me!
I think you need to add Recaro race seats and maybe a better set of rims and tires and a better tach w/a shift light to know when to shift to optimize the power to the ground. I love these videos and look forward to seeing them.
This is my favorite build so far! I owned 12 civics over the years, all between 92-2000. My fastest was a 96 Si i bought from the scrapyard for $200 as a completely stripped, bare shell. I put $13k into it while in college to become an auto technician (though i was already doing that job before, just went for certifications), and built an all motor, B18a1, that brought that car into the low 13 second quarter mile. It was an absolute beast, and the Acura EL front clip really made it stand out. I miss that thing, and this build reminds me of it a LOT, though I built the whole car in my fathers backyard, with just hand tools, a shitty cheap jack , and a set of homemade ramps. Took me two summers to put it all together, and i drove it maybe 5 times tops before selling it before my first son was born 8 years ago. I miss that car every single day.
The original EG Civic lap time before suspension and brake upgrades was 1:58. And now with just those two upgrades it's 1:41?! Excellent! That's a 17-second improvement!...and I haven't even gotten to the engine swap portion of this video yet...
Wish I could have y’all work on my EG. I have the k24 and trans, but I just don’t have the time. Being in the military and let’s be honest, military doesn’t pay enough. Lol. Great stuff guys! Keep the content coming.
You guys are doing my dream build even down to the paint color.
@@bones642my buddy just bought a 318ti but his is BEAT 😂 still a cool little hatch tho
@bones642 stock was trash but with all the upgrades and swaps you can do on these older platforms is amazing
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Your dreams must really suck
@@darksu6947 about as much as you.
Would love to see a interior & exterior makeover at some point but definitely some racing seats next, loving this civic series!
Man, this car sounds incredible 😩 Also, going from 15 seconds for 0 - 60 (here in SA 🇿🇦 we say 0 - 100) to 5 seconds is a crazy improvement
In SA and in the rest of the word haha
@@manuelurra26950-100 is a whole different metric btw and differs from around .2 seconds
Wth! I remember slapping a K20 in my hatchie and man it was insane! I did mine back in 2007 with a 1999 hatch. I reinforced the frame bc at a show one time I saw a front end bend with a K20 swap (his was obviously insane) but just to be sure I still did it anyway and it felt pretty good. Love seeing civic projects especially the 90 civics and accords, those cars are just different. Hardly any weight and the aftermarket is packed full of parts. Makes me want to do another civic XD Love the content boys! Great job!
donut has been dropping nothing but bangers this month
I love when they fire up the engine for the first time, the OG honda mechanic isn't even paying attention. He knew that thing was gonna fire right up.
Im working on a '97 civic as my first real project car. Same color and everything! I love this series!!!!!!!!!
As an FL5 owner, I'm rooting for you boys. It needs racing seats and other tweaks but ya'll got it! It'd be cool to see a full restoration!
With some racing seats, and some suspension upgrades, I believe it’ll hang with an FL5 no problem.
@@zacharydeluca1524 how does having racing seats make u faster
@@cosworthTV because racing seats keep you in place rather than just sliding all around. Good seating position and posture will also help you keep better control of the vehicle.
@@zacharydeluca1524 you can lock yourself in the chair you dont need racing seats, rather spend that money on making it faster
@@zacharydeluca1524 get a 5.1 harnas and your done
Give that man a rev counter or at least a shift light and you'll gain time by not hitting the limiter 👌
But tru honda bhoys needs at least 3 Braps before kicking into another gear 😂
@@dzzopenah just idiots with mommy and daddy money
Drive how you want and don’t worry about how someone else drives if it’s not putting you at risk just shut up
Damn, you got butthurt by someone giving the correct advice? How pathetic. @@asderocher
@@asderocheruhh.. chill? He's critical of the shifts.... That's it.
I had this shape and the one before. Stock handling was good and phenomenal with the older one.
Oh my goodness thank god i found this channel, its like a peace haven for me to look at cars
Not only did this video make me miss my 94 EG... but it also motivated me to get my 2000 Prelude fixed and back on the road 😁👍thank you guys! Your video helped motivate me to get up off my lazy a** and work on my car
Is your prelude back on the road ? My 1996 TYPE-SH is sitting because of my lazy ass. Sooooo.
11:34 every Civic owner at 3am
Brain is a legend in the Honda world. Still have my EF stored away with his Hasport mounts since 98/99.
that 0-60 time was such a big difference! love it
lol this Civic went to being somewhat of a joke upgrade car, to being one of their most badass builds
I'm not a fan of Hondas but at least they're giving it proper performance stuff instead of turning it into another ricer that's all show and no go. It still sounds ricer though.
So glad you are having fun with this. Neat to see all the people coming together to help out.
This is the content I like to watch seriously.
I owned a Civic Hatchback EG in that same color. Bought it new in 92. I LOVED that car... everything was manual (manual windows, manual locks, direct gear driven steering, direct brakes etc..) I think the only wires back of the dashboard were for the brake lights/turn signals. What an awesome car it was to drive in '92. Wish I still had that car today.
That factory color is EPIC!
We love Bryan from Hasport and his whole team. The collab we needed!
Really enjoying this EG series you guys are doing! Making me miss my old EG. I had plans of engine swapping mine, but ended up getting rid of the car before I got to that point. I looked at a K series swap, but wasn't a fan of cutting into the EG, flipping the engine and transmission from the original architecture or dealing with the wiring and computer. For me if I had kept the car and done the swap, I would've gone with a B series as it is literally plug n play and can be done in an afternoon. But I completely understand why you went the route you did. Can't wait for the next video and I agree, seats are going to make a huge difference on lap times! Those factory EG seats offer zero lateral support.
I bought an ek hatch and I’m assembling a gsr to put into it. It’s been a lot of fun
Guys I’m literally watching my dream even as I was a kid always dreamed of working on old civic great job 👏👏👏🏅🏅
I used the Hasport mounts to put a B16A with GSR cams into my 88 Integra 4 door trunk model.. That car would pull on brand new RSX at the time.. gosh that was 25 years ago now.
Shout out to Brian. Thanks a ton for everything you do for the community.
I’m so jealous of this build and am loving this series!
Envious may be a better word lol
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I would like to see you guys modernize the interior while keeping it useable for an every day driver.
The way she just purred to life with no hassle or fuss is just incredible. K-series to the rescue!
Those EG's are a blast. Almost no weight to them at all so once they get any amount of power, they fly. Well done Donut Crew!
Yeah that 0-60 time was nuts for 200hp
@@Grimesitty agreed! With more grip it probably could be under 5 seconds as well
An Initial-D based yellow and carbo hood would be rad for another episode to match the engine colors.
When it comes to steering racks, direct is the game... If you never tried a racing super direct steering rack you can't know how much you're missing on... one of the first things ibupgrade after the suspension.
Got back into Forza Horizon 5 recently and gotta say, you guys are fucking awesome in the Donut Media story segments. Couldn't believe it when I saw you guys pop up in the game.
I loved it too, but still sad the Alfa Giulia isn't available. 😢
@@aFlxibleLife Next update
@@aFlxibleLifedon’t worry man, august 17, 2023, it will be back.
What?? Ok guess I'm redownloading Forza 5
Now we just need this Civic in Forza
Love to see Vtec academy giving sublime wisdom. You picked the right person for this job.
Getting a donut media KZhead ad while watching a donut media video was not on my bingo card today😂
Couldn’t wait for this to drop, literally the only series I’ve been super hype for
This is their best series right now. Love it, keep it up PLEASE!
You should definitely do a video comparing this to all the type r civics from then on
Wish Noal would let the master talk instead of telling us what he thinks he understands about torque steer.😂
Love this series, I was hoping you guys would do something fun with this EG. Surprised to see no mention of the wiring harness/ecu swap that went along with this engine
Seriously. That’s the most important part
I would be interested in seeing a parts cost breakdown and an estimate of how many hours this took. Very fun to watch!
finally the episode i have been waiting for quite a while and finally donut media engine swap k20a engine... and the next episode i hope they change the meter cluster doing some interior and exterior pls heehe
That civic is a legend. A rebel of cars!
Awesome to see Brian helping you guys out. The man is a wizard with Hondas
The production quality of Donut Media is absolutely FUCKING INSANE!!! To think all this started with James doing Up To Speed
Does that even come on anymore since donut was bought out?
My favorite relationship in donut has always been that of Nolan and James
Now put that civic engine on a shopping kart
I love to see people truly enjoying life like these guys
It’s good to see an OG Help out with this build. Imagine putting together the perfect kit. Good on him and good on Donut.
Gr8 job researching doing it right with the right people for the project. Now save your rep & redo the Subie WRX Vs. Series the right way
Brian is awesome. Great guy and knows Hondas.