first time Honda owner

[98Romahatch]

Hello,

I picked up a 98 Civic non-vtec DX hatchback bone stock for gas mileage reasons, its done an excellent job of that. Now I'm thinking about swaping the 106 bhp engine to something with a little more power. Ultimately I would like a light, naturally aspirated, fun, light, reliable engine somewhere around the 200 bhp area. I'm not sure what's the best route to go engine/trans wise so I figured this would be a good place to start researching. I will be doing the swap myself so straight forward would be good and don't want to spend a lot, around 5k give or take would be good. This car will still be daily driven but I might road course it once in a while. Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks

 

[Bhikku]

K20?

 

[98Romahatch]

K20?

Is that a good swap? I'm looking for a swap that is fairly simple. I will be doing it myself. I really don't want to spend more that 5k on the swap, is that doable?

 

[Bhikku]

Not sure, i'd post up a thread specifically for that question and you'd probably get some better advice aimed towards your budget.

welcome to the site though!

 

[98Romahatch]

Not sure, i'd post up a thread specifically for that question and you'd probably get some better advice aimed towards your budget.

welcome to the site though!

Thanks, looking foward too it. I come from a Subaru background so this is all new to me.