{"id":6985,"date":"2015-07-10T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6985"},"modified":"2015-07-10T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T22:31:22","slug":"turbo-v8-powered-honda-civic-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6985","title":{"rendered":"Turbo V8 Powered Honda Civic Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was a year ago when I first wrote about Matt Hickam’s Civic project<\/a>. It started as a fifth generation Civic that was going to receive a Honda V6 swap but after changing directions a few times, it became rear-wheel drive and powered by a turbo V8. Matt and his team are keeping the power level a secret since they will be racing it but you can tell from the full tube chassis\/cage, four-link, big slicks, parachute, and large turbo this will be a very fast hatchback. <\/p>\n

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Source: DFWMustangs<\/a> and Honda-Tech<\/a> via Emmanuel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a year ago when I first wrote about Matt Hickam’s Civic project. It started as a fifth generation Civic that was going to receive a Honda V6 swap but after changing directions a few times, it became rear-wheel drive and powered by a turbo V8. Matt and his team are keeping the power… Read More »Turbo V8 Powered Honda Civic Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/RWD-Honda-Civic-with-turbo-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11185,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=11185","url_meta":{"origin":6985,"position":0},"title":"Honda Civic with a Turbo LS3 Update","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Hickman spends his days running Alliance Fabrication in Haslet, Texas. 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