Honda Civic Type R crate engine will make your mild car wild – Roadshow

Crate engines allow you to purchase factory-fresh engines directly from the manufacturer without the rest of the car. If you’ve always wanted to give your Honda a bit more oomph, there’s a new crate engine for you.

Honda announced Monday that it will offer up a crate version of the K20C1 turbocharged I4 that resides in the 2017 Honda Civic Type R. This hi-po four-banger puts out 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. Presumably, you’ll need to mate it to a six-speed manual — your standard Civic’s CVT is probably not capable of handling its torque.

If this doesn’t fit into a 1992 Civic hatchback shell, I will make it fit.

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This isn’t the first time Honda’s offered a Type R crate engine. Previously, the automaker has offered crate versions of Type R engines in Europe and Asia, but this marks the first time one is available in the US — just like the Civic Type R itself, in fact.

The engine can be ordered through the HPD Honda Racing Line program. You’ll need to apply for a membership with Honda, but once you’re in, you’re given what’s claimed to be “the most direct access” to Honda’s performance-parts division.