K-series in DC4

[ILoveBpower]

Somebody please tell me that somebody is producing something that resembles a motor mount kit for the K20A in my ls.

[dubcac]

Hasport makes them for the 96-00 Civic, but not the integra yet.

[Provocateur]

You want to put a K series into a 4 door?

[Kai]

Somebody please tell me that somebody is producing something that resembles a motor mount kit for the K20A in my ls.

For the cost of swapping in a K you might as well put a down payment on a real RSX.

[carta79]

For the cost of swapping in a K you might as well put a down payment on a real RSX.

I couldn't of said it any better.

[LT]

You want to put a K series into a 4 door?

DC4 = 3dr LS

[GSRRacer95]

For the cost of swapping in a K you might as well put a down payment on a real RSX.

No kidding!!

[ILoveBpower]

For the cost of swapping in a K you might as well put a down payment on a real RSX.

I am working for another year and a half before I go back to school. If I put the engine money towards a down payment I would still owe 20000 dollars. The integra handles better than the rsx. The change from double wishbone paid costly in improving the nearly perfect DC-2. I drift my integra while your rsx shows as much understeer as a 240 shows powerslide.

[Kai]

I am working for another year and a half before I go back to school. If I put the engine money towards a down payment I would still owe 20000 dollars.

Last time I checked, a used '02 base books for around $16k. Minus the ~$7k the swap will cost you, that's only about 9k left... that's a very affordable monthly payment. On the plus side, the RSX chassis was actually designed for that engine.

The integra handles better than the rsx. The change from double wishbone paid costly in improving the nearly perfect DC-2.

Sure bud, whatever you say. Have you actually driven an RSX? The DC4 (your car, you don't drive an ITR so there is no use talking DC2's) weren't that hot.

I drift my integra while your rsx shows as much understeer as a 240 shows powerslide.

If by "drift" you mean "e-brake ass drag," yeah. Big difference. A stock Integra shows plowing tendancies as much as any other nose-heavy FWD car I've driven, so don't let your head inflate too far... it's just a commuter car.

My RSX, huh? That's funny, because I don't own one. I don't even particularly like them.

[DVPGSR]

For the cost to do a K in a DC4 you might as well swap a B18C into it and boost it. The B series is still an awesome motor and the demand for the K is so high the costs are astronomical.

[Nikos]

This guy from my website did it, I think it looks great. =) Wanted to share with the ITR people. He even kept power steering.

[Snoopy]

www.hybrid-racing.com makes a mount kit and other k20 swap parts

[aboobybobpleez]

i agree with you guys about it being a waste of money but seein that K in there kinda made me excited in my pants

[Snoopy]

here's a good arguement on the K vs. B series:

You have to ask yourself what your goals are. While the K is not fully developed yet, for a street motor it already surpasses 99% of the B-series stuff running around out there.

I see a lot of guys with borderline "streetable" B-series engines running 2.0-2.1 liters with sleeved blocks, 13:1 compression, big cams, etc. They usually end up putting down somewhere between 240 and 260 whp on my dyno. Very respectable numbers. In comparison, take a standard K20A2 out of an RSX. Bolt on a Comptech Race header, CAI and exhaust of your choice. Add a set of JDM ITR cams, some good valve springs, an over bored TB and a Hondata reflash. You're now looking at 235-245 whp consistently without touching the bottom end or head. You've got a more reliable motor (near OEM reliability), a broader torque curve (I-VTEC) and frankly, with a catalytic, you can still pass emissions, even a visual in Cali. And we've already seen what a little more compression (12:1) and bigger cams can do - 265 whp on 91 octane.

I guess the point is, the K-series today (in its early stages of tune) is already the equal of a fully developed B-series street motor. And you can get that equality with virtually no mechanical skill/knowledge. Just bolt on and go. As development proceeds (heads, cams, etc.) that power will come up substantially and eclipse the B-series.

So, where do you want to be? Near the end of a great engine's development cycle (b-series) or at the beginning of a new era with an engine that already equals its illustrious predecessor?
C_A_T

he makes a good point

[TheOtherDave™]

.... The change from double wishbone paid costly in improving the nearly perfect DC-2. I drift my integra while your rsx shows as much understeer as a 240 shows powerslide.

Okay now, that's enough.

While I agree that the Integra has a more refined suspension design, it's no more of a drift car than any other front-wheel drive machine.

There is no need to start flaming on other cars, brands and definitely other members here at HAN. Doing so will get your threads closed.

Carry on.

[TheOtherDave™]

here's a good arguement on the K vs. B series:....
he makes a good point

Wow... he certainly does..

If 220whp+ is do-able on California horse-piss 91, while remaining emissions legal and relatively understressed, I'm intrigued.

[GSRRacer95]

This guy from my website did it, I think it looks great. =) Wanted to share with the ITR people. He even kept power steering.

This swap looks very clean, well done!

[Snoopy]

Wow... he certainly does..

If 220whp+ is do-able on California horse-piss 91, while remaining emissions legal and relatively understressed, I'm intrigued.

but while doing some rough estimating of a k20 swap into an integra, $8-10k, i realized i could build a badass b18c1.

[honda_pilot]

You want to put a K series into a 4 door?

I for one think it'd be mighty

For the cost of swapping in a K you might as well put a down payment on a real RSX.

Still have the payments to take over.

I am working for another year and a half before I go back to school. If I put the engine money towards a down payment I would still owe 20000 dollars. The integra handles better than the rsx. The change from double wishbone paid costly in improving the nearly perfect DC-2. I drift my integra while your rsx shows as much understeer as a 240 shows powerslide.

Ok, now you're talking out fo your ass...