I understand what your sayin man people do need to let you do wat you want, but your damn cocky and now i bet noone is going to give you imput or give a fuck what your doing after your ego trip above. So since you want to do your own thing and want to be original , dont ask us for advice and not take it in stride because it wont be original if you do what we suggest!

 

i dont have to ego trip, thats just the way i see it. basically don't worry about why im doing it, its cuz i just want to. and if no one wants to help me then whatever, i guess yous here arn't that helpfull. im not cocky i just got an attitude from all this bullshit from this thread, i didn't ask what you guys think of me doing a k20a swap, if one was to ask, then i would have answered normallly, but then all yous start bashing....whatever its a waste of my time. i like being original, the car will be original, but the right mods are the right mods, thats why i joined this forum, and posted the original thread, for some help and input on what ELSE i should do. i don't know much about everything, im not a mechanic, and yea i know how to do some work but i don't know how to do big mods, yea i know alot about cars, but not as much as most of you guys here especially on honda. so i didn't come here actin like im the shit, and like i know all about car and hondas, like some of yous here. but whatever, if no one wants to help now, then ok whatever, it ain't gonna kill me, it was jjust a question......

 

All right i understand, but first i know you have 8000$ is that what you have to buy the engine with and get it installed or buy parts for the engine with, need to get an acctual sum for parts. so correct me if im wrong but the last time i checked a k20a type-r was 6000-6500$ then probably 1000 to get it installed, leaving you 1000-500$ left for some aftermarket upgrades? whats the amount you have to make the upgrades with?

 

TWM 52 throttle bodies, K-Pro reprogrammed OEM ECU, Burns stainless 4-1 header, those items are some of the items I recommend. If you planning doing something more simple, for instance, my friend just added headers, intake, and tuned the car with hondata K-Pro and was able to run a quarter mile in his RSX-S 13.7 I still can't believe it but wish I had a K swap. Have fun building your car the way you want to regardless of what anyone else thinks. Good luck = )

 

the SRT-4, all i say is that nothin can't beat that car in value, that's all.[/QUOTE]




MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ! :lmfao:

You dont have a Dad do you?

 

Build what you want but spending 8k to get a car that will get whooped buy anything with over 200Hp is just lame anyway you look at it. I realize you probably don't like hearing the critics but learn to deal with it. A civic with a K series is still slow in my book. It's a Civic, I doubt your upside down on it. Sell it, and get a black SI with some black rims with a chrome lip, and dump a couple of grand into it. Viola, you have a faster "Knight Rider"! Trust me, I have done more engine swaps than you want to know and it's not something to do just because you have a hair up your ass to be "different". I hope all goes well, but please let us know how it feels to drive a poorly designed RSX when you are done. Because that is about what you will end up with.

 

I would say ditch the idea of the V2 intake. Go with some nice ITB's since you are going for an N/A build. www.k20a.org has alot of great info this engine. Much better than here.

 

Ok this thread is pissing me off, mostly because I'm a K guy and fully believe in them, and because there is a lot of shit talking, no knowledge, nonsense in this thread.

ok, a 200whp K series civic will be fast as shit. It would easily smoke the shit out of a SRT-4. Why switch to an SI, they are much heavier than the 2dr lx.... almost 300lbs.

the 2005 2dr lx weighs in at 2536

the 2005 rsx-s weighs in at 2840

Tell me how this swapped car is gonna be slower?

plus he has the upside, he now has a civic, with an engine that is actually better than the rsx-s engine, and his car weighs 300lbs less.... talk about a sleeper...

THe civic chassis is a great chassis for drag racing with K series, regardless of generation






ITB's aren't the way to go with K series, Hayward performance is making an intake manifold that outperforms ITB's, even the 54mm. Kpro is a must, actually its almost required, although he can get around it. Burns headers really aren't the greatest for K series, DTRfab and a few others are making a lot more power. The new Lovfab one is supposed to be quite nice but no dyno's yet.

13.7 in a 2721lb rsx-s, and this engine would be better than that engine, and have shorter final drive and lsd. Now how the hell can you guys call this swap "not worth it"??

I would be supprised if he couldn't get into the 12's on slicks with minor weight reduction. (if he is a good driver)

I agree. They are decent for the money (although a swapped civic is assloads cheaper), but the quality control with dodge is ridiculous. I have 2 friends with blown srt-4 engines. One was running ass loads of boost, but one was actually on stock boost..


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ok, the post by sherwood is the one that pushed my buttons. I'm gonna disect the cons for you guys.


his civic weighs a shitload less than an rsx, he is getting an ITR engine, which is better than the rsx engine, and the trans will be tons better. How will the car not be nearly as fast as the car the motor came from???



Handling, well shit, he has 18's, do you think he cares about having perfect handling? even in that case, his suspension setup is designed for his car, and he can upgrade it to be better than rsx-s suspension if he desires to do so. It's not like the 4door is cursed to forever have horrible suspension The rsx-s suspension sucks balls anyways, and honda knows this, thats why the next generation is switching back to a design similar to double wishbone.


this one is the funniest to me. Isn't that what every single person on this damn website desires to do? buy a newer motor, put it in a cheaper car, and have a fast car?

Our older civics weren't designed for K series either, and USDM EF's weren't designed for B series. What makes this any different? Why would this swap be a bad idea?

When swapping you use the subframe from the K20 powered car so your front end will be stiffened properly.


any modding of any car results in this. Gotta pay to play sir


This is your one valid reason, seeing his car is so new.


I didn't create this post to flame or start any arguements, I'm just upset at the lack of knowledge and actual information in this thread.

It seems like one person said it wasn't worth it, and then everybody jumped on the anti-k-swap bandwagon, and somehow it ended up to be this pile of shit thread of useless information


/CLOSE THREAD

 

thanks bambbrose, very well said. also just to let know i have a 2 door, not 4 door.

 

my bad, in the past generations all LX's were 4dr, I forgot that they made an LX coupe in the recent years. I searched a big harder to make sure my weight specs were correct as they seemed a little low to me and my source wasn't the greatest and I found that the LX is a little heavier than the spec I was given. I think The originally stated one was for the DX.

The lx 4dr weighs 2560 and the lx coupe weighs 2536.

still 2536 is a lot lighter than the rsx-s, and probably a litle bit lighter than the ITR.

Plus doing some more searching I also found that my given spec for the rsx-s weight was lower as well, it was the rsx base weight.

The rsx-s weighs in at 2840. similar to the new civic SI.

so all my previous statements about the 300lb weight difference still hold true