i am in the process of this swap... k20 jdm motor in my 02 civic and so far so good, but the dash harness has to be repined using the 02 civic ex tech book from honda as well as the 03 civic si tech book so you know where the wires go and to make them match. i have to implement a new power steering pump to my rack & pinon, of course u dont have to, but i like the convienence of it.... also i have still yet to get my fuel pump working, probably a wiring issue... will keep u posted...
8 contact hours in 2 days. 4 hours a day.... take off body kit, drop engine, raise new engine, motor mounts, ecu repinned... OBVIOUSLY its not done, but we got it running 2 b sure the engine was good.... now have to do the a/c lines, pwr steering, 4 suspensions, etc...
supercharger from the RSX-S does not fit, it won't clear the rad support. Hasport is gonna try to get the SI supercharger to work with a k20'd 7thgen in July. Only thing with that is the car will also have to be converted to electric power steering from the SI.
From the JR website material, it looks like the SC for the SI and RSX are the same model. is it basically a mounting difference? Using the SI SC, I'd still want the output of the RSX-S racing version. hope that's the deal. thanks.
a good topic on the k20 swap is the 'FUEL OCTANE' any 1 know what the fuel reqmnts are in japan??? is 93 going to hold up or do i have to go to linden airport and buy jet fuel???? lol im running on the mugen n1 ecu....
another problem that i have: i am replacing my stock from rotors and rear drums with the ITR DC5 big brake rotors for the front and back..... anyone do this yet?? where in the hell am i going to find brake pads for these puppies? they 'seem' much larger than the type s rotors.....
on the octane, if you don't run the recommended octane on a jdm motor (cause you can't) i don't know if it will hurt the motor, but the motor won't make as much power as it's supposed to.
For brake pads your probably gonna have to order pads from a aftermarket company in Japan that makes them for the DC5R. Cause i know the calipers are different then the Type S, obviously.
btw if your doin the DC5R 5 lug swap your gonna have offset issues. your wheels are gonna stick out of your fenders. You have to find a rim with a huge offset. I even have this problem with my Type S brakes cause the RSX has a wider track than the Civic. But my offset issuse is no where near as bad as it is with the DC5R brakes.
I'd pm DC5@EM2 cause he has the DC5R 5 lug setup, and he went through quite alot of research for his rims. He should be able to help you out with the brake pad situation too.
du u kno what the fuel req'mt is? i will contact king motorsports to see what the mugen ecu requires... i PM-ed him, ill see what he says, also i cked at Hondawerx.com and they did a DC5R brembo swap.... so idk about that,,, thats about $2000 and im running low on funds after all this.... lol, pushing $15k after sparco seats and rims/tires/labor/parts/pioneer avic-n1 navi..... lol
