DIY: K20/K24 into 2001+ Civic **Updated 4/20/2008** - Page 6

ColdWindPhoenix · 08-29-2006

so i want to do the k20a2 in my 01 civic ex coupe and make the type-R the way it should have been in a civic coupe body cept i also am hoping for between 300-350 hp all motor but what im worried about is i hear the stock type-s brakes its tires loose in the first two gears so i was thinking i could use the 5 spd instead so my second gear is taller and it will alsot help me keep an illusion of stock which i would like to do as long as posible so basicly im asking does any one know if its been done and if it could stand up to that much power
thanks

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White0nGold · 08-29-2006

i think u can do it, just get LSD and run slicks

ColdWindPhoenix · 08-29-2006

at what point does this motor become not a daily driver?

drew22mader · 09-05-2006

When you stop driving it daily, HAHA

xproductionz · 09-06-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by drew22mader

When you stop driving it daily, HAHA

good point

carolinahockey5 · 10-31-2006

when do you think the write up will be finished?

xproductionz · 10-31-2006

lol.. forgot about that... haha..

anyways everything else is simple and stright forward..

remove old subframe
bolt up new one
lower motor in and bolt up to the mounts...

if anything though i will go into more depth about it simetime this weekend

carolinahockey5 · 11-03-2006

that sounds good ...you should

but as far as the swap goes ...is it hard to rearrange the a/c and powersteering?

xproductionz · 11-03-2006

powersteering no... a/c.. uhh.. it kkinda depends on how you route it.. thers 3 different ways... you can use the EP3 ac lines... rsx lines (this is what i am using) and/or get custom lines made

carolinahockey5 · 11-04-2006

all this would be the same if i was swapin the k24 right?

did you conver to fuel return?

xproductionz · 11-04-2006

no i didnt.. but if you want then when you do the swap would be a good time

suthrninca · 11-04-2006

I read somewhere the clutch line needed for the swap would not work with the civic master cylinder? Do I need a rsx clutch master cylinder? I already have the slave with hardline attatched.

xproductionz · 11-05-2006

im still using the civic master cylinder. i havent changed anything and i am sure everyone else that has done it still uses the original master cylinder. the only thing you need is the clutch lines from master to slave.. nothing more.

kdani0515 · 11-23-2006

can u send me the pics of your swap as you go, because we can't see it and i'm doing one myself...tanx

while i'm here i have a problem with a swap that i just did...d17 non-vtec to a d17 vtec with all herness included and ecu (keys had to be reprogrammed)...the problem is that i have a vtech malfunction, cutoff at 4000 rpm.?????on all the gears...even the dealer doesn't know what is it! can you help me with this...and i think that there is a heater malfunction when they did the ecu scan......is really anoying (excuse my french...i'm from montreal canada)

carolinahockey5 · 11-25-2006

do you plan on updating the DIY anytime soon? (you should)