Honda Civic Sedan Ex 2018 Tunning
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Honda Civic Sedan Ex 2018 Tunning
Hi there again, just recently bought the honda civic ex sedan 2018. Its not a turbo, but is it worth the money of tuning it into something faster. Is an entire engine swap just completely bogus? Itd be nice if it had the same horsepower as the turbocharged model. I dont know. Any ideas anyone?
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Re: Honda Civic Sedan Ex 2018 Tunning
I know ktuner's been working with the K20C2 for about 4-5 months now. Just saw a baseline dyno (vs ktuner's work) and man, that torque curve is fugly compared to the 1.5T torque curve.
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The one big thing they did note was the severe drop in torque/HP at the 5750RPM mark, but they were able to smooth it out and squeeze power out of it
KTuner is $450 on their website (http://ktuner.com/16civic/), $650 if you want their badass little tablet thing that controls everything (still need a laptop to unlock the unit, but otherwise self contained in the tablet)
KTuner's also been working with RV6 to test out RV6's downpipes. From RV6, the K20C2 made 14ft-lbs and 13whp with a catless downpipe. Downside, thing is $330 for the catless downpipe
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If you really want power out of this thing, wait for people to start releasing turbo kits for the K20C2. Either that, or with enough work and money, you can make your K20C2 into a K20C1. From my understanding, block is effectively the same, different internals, bore and stroke, compression ratio, head, not to mention that MHI TD04 putting out 23.2psi boost). Honda does sell the K20C1 as a crate engine, too. lol. Slight caveat, however...
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The one big thing they did note was the severe drop in torque/HP at the 5750RPM mark, but they were able to smooth it out and squeeze power out of it
Originally Posted by KTuner
Up to 22 WHP / 18 lb-ft in the heart of the power band and 7 WHP peak to peak.
KTuner's also been working with RV6 to test out RV6's downpipes. From RV6, the K20C2 made 14ft-lbs and 13whp with a catless downpipe. Downside, thing is $330 for the catless downpipe
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If you really want power out of this thing, wait for people to start releasing turbo kits for the K20C2. Either that, or with enough work and money, you can make your K20C2 into a K20C1. From my understanding, block is effectively the same, different internals, bore and stroke, compression ratio, head, not to mention that MHI TD04 putting out 23.2psi boost). Honda does sell the K20C1 as a crate engine, too. lol. Slight caveat, however...
Originally Posted by roadandtrack.com
The dual-overhead cam VTEC K20C1 crate motor makes the same 306 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. of torque as it does in the Type R. Unfortunately, you can't put it in your street car—Honda asks you to verify that you're using the engine for a sanctioned racing application before you can get your hands on the motor, which will cost $6519.87 plus shipping.
To be eligible to purchase a Type R engine, you have to be a part of the company's HPD Honda Racing Line grassroots support program.
To be eligible to purchase a Type R engine, you have to be a part of the company's HPD Honda Racing Line grassroots support program.
03-28-2018
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Re: Honda Civic Sedan Ex 2018 Tunning
If you like wasting money then sure.
If you tune it your warranty will be void. Which means it will lose a tone of aftermarket value if you want to sell it later, and if anything goes wrong while under warranty you will have to pay full price to fix it.
Also If you have the money to not care about the value of the car and to also spend a few thousand turbo modding it, why didn't you just buy a fast car?
If it were me I'd sell the civic and buy a used porsche cayman hard top, then boost that.
If you tune it your warranty will be void. Which means it will lose a tone of aftermarket value if you want to sell it later, and if anything goes wrong while under warranty you will have to pay full price to fix it.
Also If you have the money to not care about the value of the car and to also spend a few thousand turbo modding it, why didn't you just buy a fast car?
If it were me I'd sell the civic and buy a used porsche cayman hard top, then boost that.
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