THE K20A2 SWAP IS DONE! -PICS-
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
From: Corona, California
Rep Power: 0 
THE K20A2 SWAP IS DONE! -PICS-
That's right... thanks to Htown's kindness, a select few here in SoCal got to see (and ride in!) the first K20A2 Civic hybrid!
Let the killing of my poor bandwidth-starved server begin!
Dsc01408.jpg
Dsc01409.jpg
Dsc01411.jpg
Dsc01412.jpg
Htown and his baby
Dsc01414.jpg
Dsc01415.jpg
Me next to the Civic Type-S
In our Civics we have to install lights to tell when our VTEC kicks in, on this baby there is absolutely no doubt when that i-VTEC hits. It sounds freakin' awesome and you feel the punch.
When I was cruising on the 91 with Htown, we were getting on the freeway and passed an Integra with the i-VTEC screaming. The driver looked at us like, "WTF? Civic's don't sound like that!"
We had a good little meet of about 7 cars (still bigger than most mid-atlantic meets! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]) at IKEA at about 6:30. When 9:00 rolled around and Htown was still at Import Builders, we decided to take the meet to him. We all cruised down to Fullerton and got to witness the import tuner's candy store that is Import Builders.
I can't tell you what a nice guy Htown is. Not only did he spend time to talk to us, but he gave us all rides until 12:00am. Thank you, Htown!!!
Oh yeah... when we were out cruising we saw a Lamborghini also.
Let the killing of my poor bandwidth-starved server begin!
Dsc01408.jpg
Dsc01409.jpg
Dsc01411.jpg
Dsc01412.jpg
Htown and his baby
Dsc01414.jpg
Dsc01415.jpg
Me next to the Civic Type-S
In our Civics we have to install lights to tell when our VTEC kicks in, on this baby there is absolutely no doubt when that i-VTEC hits. It sounds freakin' awesome and you feel the punch.
When I was cruising on the 91 with Htown, we were getting on the freeway and passed an Integra with the i-VTEC screaming. The driver looked at us like, "WTF? Civic's don't sound like that!"
We had a good little meet of about 7 cars (still bigger than most mid-atlantic meets! [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]) at IKEA at about 6:30. When 9:00 rolled around and Htown was still at Import Builders, we decided to take the meet to him. We all cruised down to Fullerton and got to witness the import tuner's candy store that is Import Builders.
I can't tell you what a nice guy Htown is. Not only did he spend time to talk to us, but he gave us all rides until 12:00am. Thank you, Htown!!!
Oh yeah... when we were out cruising we saw a Lamborghini also.
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
From: Corona, California
Rep Power: 0 enzymes: Although I appreciate your enthusiasm, I posted links intstead of embedding pics in an effort to keep traffic on my server down. Could you please remove those?
Registered!!
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 436
Likes: 0
From: The Netherlands (the Hague)
Rep Power: 0 Wow !!! 
This has got to be like the single most important event of the year. Years after now, we will tell our grandchildren stories from before The Great Swap
Life won't be the same for us from now on. Except for us simple people that don't have the $$ or guts to do a swap. But now we can at least tell others that it's possible.
There's one thing that bothers me. Where does one get hold of a K20 engine ? The don't come with MCdonalds happy meal do they ?
This has got to be like the single most important event of the year. Years after now, we will tell our grandchildren stories from before The Great Swap
Life won't be the same for us from now on. Except for us simple people that don't have the $$ or guts to do a swap. But now we can at least tell others that it's possible.
There's one thing that bothers me. Where does one get hold of a K20 engine ? The don't come with MCdonalds happy meal do they ?
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
From: Corona, California
Rep Power: 0
Quote
[hr]Originally posted by: enzymes
Yeah, I realized this pretty shortly after doing that, sorry about that. Wish I could have been there though.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: enzymes
Yeah, I realized this pretty shortly after doing that, sorry about that. Wish I could have been there though.[hr]
Unfortunately my server runs on a pretty crappy DSL line and it's gettin' hammered right now.
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
From: Corona, California
Rep Power: 0
Quote
[hr]Originally posted by: thx1138
Wow !!!
This has got to be like the single most important event of the year. Years after now, we will tell our grandchildren stories from before The Great Swap
Life won't be the same for us from now on. Except for us simple people that don't have the $$ or guts to do a swap. But now we can at least tell others that it's possible.
There's one thing that bothers me. Where does one get hold of a K20 engine ? The don't come with MCdonalds happy meal do they ?[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: thx1138
Wow !!!
This has got to be like the single most important event of the year. Years after now, we will tell our grandchildren stories from before The Great Swap
Life won't be the same for us from now on. Except for us simple people that don't have the $$ or guts to do a swap. But now we can at least tell others that it's possible.
There's one thing that bothers me. Where does one get hold of a K20 engine ? The don't come with MCdonalds happy meal do they ?
[hr]
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 7,230
Likes: 0
From: Los Angeles (Downey), California, US
Rep Power: 0 
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
From: Corona, California
Rep Power: 0 Man, I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight, and when I do I think I'll be dreaming of that i-VTEC scream.
He still had the very restrictive Civic cat on there, and it still kicks ***! Once he gets a more free flowing cat and a turbo... oh man. I think I'm in love.
He still had the very restrictive Civic cat on there, and it still kicks ***! Once he gets a more free flowing cat and a turbo... oh man. I think I'm in love.
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 7,230
Likes: 0
From: Los Angeles (Downey), California, US
Rep Power: 0
Quote
[hr]Originally posted by: CivicHX01
yea i was wondering what happened... we had like 7 cars and like only 5 of us went....[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: CivicHX01
yea i was wondering what happened... we had like 7 cars and like only 5 of us went....[hr]
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 3,101
Likes: 0
From: Los Angeles, CA
Rep Power: 0
Quote
[hr]Originally posted by: ak
Maybe they got lost, someone was driving a bit fast [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG][hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: ak
Quote
[hr]Originally posted by: CivicHX01
yea i was wondering what happened... we had like 7 cars and like only 5 of us went....[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: CivicHX01
yea i was wondering what happened... we had like 7 cars and like only 5 of us went....[hr]
htown you are a bad a$$,congratulations that's the sinlge first and most unique thing that any one has done to our cars that's the first and will pave the way for others to follow.
I'll look forward to meet you and your bad a$$ civic
I'll look forward to meet you and your bad a$$ civic
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,056
Likes: 1
Rep Power: 343 oh man i'm in love!!! its the best of both worlds, the look of a 7thgen civic, and the power of a rsx!!
Hey Htown, feel like taking a drive to new jersey?? j/k
man that rocks
Hey Htown, feel like taking a drive to new jersey?? j/k
man that rocks
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 3,101
Likes: 0
From: Los Angeles, CA
Rep Power: 0
Quote
[hr]Originally posted by: Voiceofid
pics of the engine mounts?[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Voiceofid
pics of the engine mounts?
[hr]
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,223
Likes: 0
From: Corona, California
Rep Power: 0 I was looking at the referrers in my webserver logs... lookie what I found: http://www.rmrautosport.com/cgi-bin/...c&f=2&t=000039
Anyone speak Fench?
Anyone speak Fench?
DIY King
iTrader: (61)
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 11,469
Likes: 0
From: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, US
Rep Power: 419 Congrats! DIY anyone? LOL
Maybe with those HASport engine mounts DIYing a K-series swap will be possible?
How was the ride you guys? I wonder what the 1/4 miles ET will be now?
Maybe with those HASport engine mounts DIYing a K-series swap will be possible?
How was the ride you guys? I wonder what the 1/4 miles ET will be now?
The Fallen Angel . . .
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,928
Likes: 0
From: Baltimore, Maryland, US
Rep Power: 0
Quote
[hr]Originally posted by: WD40
I was looking at the referrers in my webserver logs... lookie what I found: http://www.rmrautosport.com/cgi-bin/...c&f=2&t=000039
Anyone speak Fench?[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: WD40
I was looking at the referrers in my webserver logs... lookie what I found: http://www.rmrautosport.com/cgi-bin/...c&f=2&t=000039
Anyone speak Fench?[hr]
