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As some of you know, ive had my K20A2 sitting here since April begging to be put in. Things kept on comming up to where i had just enough money to order everything else for the swap, but then things would pull me down. I lost my job, a couple times, but now am in a steady job.
If eveything comes in this week, i will start this weekend on the project.
Ordered:
AEM Polished CAI
Motor Mounts
02 Si Radiator/fans/upper and lower hoses
Axles
That should be it. I have the motor like i said with all the fixings.
Wish me luck, when im done, im gonna put together a video, goto the track, take tons of pics, and do a full review on how the swap went.
My plan is to go all sleeper. Im keeping the 4-lug on my civic, but will be putting 2002 Si brakes in the back. I'll be Si, GSR, Prelude, and TypeR hunting soon.

 
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Good luck man... try for some in progress pics as you go... have fun.

 
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Good Luck...

 
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tons of pics along the way. With how excited i am it will be like "here is my car" "here is my car with the old motor" "here is the first bolt being taken out" "here is my buddy taking the first bolt out"...maybe not that bad, but lots of pics for sure.

 
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nice man!
cant wait to see it when a meet comes and rolls by!

sorry for being a newb/cant remember, but which one is the k20a2?
is that the type S or the SI/base-rsx engine?

Bboysushi

 
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very nice man, that'll definitely be very sweet when finished! good luck with all of it

 
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Cool man!!!
Hope it goes smoothly for ya!

 
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Good luck with it!!!

 
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have fun and good luck!

 
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That would be the RSX-S...i can hear it now, the growl of the i-VTEC at 8000rpm. Then after hondata, 8600rpm. I cant wait to bang 6 gears around a mountain road either.
Its all comming together

 
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good to hear your finally getting started. Funny thing is i actually started putting the motor in my car in april and we're still not done

 
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whats the hold up Hawk? Something that i should look out for?

 
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Yeah know kidding, what happend hawk. My swap should begin in about 2 weeks or so. Maybe will be done around the same time
Good luck on it

 
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don't do the wiring yourself, or at least if you do, make sure you 100% know what your doin. And uh make sure you can work on it for more than 3 hours every 2 weeks

 
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i get a lift at a shop 24/7 till its done. I thought you had an expert with wiring helping you out with that. Whats up?

 
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hows the progress?

 
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i should do that sometime... i mean, my dad does have an RSX-S... just gotta wait till he takes the jeep again and goes jeepin' hehehehe.

 
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we had HP's wiring diagram, trust me neither one of us is a wiring expert, and apparently we fudged up somewhere.

 
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so are you sayin that HP's diagram isnt accurate?

 
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hey, sorry if this sounds like a newb questions (even tho it is)...but for those that have done the swap...what is your insurance like? are you paying for insurance as if you're driving a civic, or an rsx-s...because i'm debating with which i'd get and if you paying rsx-s insurance price then i'd rather just get an rsx even tho all i want it for is the motor. So i thought i'd just get an LX and do the swap save myself a couple thousand while keeping cheaper insurance?? thanks in advance

 
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im just not gonna tell the insurance people about it. Puts me in a bad spot if i crash, but oh well...you live and you learn.
By the by...LateNightNinja, ive been watchin your sig for like 5 min straight. Its just kind of mezmorizing. I love it!

 
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i can't say that, i think we just screwed it up somewhere

 
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Good luck on the swap. Yeah , the wiring wasn't fun. I had problems with my a/f sensor and relay. But its all good now. Its in cybernation getting worked on.

 
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when your done i want to ride in it! when i get my turbo, wanna race?...bah n/m forgot you got a type-s engine, and i have an AT.

 
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when im done, i want to either get a meet together, or if there is one that would be commin up then go to it, cause i for sure want to give everyone that wants a chance, a chance to ride in it. I am going to be very open about this swap with people, i'll give rides to whoever, take lots of pictures, answer all your questions, make videos, goto the track, etc.
Parts should be here by the end of the week at the latest...so i should be up on a rack Friday night. Im gonna work with my buddies all friday night, saturday, saturday night, sunday, sunday night, then i have to work monday while they continue work, hope to be close to done by the 12th or 13th. But im not going to promiss anything, cause im sure problems will come up. But with atleast 26 hours total on the weekend it should be pretty far along.
Keep your fingers crossed!

 
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ice, any tips for the wiring...can you tell me how you modded the wire harness to make it work? Please give me all the detail that you can. Thanks

 
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im the guy who did the wrench work for NobottleJustthrottle, and let me tell you, that the wrench work isnt that bad. The hard part is the damn Wiring. We have the car all doen except that. If anyone can shed any light on this it would be great. I think that i have the wiring by the ECU done, but the wiring for teh O2 sensors i donthave dont, and i dont really get it. Anyone have any light they can shed on this?

 
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does yours start? if so you're farther than i've been for 2 months. We can't find anyone that can help us figure out whats wrong.

 
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i ahvent even tried cranking it ove ryet becuase i wnt to make sure the wiring is done right. I need to get the O2 Sensors figured out and i need to double check the wiring for the ECu.

 
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if nbjt got instructions from HP they seem to describe the wiring for the O2 sensors pretty well.

I'd suguest sending him a private message. He's very knowlagable with the swap thing.