k20a3 -- yay or nay? all i can afford
12-11-2005
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i say no if there's any possibility of saving up to get the K20A2... if not, go for the A3...
K20A2 > K20A3 > D17
K20A2 > K20A3 > D17
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go if you can like they mentioned in the above, but buddy, Phil, of mine has the swap and it's great! youll love regardless more than your D17! fo'sho but you got a great band of possible tuning capabilities to go with as for the D series. a K series is far more tunable than the economy D17. if you get you got the D17 beat stock justa few lil mods will get you over the top
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Rep Power: 295 K20A3's can go around 1-4k depending on whos selling, mileage, condition etc...the K20A2 goes around $3-5k and the K20A DC5R engine goes for 4-7k
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Rep Power: 0 The A3 isn't all bad, if you can get one for cheap...go for it. Then take the savings and pump it into some FI, with just enough luck maybe you'll wind up even with swapping in a K20A2, if you do enough of your own labour anyways.
See if you can get one from a Civic Si(SiR if Cdn) vs from a base RSX, I'm told that the gearing on the Civic one is a bit more aggressive.
See if you can get one from a Civic Si(SiR if Cdn) vs from a base RSX, I'm told that the gearing on the Civic one is a bit more aggressive.
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Originally Posted by kornsined
YAY! they can be had dirt cheap. don't forget boost the biatch! I paid $1400CDN for my k20a3 w/tranny and ECU with ONLY 180kms. Not even broken in.
12-21-2005
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-ey man, if your looking for a A3, i have one forsale for pretty cheap, im running a great deal right now...check out the link
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=212566
hit me up..-240-529-2747
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=212566
hit me up..-240-529-2747
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Rep Power: 0 it was drivetofast with the k20a3 with jackson racing super charger and now hw has kpro and wow when i got to ride in it was amzing.
had one qustion can you put k20a2 head on the k20a3
had one qustion can you put k20a2 head on the k20a3
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Originally Posted by goodtimes
it was drivetofast with the k20a3 with jackson racing super charger and now hw has kpro and wow when i got to ride in it was amzing.
had one qustion can you put k20a2 head on the k20a3
had one qustion can you put k20a2 head on the k20a3
yes, you can put an a2 head on an a3. but you're still stuck with the shitty a3 block and shitty a3 tranny.
