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Im VERY intrested in the K20 swap being I had a RSX-S and sold it and bought a civic.
So i can tell the diffrence BIG time in the motors. I loved my old motor but my insurance company loved the car to much so it had to go Anyway....I've been doing some research on it theres a shop I know can handle all the stuff BUT whar are proublms assocaited with this. Mines a daily driver to from work and out of town partying on the weekends, will it be dependable?! or will I always be fixing something? I have an auto and would like to keep it auto so im thinking the 160hpversion with auto tranny. Any info would be very nice. thanks in advance

 
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bleh dont even waster ur time with the swap... if you want an auto and a 160hp... just get anther car. Your wasting ur money.

 
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IT would be cheaper for you to keep the D17 and get a turbo kit.

 
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If you want power just get turbo and tranny cooler and what not so the tranny can handle boost or you could always check out level10 for their tranny upgrades

 
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ok, well i dont want a no name brand turbo kit. iwant a well known company backing it up. Any suggestions? Level10, there awebsite address?
Thanks again

 
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i believe the website is levelten.com

why not go with a no name brand? if it's reliable then who cares (unless you're just going for the bling factor and paying most of the money for the name)...

 
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Do the no-name brands have warrentys and will they back it up?
Also what kind of gas millage do you get with a turbo under NORMAL driving condtions

 
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probably near the same gas mileage as stock. unless ur are flooring it a lot or stepping on the throttle like 3/4 the way all day.

 
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if u want it to be reliable, and dependable,
do the swap, u shouldnt have ne problems...turbo is not something u wa nna do uunless u r ready 2 spend a lot of money n time fixing stuff on a regular basis, believe me! my friends have all done it,, they have done it to
01 integra type, t3/t4 turbo (ran 340 hp @ the wheel @ low boost (12 psi)
-02 LEXUS is300 (around 3 @ the wheels, not tuned or ne thing blew his engine sameday)
andd an 03 s2000 (* being done now)

 
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lol low boost @ 12 psi LMAO our engines would blow lol.

 
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actually not but I'm just saying.

 
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It was fully built engine
about 10 000 -15000 (CANADIAN) went to his engine ot make it strong, it was build to handle up to 28 psi
so ya 12 is low for that motor...

 
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THE AUTO tranny hasnt been done.. and i dont know what issues u would face..but as far as the normal 6spd k20 swap.. problems faced are .... really nothing except u gotta get the ecu flashed by honda so ur immobilizor unit accepts it along with ur keys... the swap is pretty simple.. the only main problem faced right now is the money issue.. 3500 or so for the engine
650 for mounts
another 2500 for all parts including subframe. radiator, throttle cables.. etc...

DO A SEARCH AND ULL SEE. try not to make useless threads like this one... thats the whole reason for that search button up top

 
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im just finishing up with my swap. All i have left now is to get my ECU flashed. There were a lot of glitches along the way. There is always something that you will over look in doing a swap. If you only knew half the problems ive had with my clutch line...Anyways, a project that should have taken a week, has now taken about a month. If there is one thing that i can say, it is this: Make sure that you have all the parts needed for the swap BEFORE you start. Yea its been a long road, but in the end its been really great. The motor started after the 4th try of cranking it...we were all shocked. I will have a full write-up of my swap after i get the thing flashed...look for it next week.