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does anyone know a place to go to and get our vics get the k20 swap? i live in san francisco..and willin to drive 2-3 hours away. thnx!

 
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giving address..city its in..will be a great help also

 
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try the nor cal forum

but to answer your question redzone performance is a good shop in san jose.

 
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thnx

 
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Diy!

 
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If not DIY....I have heard a lot of good things about CBI here in Stockton!! No first hand experience tho...I would rather DIY!!!

 
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What year is ya Vic?

 
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http://www.haprecycling.com/

 
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blaxtrax in milpitas

 
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umm...i have an 05 vic...and i am not experience enough to do it myself...

 
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diswikedcivic, do you have the address to the place or phone #?

 
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dam lol i thought cbi was closed lol. Yeah i heard alot of good stuff about cbi too.

 
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Lil fore-warning for ya...the swap aint gonna be easy and it will cost you more than you are anticipating.

 
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www.racetune.net frank knows alot about K20s and has swaped tons into older civic and into other RSXs

 
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yeah i know...its not as simple as engine, ecu, frame, tranny, i heard there's alot more to add for the swap. and money wise..it'll probably cost $10,000 or more including labor?

 
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read up on k20a.org

10K for the k20a2 swap is way too much. haprecycling quoted me for 8K alone. i've heard it done for 6K in different parts of the country and where you get your parts from.

 
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o...wow guess its not as much as i think it is...thought the labor would take alot of my money =(...should i get the parts on my own or should i just leave it up to the professionals?

 
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When I said that it won't be as simple as you think, I was referring to the fact that a K20 has been swapped into '01-03s many times before and products have been made to facilitate the swap. I am only aware of 2-3 K20 swaps in an '04-05. One being myself and the other bein an '04 Si, which is totally different.

What you and everyone else needs to know is that Honda made some changes to the engine bay for '04-05s. So, most of the parts made to do a swap in an '01-03 do not fully compatible for '04-05s. I will give you some examples:

1. Hasport makes motor mounts for the K20 swap into an EM2. With whatever changes Honda made to the '04-05 engine bay, these motor mounts do NOT fit correctly. Whomever is doing the swap will have to modify these mounts to get them to work properly.

2. Hasport converts the RSX wiring harness for the swap. Same problem as identified above--the wiring harness needs to be further modified to get it to work properly.

These are just a couple of examples. There are other problems as well.

Bottom line is this: A K20 swap into an '04-05 is nowhere near as easy as into an '01-03.

 
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Also, let me share with you some of the costs I have paid for the swap:

K20A2/tranny/subframe/etc - $5200 (including shipping)
Exedy Hyper Single - $895
Quaife LSD - $900
Koyo aluminum radiator - $322
Hasport mount kit - $540
Hasport wiring harness - $270
Driveshaft Shop Stage II axles - $680
K-Pro - $910
Hondata IMG - $55
Vicsous Technologies short shift kit - $65
Mugen thermo switch - $50
Mugen thermostat - $90

I have spent another $1500 on custom steel-braided upper/lower radiator hoses, Tanabe exhaust, etc. Labor is around $1900.

In all I have spent over $10,000 on the swap.

 
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i will wait way over 5 to 10 years to do it

 
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yeah i tink i'm going to wait about 2-3 years so that more people do swap and it'll be easier...thnx for the info quick silver...really help alot because it kind of give me an overview what i'm gettin into...all the info is great! and by the way i did agree with you dat the k20 swap is hard...i never said it was easy..