Pic's of the ride (K-Swap)...
 

Well here are the pics...I've kept quiet for those who don't know me, mainly researching and what not...but here is the ride FINALLY!

(You'll have to excuse the blurry pic of the engine bay, the camera is a hundred year old digi-cam.)

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very nice. final cost?

clean job on the swap, yea i wanna know to what was the cost of everything

The final cost was roughly $8k. The motor (K20a2 w/Type-R LSD), has 6,xxx miles on it, so that is what bumped up the price a little higher than average. I cannot give enough credit to the shop that performed this swap (JH Advanced Performance), I was pesimistic about the shop due to the size, but they proved me wrong.

Good stuff Josh, I'd like to see your car in person again.

yeah you better goto the meet on the 4th

damn....thats sweet man...clean swap and very clean car....enjoy it!

Is the engine stock or what is done? K-pro? That is one beefy strut bar too. Great swap. How long did it take them to do the swap?

you better take good care of that baby ;)

lookin good man. The only thing i cant get past with swaps tho is the fact that you still will lose to a stock wrx.

Very nice man.:tup:

^I didnt know that :srhug:

lose to a stock wrx? i highly doubt it. off the line maybe but he should be able to take him pretty easily top end

I will be at the meet for sure! Nothing will hold me from the meet...it will most likely be my car, an S2K, an Evo VIII and IX, and MAYBE a crazy swapped Acura CL(under construction)...

As for the tuning of the swap, at the moment I am running a PRC (Type-R) ECU only to enable the car to run. Tomorrow afternoon I should have the PRB (Type-S) ECU flashed to my key, and then I will run the stock ECU until I can afford K-Pro. K-swaps are mighty hefty in price.

Finally, as for the stock WRX....he can have the straight line all he/she wants because the second one of those steps onto a track/touge with me, its all down-hill for the WRX/STi...the car isn't being built/tuned for straight line what-so-ever, more a track/circuit/touge car....so this goes out to all the "faster" cars on a straight... :moon: ....see you on the track!

very nice car....care to join the blacked out crew?

sweeet!

Damn man, very nice car! I wish i could afford to swap a K series. looking good!

dang you are one lucky dude!

very nice swap indeed. nice rims ;-) seems like we have the same taste!
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Thanks guys again for all the positive feedback!!! Like I've said a million times, JH Advanced Performance knows what they are doing. They are the only reason the swap turned out so clean.

drew22mader: Wow! Clean car comment from first place on "mild member's choice" is an honor, haha. Your car is extremely nice with the kit, although I'm sure you've heard that ALOT.

BlackLX, sweeeet ride man, if you weren't East Coast it would be sick to roll together. Keep it clean, Keep it simple.

very clean!!!

About the stock WRX beating a swapped K civic I dont know about that. All I had done was a K20A2 with TB and exhaust and I would beat srt-4 running a 14.3 at the track. He was quite mad. And so a wrx doing a 14.8 stock wasnt much of a problem. Maybe from some of the weight reduction or bfgoodrich tires, I had a little help but the swaps are WELL worth the money and effort.

I wish I had a K20

Good job on the swap and your car looks great :clap:

Keep us posted on other things you do to it

very clean! wish my ride looked so good

looks good bro'

looks real good....so clean and nice....did i mention it looks soo clean?? lol

Thanks guys! I've done alot of work since this thread was created...check it out of if you don't mind..... http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=257000 http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=254014 P.S. - the TSX Rims are sprayed black now.....

now put a CAI on it, race header, exhaust and kpor and it will be just mean.. or you can throw a little boost on there and bee a real sleeper

I'm going to install the stock box with a drop in filter(throttle response reasons), I already have the Toda Header on there, I have Apex-i GT Spec Exhaust, and K-pro is on the way after my car is completely stripped and caged for next year's race season.....Honda Challenge baby H1 category!!!

nice,i'm jealous. wish i could do the same but i have to feed the kid. you know gotta prioratize.