K20 and turbo swapped into Civic
 

Here is the project so far and hoping to have it running by May 11th.
K20 preparation work
1. Quaif LSD
2. Vitek Stage 4 clutch
3. Plasma boosters
4. AEM fuel rail
5. Hondata intake heat shield gasket
6. Unorthodox Pulleys
7. Cybernation stage 1 turbo kit

Pic #2

Cooling system:
1. Fluidyne 2003 Si rad
2. Scorrico drag dual fans
3. Spearco intercooler

What was

Will become

Coming soon:
Custom 3" Exhaust to a non-restricted Magnaflow muffler.

D17 vs. K20

Jesus you got money.....
that sir is about 8 g's sitting right there if your doing the isntalation yourself :_bow:

Thats nice. Hope u don't run into problems and get it up and running rite away

damn, that is very very nice!

Found one problem when we changed the differential.
The bearing was cracked and the intermediate shaft was bent.
Thank God we changed out the differential

It's actually the K20A2 (RSX Type-S).
Not all the install on my own BUT I do have a freiend at Honda doing special favors :D

K20A and turbo? very nice! :hitit:

:_bow:

damn .. you got 2 things everybody wants ... a K20 plus turbo = lucky SOB

Honestly the 3 inch exhaust is going to be too much. All the EP3s and RSXs that I've seen with CN kits make more power on 2.5 instead of 3 inch exhaust.

damn thats awesome man. cant wait to see the results.

Now thats something to turbo!!! I like to see post's like this for those few members who think they are god with their d17 turbo. :hgrin: :clap: looks really nice!!

Poor jayson,

Is there any way you can take a pic of the clearance between the subframe and the 3in downpipe? I'm currently getting a new downpipe being made. I had a bad case of wheel hop on street tires. The downpipe was banging on the subframe reinforcements. I'm thinking of just getting a 2.5 flared to a 3in. I'm also getting stiffer mounts from hasport (77). The ones I got with the esk1 kit arent stiff enough. Anyhelp would be appreciated thanks.


BTW:My car is up in ny waiting to go in the shop. I'm stationed in nc. Which is why I can't take a pic myself.

damn thats awesome, I going k20 soon, hopefully

wild, Nice, must be nice :(

damn you!!! props man, thats sooo nice. hope to see it when we come down on the 15th. i'll race you for slips. lol, j/p

I will see what I can do

so how much did you pay total? or end up paying total?

K20A2 engine, tranny, ECU, wire harness, subframe, axles, all hoses, reservoirs, sensors, exhaust manifold and cat. converter, basically everything except the front lower control arms
$4000 USD

The rest. Lets put it this way, with everything we are looking at around $15,000 for the swap

As of May 10th

Where did you get the motor with all that it come with for only $4000?

good luck, looks sick! :_beer:

Ebay but it didn't sell and I contacted the autowrecker directly and made a deal with almost everything I needed.

Thats pretty freaking sweet man, welcome to the A2 club :)

I'm goin the exact opposite direction of you, N/A baby :rockon:

Trust me after all the work is done and the money is spent you will not regret it, i haven't for a second.

:damn:

Thanks
I heard you should be able to get around 265 hp N/A

Hytech is getting around 300whp, and they are still adding more. There is huge numbers with the K20 with either NA or FI.
Props on the turbo, I know it will be fun. The K20A2 alone is fun. Its good to see someone doing it right this time too. Getting the Quaife LSD and all. I see too many people on clubrsx.com getting the turbo kit and they are like "I have big HP, but Im still not going fast, whats the deal?" TRACTION!! So :clap: to you. Cant wait to hear how she runs.
Im gonna do another K20 swap soon. Im thinking about doing the K24/K20 hybrid. Building the K24 to withstand the 8000rpms that the K20 head likes, and get some boost on it with either a supercharger, or a turbo. Torque much? I'll keep everyone posted.

i cant wait until i get enough money to do the swap and go na

man your my inspiration! as soon as i get my house and a garage to do some work i'm going to put some money down on a rsx engine. problem is i cant find a type s around. i see plenty of the regular rsx motor so i'll prolly go that way unless i get lucky.

Thanks, I was always taught, "Do it right the first time, even if it costs a little more.)
I have also been thinking of making my all wheel drive Honda Element a Sleeper with the RSX Type-S head and supercharging it.

You need to donate some money to me.

good way to be man u just did a nice job on ur ride and u are right man if u wanna do it right u got to spent a little more, at the end that job is appreciated and u got respect for that. i'm still looking for a k20A2, i wanna do my thing too.

you got it running yet?

Hoping by friday afternoon (May 14). It has to be at V8less in Calgary the next day for a car show.

Can you talk a little about the modifications you've had to do to the Cybernation kit to get it to fit? Searched, and didn't find anything other than mention of piping.

hey for anyone who got the k20 swap done did you have problems with the a/c and/or power steering?

Jay, glad to see the progress. I liked the pics you sent. Glad to see the parts coming together for one fine piece of automotive work. Please keep me posted and let me know if there is anything else you need as far as parts. You were a pleasure to do business with. :D


Paul

Paul the pleasure was all mine. Your service was and is flawless.

1. If you drop the engine out (K20A2) and put on the exhaust manifold, turbo, oil lines (in and out) it is alot easier.
2. The cobra fitting (see pic) is a hard fit and the engine support must be narrowed
3. Waste gate dump pipe must be lengthened or routed into the downpipe. It dumps right by the oil filter :shake:
4. All intercooler piping must be altered. You have to run it over top of the intercooler behind the bumper not in front of the engine. If you run it in front of the engine you have to loss your A/C compressor and find a new belt.
5. Kit doesn't include many adapters (e.g. fuel tank)
6. Oil feed adapter to engine block will not thread, must modify.
7. Wiring straight forward BUT HASport has seen alot of problems with this set up and the wiring harness they have made. Contact HASport to correct problems.
8. The instructions are vague and necessary pictures are not included.
These are some but everyones will be different

:( not good news at all :(

Thank you very much Jay. Glad I could be of assistance. :D :_beer:

update?

Yeah is there an update?

Jayson, have you thought about a custom traction bar? You are gonna be pushing 300+ after tuning and there is little chance that car is gonna get the power to the ground. Did you get an LSD?

Has LSD
We ran into a Lean problem right.
Keep you post with video