K20 swap for LS

[ForcedInduction509]

My cousin has a '95 integra LS and the engine and tranny just went so he is thinking of sending the car to a junkyard. I have noticed a crx with a K20 swap and I was wondering how big of a task it would be to swap a K20 into an LS engine bay......and about how much would it cost? Thanks ahead of time for any info.

[shaunthebadass]

it isnt really that hard of a job. if you order all of the components from www.hybrid-racing.com then it comes with a cd for installation instructions, free tech support when you call them, billet mounts and a plug-n-play harness. this motor really looks like it was made for the dc2 rather than the dc5. i am actually in the process of getting one in my 95. here are some pics of a few dc2's with this motor in them:




the jdm integras have the k20a2 in them also.

[integralover]

omfg that is just sick. that engine looks like it actually belongs in there. i would love to see a dyno of that.

[kornflakes28546]

is the k20a2 the one with 210hp?

[ForcedInduction509]

Originally Posted by shaunthebadass

it isnt really that hard of a job. if you order all of the components from www.hybrid-racing.com then it comes with a cd for installation instructions, free tech support when you call them, billet mounts and a plug-n-play harness. this motor really looks like it was made for the dc2 rather than the dc5. i am actually in the process of getting one in my 95. here are some pics of a few dc2's with this motor in them:




the jdm integras have the k20a2 in them also.

Yo.....thnx alot for that site man, you just took all the hard work of finding all the things seperately.

[shaunthebadass]

your welcome. give those guys a call if you are interested, they're good people and will be able to help you out with whatever you need. pretty soon i will be doing a jdm front end, right hand drive conversion and k20a2 in mine. ill post some pics when it is done.

[pepsihatman]

Really freaking awesome swap. What will the engine cost?

[94tegRS]

about 5600 + shipping for the RSX-R 220HP
from hmotors

[kornflakes28546]

then you have to add to mounts and everthing else but it would be worth it, it's an awesome engine with a ton of potential. eventually (after i graduate from college) i plan to do a k20 swap + turbo, and JDM front end. i hope to run high 11's - low 12's. it'll defintely be a fun project.

[94tegRS]

Originally Posted by kornflakes28546

then you have to add to mounts and everthing else but it would be worth it, it's an awesome engine with a ton of potential. eventually (after i graduate from college) i plan to do a k20 swap + turbo, and JDM front end. i hope to run high 11's - low 12's. it'll defintely be a fun project.

eventually youd be quicker than the B no doubt but imagine that 6k from the swap, 6hun form the mounts, maybe 1500 for axles/wiring/fuel system..

spent on the B18 the teg has already.

for 8 G's that would be one insane powerplant.

you could beef it up, throw a huge amount of boost at it, tune it and then smoke a stock K equipped teg. of course it would be cool to be different but noone goes and pops their hood and shows off after they lose a race so most wont even know.

plus that doesnt count the money spent boosting the K20.

[whtteg]

Originally Posted by 94tegRS

eventually youd be quicker than the B no doubt but imagine that 6k from the swap, 6hun form the mounts, maybe 1500 for axles/wiring/fuel system..

spent on the B18 the teg has already.

for 8 G's that would be one insane powerplant.

you could beef it up, throw a huge amount of boost at it, tune it and then smoke a stock K equipped teg. of course it would be cool to be different but noone goes and pops their hood and shows off after they lose a race so most wont even know.

plus that doesnt count the money spent boosting the K20.

I agree.Until it becomes more and more common and cheaper than it is too much money for such little gain IMHO.But after some time it will get cheaper to do and then it might not be a bad idea, the thing you would be paying for the most is more HP with better daily drivability. Just my on it.

[kornflakes28546]

Originally Posted by 94tegRS

eventually youd be quicker than the B no doubt but imagine that 6k from the swap, 6hun form the mounts, maybe 1500 for axles/wiring/fuel system..

spent on the B18 the teg has already.

for 8 G's that would be one insane powerplant.

you could beef it up, throw a huge amount of boost at it, tune it and then smoke a stock K equipped teg. of course it would be cool to be different but noone goes and pops their hood and shows off after they lose a race so most wont even know.

plus that doesnt count the money spent boosting the K20.

yeah i know it'll be expensive, but it'll be a project car in 10 years (about the time it'll take for me to finally get out of college and start making real money) and by then the k series will be fairly inexpensive and most importantly, the project will be for fun and it'll be different.

[shaunthebadass]

if you were to find a k20 out of a wrecked rsx for a good price, buy the mounts and axles and all other components for around 3k and the k-pro for about a grand. with all of this you will be running about a 13.8-13.95 ON A STOCK MOTOR! alot of mildly built b18c's dont run that. this is not to mention that this motor is the future, its reliability, gas mileage and power makes it a new force to reconed with. building the b series is played out as far as im concerned because everything has already been done.

just my opinion.

[94tegRS]

Originally Posted by shaunthebadass

if you were to find a k20 out of a wrecked rsx for a good price, buy the mounts and axles and all other components for around 3k and the k-pro for about a grand. with all of this you will be running about a 13.8-13.95 ON A STOCK MOTOR! alot of mildly built b18c's dont run that. this is not to mention that this motor is the future, its reliability, gas mileage and power makes it a new force to reconed with. building the b series is played out as far as im concerned because everything has already been done.

just my opinion.

if thats the case what is the point of building a civic to go fast, its been done, or building a quick teg, its been done, its played out...

everything you wanna do to a K20 has probably already been done somewhere.

and in a civic coupe a B18C5 with bolt ons runs low low 14's, this was close to sea level of course but thats still quick.

I want the k series also, I found a RSX-S down in cali when i was visting in a wrecking yard I could have had for 3 G's, but I had no money for the car let alone the truck and trailer to tow it thorugh 3 states.

[shaunthebadass]

i understand what you are saying 94tegrs, but how many people do you know have a built k20 in their dc, eg or ek chassis in your area? thats my point, not many out there. i just dont like having the same thing that all of my friends have because i have three friends with built b series in their integras. i just want to put the k20 in my car and start on a whole new level that others are spending ridiculous money to get to and are sacrificing reliability at the same time. once you start to build a motor, your chances for it screwing up increases. with this motor you can go to the track and run in the stock motor class and be on par with supra tt's and smoke evo's.

the track times i stated earlier are a little off. in an eg, stock rsx w/o kpro ran a 13.7 at like 105. when they added the kpro it ran a 13.5 at 106.7. their 60 foots were something like 2.2, no traction and a problem with the shift linkage. the car would slip out of gear randomly. these were the first runs in the car and since then these problems have been fixed. on the website you can watch some videos of it beating an evo with a few bolt ons and a few other races at www.hybrid-racing.com.