boosted k-series in a crx
 

i've been contemplating ditching my current project to pick up a k motor for my crx. i love my zc but the thought of having a new heart with as much hp as my lil turd puts out boosted gets me thinking. do any of you guys think it'd be worth it? i know the expenses needed but im willing to dig deep to pull this one off. any suggestions?

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k20 swap is VERY involved. prepare to do some fab work and LOTS of wiring. theres a guy on honda-tech that just buttoned up a k20 swap in his crx.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1313688

the thread is kinda long but if you skim through it you'll get the gist. keep in mind this guy is a wiring guru, (owner of rywire.com) so he doesnt go in depth into much of the wiring. i also think he spent around 9-10k to complete the swap.

also im not sure how turbo clearance will be against the firewall, i cant imagine there will be much.

best of luck.

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actually from the pic that he shows of the header clearance you could shoe horn a good sized turbo in there

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need room for the manifold too :) if you got one in there, id would be TIGHT

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i was thinking about doing the same thing until i found its expensive to do

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theres a guy in town doing a kswap, i think hes putting the k24 head on the k20 bottom end , no clue if thats right dont keep up with k ---- cause ill never be able to afford it, and turboing it with full standalone. GOin into crx. Pretty badass idea,should be killer ride.

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just checked out ryans crx k20 that thing is tite :y im gonna start pricing some essentials out and go from there.i don't care if i have to drive around n/a for a while til i piece together a turbo kit. at the time being that swap combo gets a "A+" for rarity

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for the complete swap and turboeing lol, yur gunna end up spending close to 10 grand.... in a $1500 car, its not worth it.

Even tho, with just im, cai, and headers, you could net some low 12 second passes.

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yea it costs a lot but if you could find a k24 motor from an accord,element or tsx it will save rather than spending like 5 grand for a k20. k24's run anywhere from 600-1000 bucks. hasport has mounts and all the other ---- to get it done but yea still gonna cost a pretty penny.

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thats a totally bad outlook on it. he wants a car that is fast. with this swap,turboed it will be just that. it doesnt matter how much the car costs initially. Not to mention the crx is one of the best platforms to make a fast honda. my crx costed me 3K a couple years ago and I've put more than that into it since then...am I wasting my money? ::)

If he has the money, time, and patience to do this, then I'm all for it. I personally do not have the money to do a k swap in my crx, so I'm sticking to b series.

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keep in mind ryan got the jdm type r k20. im sure that cost him a ton. he stated in a recent post that hes spent about 11k+ on the swap. id also hesitate to do the k20/24 thing. hood clearance with the k20 is already bad, and ive only seen it clear with the sir hood. i cant imagine the k24 block will make it any better. but i could be wrong, i dont know if the k24 has the same deck height or if the difference in displacement is due to bore, stroke, or both.

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hell yea im sticking with the killa-B

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a guy i work with is doing an all motor k swap in his eg hatch.

k24 block, k20 head. full roll cage, it should be done in a few months

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hope you have 12g's atleast

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If I had lots of money laying around thats probably what I would build.. But B-series are well proven and can make lots of power.

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money is not the issue. and my car is worth well over $1500 and even if it wasn't thats not the point. i think the k24/k20 swap would be the most sensible and also shouldn't have any problems with clearance because i have the sir frontend. i can realistically pull this off for less than the numbers you guys are projecting. eBay is your friend

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Made of money are we? and if money isnt the issue what is? Installing it and fabbing up a turbokit should be cakewalk.

Most sensible? whys that? B-series engines are well proven. You can make a 600+whp B-series cheaper than you could do your entire K-series swap for, not to mention it would be way easier.

I dont think so, BrianG from HAsport said that when using the K24 block there is no way, not even the SIR hood will fit.

Dont get me wrong, I think K-series are great engines, but are still to pricey. The mountkits, ecus, clutch kits.. everything is still just way to spendy. But like you said.. if you got the money, time, and know how to fab.. go for it =)

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If money is no issue than this thread isn't even necessary. Start ordering parts.

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you're bein sarcastic, right??? anyways..... i think that the k swap would deffinatley be fun, but not worth it right now. parts are still way expensive, and the engine alone is gonna cost a gripload. for the money you would end up payin, you could have a fully built b thrown in there w/ a nice turbo/mani, and all the other goodies.

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um no hes not being sarcastic. pacman has a k20 in his crx. he runs 11's with just ITB's on a stock motor.

and ebay wont be much help with this swap, you cant exactly buy the mount kit, axles, karcepts kit, kpro, ect off ebay. you might be able to get the motor, but i wont trust an ebay motor, first for scams, second for quality.

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i smell a theft goin down...

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He use to, and it was more than just "ITBS"... Kpro which is over a grand, Toda cams and a cust SS equal length header in a gutted crx. Just that setup alone is worth more than any built/boosted setup I have ever put together. Your average Kseries swap in crx/civic your looking at mid-low 13's.

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yea he def. had more the itbs and a k20 in that crx....

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which equals not worth the cash.

not yet.. soon b16a;s wil lbe the d15 of hondas. and the k series will run wild

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hopefully, then I could upgrade from my disposable D to a disposable B O0

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i know i could spend way less and make as much power with a b series but thats so played out i want something you see less of for once. not too many people have this swap at this time thats whats makes me want it. and money don't grow on trees over here i work for what i got and besides i've been wastin money on bs like used cars to fix up..........---- it i'll sell them all and get this going...........nothing else motivates me like doubt lol this WILL be the cheapest k swap to come

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A K swap just isn't economical right now. Its kinda like when PS2 came out and people were paying $5,000 to have it one month earlier than everyone else. Than the next month everyone had one and only paid $300. Well if you want to pay extra just to say "I have a K motor" and look cool on the internet than go for it. But if you care more about going fast than a B series will go faster for cheaper. Its your money do what you want but your original question was "is it worth it" and my answer to that is no.

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kpro is a given, you really cant do the swap without it due to immobilizers and such. i meant stock block, only think i didnt know about was the cams.

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In an all motor application "stock block" really doesn't mean anything since all the power comes from the head. So you can port, polish, mill and call it stock. Most of the time all motor cars that break bottom ends is due to bad tuning...

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well the head was stock too besides the cams, thats why i didnt say stock head. guess what i was getting at was there wasnt too much work done internally, just cams.

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A ported/polished and milled head is still "stock" too.

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did he have port work? i dont think he did but i could be wrong. but i wouldnt consider a ported head to be stock, cause thats not how it came.

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Personally I know know who the ---- the kid is, I'm just saying in general. Go look at Jeff's project Wheeze it was "stock all motor"

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i looked it up, but couldnt find out :shrug:. i still wouldnt consider portwork to be stock, cause its not. i guess its subjective, but i personally wouldnt call it stock.

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k's are mainly na anyways and thats just queer

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They did a write-up in one of those car mags, with an ek, with k20, it had ecu reflash i think, im, headers, cai, and maybe 1 more thing. it ran in an ek even, 12.59.

Either way, putting at least 10k into a $1500 car is insane, but if your made of money, or your parents are.... by all means go for it.

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if i put 10k into a 20 dollar car its not insane cause its my car and my ------ money.

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If I had to resort to K-series faggotry because I wanted to impress everytone with an oversized engine running undersized D-series bearings, rods constantly shoving their way through the block, and defective transmissions always dropping 2nd gear..... I'd go K24 turbo with the intake cam locked in something 1700-1800 lbs *cough* CRX *cough*.

The car/engine would accelerate too fast for the intake cam to keep up until 5th gear. Boost likes the intake cam locked at 0 degrees - who cares about the rest of the driving experience? This allows us to use a cheap standalone - DFI Gen 7 can be had for $400-600. Megasquirt. I've never looked into K-series sensor specifics, but "possibly" OBD1 Honduh if the CKP/TDC/CYP convention is maintained or a dizzy can be fitted somehow. Etc.

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then get rid of your crx buddy