Ill throw out hints and tips
Honestly, the K's are super simple. Tons of fool proof things to help, for instance, cams. The cam pulse plates, only fit on in one orientation, intake and exhaust cam are clearly marked, when at TDC (which is marked on the timing chain, cam gears, as well as the arrows on the block and crank pulley, cams can be installed with a locking pin or something as simple as allen wrenches so that they are perfect and just ready for the timing chain to go on. I Lol. I think it's harder to mess things up.
Honda crv block and rbb tsx head, sub $1000 total and you have a low compression TSX basically. Throw in another few hundred on a rsx base trans or ep3 trans and you have a mean Frankenstein for chump change.
No. The DC5 ITR has a faster 4th, 5th, and 6th gear, faster final drive, and an oem LSD. The 8th gen civic si and 05-06 rsx type s has the same final drive as the dc5 itr.
If you look at what your getting for "chump change" its a good Bang for the Buck.
This ^ a k swap is a k swap. If you want to upgrade further then "chump change" is a good way to go. Can always rebuild to your liking.
not when you know to call Steve at Hmotors. He has tons od things on hand and containers arrive pretty often. Way more often than most of the businesses who import jdm goodies.
06-08 K24A2 or DC5 ITR K20A. The two most potent motors in stock form. They also come with the price tag that reflects that unfortunately. The K20A, I wouldn't really want to modify outside of bolt ons and a tune, just because it kinda defeats the purpose od buying it. You basically end up taking out what makes it a R motor. The K24a2 can use improvement, the head. Although it makes great power, the RBB tsx head is one of the worst flowing k series heads. Funny how Honda put the low flowing head with the most aggressive set of oem cams together. Even porting the RBB head is very limited because it has soo many water passages, there isn't enough material to port and get the CFM you can get from a ported rsx head. Also, you can free up power by changing the tsx oil pump to a CTR or rsx type s pump which is lighter weight and works more efficiently at higher rpm.
I will. Hoping to pick up the exhaust, ktuned traction bar, and velocity stack for the intake soon. Ill be starting the swap process on the 22nd so I kinda have no choice but to buy lol
Get that WS2 on order already!
I'd still go with a 06-08 tsx motor and throw in a 6 speed and have a hell of a sleeper.
