K20A is no doubt a nice motor, and I'd love to put one in my car WHEN MY B18C DIES!
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K20A is no doubt a nice motor, and I'd love to put one in my car WHEN MY B18C DIES!
To a point only; the '96 spec motors were hand polished, '98 spec was done by a machine which actually did a much better job of it as it could go further in than you could by handQuote:
Originally Posted by nipnip
However both '96 and '98 spec were hand assembled
potential from the k series motors is another reason why they rape. once swapped into the lighter cars ie. eg ef dc2 plus basic mods. same mods on
b18c7 etc wont get you the same power gains.
the motors dont weigh anymore than a b18c motor, im not sure how much effect having them mounted the other way will have on the handling of an EG or DC2. i wouldnt have thought much if any but you would need to ask someone who has already done the swap. plenty of people on www.k20a.org in the states have dc2's with a K series motor in them so perhaps asking there would be a start
why does it all come down to rape? hahah.
you need to be more specific in both your reasoning and your goals:
what is your current situation - how much money do you want to spend, what condition is your b18c in?
are you looking at a k24a3? or k24a3/k20a2 hybrid?
i wouldnt be doing a swap like this unless i was considering the latter.
how much power do you really want/need?
if you are not looking for huge gains have you considered working the engine you already have?
Bear in mind that a k24 converted dc2 will be significantly harder to sell than a worked b18c dc2. this might be important to you, or it might not.
i will have k24a3/k20a head in dc2r body
Who said K-seris will rape B-series??
The K20a type R gearbox are gangsta's....short gear ratio!
IMO k24 into DC2R waste of money...might as well turbo it hahaha
if ur car was not a type r, then i'd say go for it, but for a dc2r, i wouldnt go putting in a k series. dc2r are made perfect.
ben beat me to it.
do it for 'something different,' but you will completely throw off the weight distribution and balance of the car. with an average person sitting in the driver's seat, the car's weight dist. becomes perfectly balanced. that's what i call precision tuning... i guess honda knew what they were doing after all! that balance probably cost millions in R&D to acheive wouldn't be worth throwing away for extra power.
but yeah, i guess if you really wanna do it... get a k20a, although its not as simple as 'dc2r chassis > dc5r, k20a > b18c so therefore dc2r + k20a = win'
thanks for the info guys
yeh i was thinking about if it would throw off the balance of the car and wondering wat it would effect. has anyone that has done the swap to a k24/k20 feel any difference in handling??? i heard that the k engies and b engines are close to the same weight.
and yeh my b18 aint raped or anything i was just looking at more gain in power coz i kno that the same mods like i/h/e on a k series would be more than a b series. and yeh how much would the whole conversion roughly cost me with i/h/e mods ??? and would the be a lot of custom work ?
thanks heaps for the info guys
how much will this kind of conversion cost ?
at least 12 grand. minus approx 6k if your b18c7 motor is in good condition (and you can sell it)
so ball park minimum figure of around 6k
What info do you based this on ? Have you actually done the K swap + set it up for circuit racing and bring your car to circuit ?Quote:
Originally Posted by iaquinta
Our EGK20A is built for circuit racing , did 1:09 wakefield on the 2nd track day outing.
Spoon EK is powered by K20A now and also some of their circuit set up hondas.