RippSpeed

Hey guys;
I know I'm a noob here but I'm not a nub to the whole performance modding scene... I'm a Toyota guy and have been around in the Toyota scene for quite some time ...

I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the K20 swap into a EG HatchBack

I wanted to know
- what trans can I use with this swap ...
- what clutch and flywheel can I run with this combo
- what axles and do I need to swap out the hubs as well, if I use the RSX 6spd

thanx for your advice...

vtecspeed1320

You can use any trans ep3, civic si, k20a2 trans. Just buy a complete swap. The ecu will have to have somethings done to it. You can either run a type r ecu. Or send of the stock ecu to get kpro'd. The axles you can run stock type s axles with b series outers.

RippSpeed

-What if I use the 6spd tranny from a Civic SI what does that entail ???

-And from what I was looking at the k20's are drive by wire??? Or is there a specific year I have to find ...

-Are K20's smoggable here in California... Like I can take it to a California Air Research Board and have a new vin put on my vehicle ???

willymccoy

I swapped an K24A2 into my EG9. Used a Civic si 5spd from an 04. Bought the correct axles. Headers with test pipe. Passed emissions with room to spare. I was kinda' worried about passing emissions. The TSX motor burns very clean. I live in an area that is almost as tough as California smog standards

RippSpeed

wow a test pipe ?!?! that definitly wont pass here, especially with CARB ... If they saw that they would just impound your car...

spoolinegsr

there is a dude that got his passed in cali......but he had to swap over the gas tank and everything else was stock. he got a TSX header, and all kinds of other crap, including fitting up the whole obd2 system, and wiring in the immobilizor for the stock ecu...


it looked like waaay to much work

RippSpeed

I heard you can make it pass smog but not CARB just as long everything looks stock in the car... But I'm thinking the Hondata isnt legal but all it is a modified factory ecu, correct ??? so the OBDII wiring should be able to work ...

RippSpeed

What year K20 motor and off what car is easier to put in the EG ??? I noticed that some K20's had a plastic intake manifold and some had the aluminum ones ... So which one is better and easier...
thank for your guys advice

vtecspeed1320

2002-2004 type s are good k20a2's to put in.

RippSpeed

Thanx for the answer...

I want the 6spd after thinking about it... It would do great on gas mileage since I live 60 to 80 miles away from work...

Is there anything special I have to do to make this swap work with the 6spd ???

Adrian G. Aka JDMonkey

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same for the eks?