danksanatra

Hey what's up tuner heads,well here the deal.I have a ek9 with a ls motor,and I'm interested in getting a k20a2 for my ek9 and selling my ls motor.now I have the money for the k motor.but I was told you that a k20a2 is not street legal,and I wanna know if this is true.now keep in mind I stay in cali,so this law may not count for other states,

Cars-96civic 2dr/o1 gsr and ek9/ls motor bored to a 2.o.

Boostage

From what I hear damn near everything isnt legal in Cali. so probably not.
*Hugs Florida flag*

dtran002

actually, it is legal if u pass the visual and emission test from the ref.. that if u decide to let the state noe u doin the swap...lots of people in ca swap engine and dun really tell the state...i did my h22a swap and let them noe, pass smog and visual test, they gave me a sticker, BAR sticker...street legal now hehehe

Under_Pressure

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Boostage &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">From what I hear damn near everything isnt legal in Cali. so probably not.
*Hugs Florida flag*</TD></TR></TABLE>

U gota love Florida

life sux die

not legal as of yet. you'll need a custom header which is why you cannot get it BAR'ed by the state ref.

dtran002

why u need a custom header for??? dun the engine come wit a header????

life sux die

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yes, it comes with it's own header, but the header is designed for it's own car aswell.
think about it.

skoolz4loserz

it does come with a stock exhaust manifold but that won't clear the firewall on the EK from what i understand, therefore a custom header is needed.

xEnderx

^^^ Learn to use grammer you friggin tool.

You have to use a custom header because the K motors rotate in the opposite manner that the D, B, and H series motors do. Exhaust ports in the rear and intake ports in the front.....like it should have been done in the first place.


Edit: The tool comment was directed at Dtrans....or whatever his name is.

SovXietday

Unlike any of the other engines the K20 sits with the exhaust manifold pointed toward the driver, instead of toward the front of the vehicle. The header has to be custom made because civics aren't made for that style, and the header that comes with the engine will not fit.

And like always I'm not the first one to answer the question...

Spoon Si

iTrader: (1)

Or you could use a Comptech or DC Header made for the TSX.
Both I believe are 50 state emission legal.

HondaCivicSiR1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xEnderx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^^^ Learn to use grammer you friggin tool.

You have to use a custom header because the K motors rotate in the opposite manner that the D, B, and H series motors do. Exhaust ports in the rear and intake ports in the front.....like it should have been done in the first place.


Edit: The tool comment was directed at Dtrans....or whatever his name is.</TD></TR></TABLE>dude you are the biggest jack *** that has ever been on Honda-tech you should stop writing in other people's post and shut the hell up

Tippyman

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaCivicSiR1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude you are the biggest jack *** that has ever been on Honda-tech you should stop writing in other people's post and shut the hell up </TD></TR></TABLE>

He actually helped me alot with my exhaust. He pme'd me like 12 times when i had questions. GTFO!