i wanna hear your guys opinion on a K20 swap vs a B18c5 ...
Car is EG
being built for reliability not DRAG ....so what swap would you choose?
im only looking for constructive comments ... no smart a$$ replies... and yes THIS WILL BE ALL MOTOR!

 

K20 is a little heavier on your wallet and will require lots of extra parts that will be more difficult to find. Also the only tuning platform is K-Pro ($$$$$). Other than that, K20 does make a great all motor platform and will put down 200++ with simple bolt-ons and tuning.

B18c5 has the same potential, it will just require a little more work to reach the same numbers. In the long run it shouldn't cost you any more than the K20 and parts and tech info are much more readily available.

A friend of mine has a turbo gsr. He bought a K20a from a friend of his at a local acura dealer for rediculusly cheap (I almost guarantee no one has found one as cheap ) He's had if for a couple weeks and has already decided to sell it. He said he doesn't want to go through gettting all of the parts, ect. I don't blame him, he's already putting damn near 300hp at the wheels.

 

good **** .... GOOD INFO
the thing is ... i can get the swap done with a hondata reflash for $5600.00 from some dude in So. Cal ... everything complete ... and the guy that does this has a EG with a K20 pushing over 200WHP with an intake headers and exhaust ... thas it ... and i know stock B18C5 modded with that setup will make about 190WHP if your lucky ... and for an all motor setup ... every little pony helps... .. but thanks for the info !!!!!!!

 

How much is your friend willing to sell the K20 for that he got so rediculouly cheap? I might be interested
E-Mail : Sandstorm15@yahoo.com

 

if you've got the money and time, get the k20. it will suprised a lot of people and it's going to be nice to say that you have the only k20 swapped eg in ur town (unless you are in a k20 swap happy city )

 

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His name wouldn't happen to be Eric Hernandez of K20EG Innovations would it?

 

if you got money to burn, K20!!!!

 

thats the price for the K20 change overw/ a hondata reflash ... the wiring ... custom axles ... and labor for the swap
dont really know to much about the cost of each

 

theres a couple of people i know of so far in Cali with the k20 swap ... not to many people are fond of the swap because its exspensive....im looking more for a motor with next to nothing on milege, this is gonna be my daily driver .. and i need it to be able to make long road trips .. not really for drag racing ... if anything at all ... it will be for road racing ..

 

not to sure on the guys name .. but i know his shop is somewhere in Signal Hill/Long Beach area ...
i seen his post on http://www.JdmCivic.com
Southern Cali...
and he has a thread in there

 

yeah , the money thing is not the issue ... i want something reliable and not gonna break down on me on the freeway when im coming home from work ..

 

thanks guys for your input ... keep it coming ..

 

Do some research in the RR/AX forum, a WCHC team (search under Kiwi, special projects racing I think)is running that engine, and are having problems with upping the power and breaking rods, dont know how much they are making, but think of that as an added expense, aparently they arnt as strong as bseries stock rods.

 

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They are fine if you stay with the stock rev limit.

BTW, if that does turn out to be his name, STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!! Do a search on here for K20EG.