igot a 04 accord 4dr K24 and i was wundern if i can get more than just skunk2 cams and shafts 4 it cause id like 2 just put basic performance on it without having 2 take the car off the road for a week and tune it. i just want intake,header, and an exhaust.

HELP ME!

 

Yeah you can get whatever you want, they have it all. Can you be specific please?

 

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This might be harder to accomplish than you'd expect.

K motor headers are going to be designed for applications where the K motor is the high performance, racing and homologation motor for the series. It's easy to find K motor headers that fit the DC5/EP3 (RSX/CTR), and the USDM TSX/JDM Accord cars. Those cars are raced in various series and are bought by people who will tend more to modify their cars.

Unfortunately, the 2004-2007 USDM Accord/JDM Inspire is a pretty big car that people do not typically buy to modify, and the performance versions of these cars seem to come equipped with the J30 and J32 motors. In Japan, for example, the car competes with the big Toyota Mark X and doesn't even come with a K motor for that market.

In other words, I don't think you're going to find an appropriate header for your application.

As far as the exhaust goes, I think you're going to have to look at a custom fabrication. You could probably get a custom muffler shop to fabricate a close imitation of the V6 dual-exhaust with high flow cats. It'd look pretty good, look "stock" for the purpose of state inspections, and would add some power.

It's possible that some well known K motor intakes would fit in the Accord/Inspire chassis, but I have never seen an Icebox in an Inspire chassis. I think you're probably going to have to contact Comptech USA directly to see if the Icebox fits in your chassis.

Hondata sells a mild plug-in chip for the K20A3 that was used in the USDM EP3 Si. The K20 in the USDM Accord is very similar, and you might want to check them out for relatively low cost gains.

I don't know of anybody who got into improving the K motor that comes in the USDM 7 Gen Accord. If you don't mind keeping us advised of where you go with this, we'd appreciate it.

 

Sorry George but there are a number of applications.

As far as a header, you're only option is the DCSport one, but beware for the problem that many of us 7th gen owners have been getting with holes in our flex pipes (I have one). That is the only header I know of on the market. (What george is saying only applies towards v6's who's headers are cast into the block and are theoretically unchangeable, although one guy has done it with massive help)

Exhaust has a wide range of options, however the most common change has been with 2.5 or 2.25" pipes and welding a muffler on. There are Apexi WS2 and Greddy EVO2 full exhausts, but for a 4dr you run into a number of problems.

There are also a large number of intakes you can choose from as well, including Fujita, Injen, AEM, K&N, etc. You can get a Short Ram, Cold Air, or AEM's new design for the V2 intake.

Now that you've got your basic bolt-ons, you can go onto internals. Crower just released a set of cams and full engine internal upgrade, including valvetrain and other things. Skunk2 also has these upgrades in cams and valvetrain from Stge 1 to 5. However, your main problem you run into with a lot of these things is tuning. There are two options, and one is light years ahead of the other. Hondata's Kpro is the premier tuning platform for K-series engines. However, Hondata could not crack the 7th gen ECU and get it to run correctly. However Cstyleaccord has made a harness that uses a 02-04 RSX-S PRB ECU as a piggyback that runs kpro effectively with only a MIL error. The other option is Greddy E-manage or E-manage ultimate, both of which are way behind kpro, but for much cheaper.

If you'd like you can run a turbo (any k-series manifold will work). There is a new turbo kit on the market from RacingTechnologyCo for $3950 before July that works and runs great at 302whp on stock internals.

If you have any other questions feel free.

 

That's a good point. Motors like the K20A4 and K20A3 seem to be almost intended for turbos...but would you still go turbo on a bigger car like the 7 Gen Accord?

Thanks for the other information, too. I hadn't heard of <u>any</u> header available for a 7 Gen chassis and a K motor.

 

I'm turning my car in tomorrow for a turbo build, I know of 4 other turbo cars and 3 who have kits and are install/tuning them within the end of the month...

 

well c i got the car cause honda didnt have any coupes at all besides i like the looks of the sedan more but idk does anybody know if anyone is selling a C30 V6 motor cause i can probably get the money 4 1 of them or a K24 motor from a TSX would b nice