I've been workin on this new hatch for quite a while now lol. Just have been EXTREMELY busy with taking care of my wife being deployed, working, you know how it is heh.

So I just spent about 4 hours uploading all images. I'll be posting a full How-To K20 Swap just like I did for the H22 swap a while back..

Any comments/concerns/pointers/questions, feel free to let me know! I'll help anyone out. I did everything myself, with some help of my great friends. Couldn't have gotten this far w/o them.

Also want to thank a lot of K20A.org for helpin out as well.

Here goes:

When I just got it:






Started stripping it:



One of my friends helpin me out:




Engine removal:











Started cleaning/doing body work:








Stay tuned for more!

Thanks for looking!

 

More pics uploaded:




Removed sound deadening material:






Removed all harnesses:



Karcepts for K20 shifter:







Prepping paint booth garage:




Wetted down the floor:


Materials:


Started priming it:







After painting



















More updates later! Thanks again for looking!

 

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The paint came out great, besides you looking straight out of compton

 

NICE

My car just got painted and looks the same way in my driveway....

what color is that

 

More pics uploaded:

Removed power steering rack:



Modified a bushing to put the manual rack in:



Installed:


Installed K20 passenger mount:



Installed rear mount:



Prepped ready for K20:


Ready for swap:



Stay tuned for more!

Thanks again for looking!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Turbogixxer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The paint came out great, besides you looking straight out of compton </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks man!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2fastGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NICE

My car just got painted and looks the same way in my driveway....

what color is that</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very nice!

I was going to paint it dark green metallic off 00 Chevy Silverado, but it's Sierra Pine Metallic

 

More pics uploaded!

Installing K20:









ETD traction bars and brackets for the radiator:







More pics:


Intake and radiator hose installed:




Serpentine belt installed:



Thank for looking!

 

More pics, last post for the night!











Doing wiring tomorrow and hopefully start her up!

Night!

 

Everything looks great! I can't wait to read your k20 swap guide, the h22 one was amazing. Good luck with the rest of the build.

 

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thanks man! much appreciated!

 

Nice! Love the colour.
Good luck with the start-up.


Modified by Asse at 11:31 AM 7/19/2007

 

i have the ETD traction bar on my EG to,it hooks realy well

 

Nice build

 

sexy

 

Wow you do quick work!
Love the color too.

 

great job bro for you. the only thing im not feeling is that you painted your brake lines . hey did the radiator fit in stock height position?? i have that same t/b but for ek

 

k20 EGs going to be popping up everywhere in about a month

 

Thanks for the input guys!

Just did all the wiring today, will definitely fire it up tomorrow!

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Yeah, they are gonna be coming out left and right

 

how would you compare the difficulty of this swap to the h22 swap?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hpi247 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how would you compare the difficulty of this swap to the h22 swap?</TD></TR></TABLE>

K20 is easier to install, mount, and work around.

H22 is hard to work around, tough to mount, but wiring is pretty cake.

K20 is definitely a lot more involved.

 

dam nice color what color code is it? sure gold flkaces didnt come with the paint? looks hot

 

Bump for some updates.

 

For doing it yourself, it's a hell of a job...

Bump for some more progress....

 

Wow, you work quickly. Congrats on putting together such a clean setup.