hi im new to this honda site so please forgive me but i was wondering about what i should do. i have a k20/k24 setup and i dont know which car to put it in. i have a 90 hf crx and a 00 civic coupe ex. i want fast but daily driver, ive heard that to much motor will cause control issues. highway, cornering, ect please help i need some expert advise?

 

i have heard about the controll issue from a freind of mine (k20 em1), but only when corning high speed on stock suspension.
but as far as a daily driver i think you will be ok
welll besides the shock when you see how much its gonna cost lol

 

Put it in the crx

 

here are pics or them...

 

coupe has b16 crx stock

 

why dont you just make 2 fast cars by swaping the b16 in to the rex which will be easy and put the k20 in the coupe. your coupe is clean by the way. Im preaty sure you drive your coupe more anyways might as well use what you paid for.

 

yeah i know, i was just stuck on which would be more worth the swap, the crx being lighter but have control issuses, and the coupe weigh'n more and might be slower, its nicer and newer but i dont know, do you know the weight difference? i think there around 2500lbs... the coupe would be and easier install but which would be quicker in the long run?

 

the coupe!, it is better overall, the rex is nice, but with a 00 red coupe, you cant **** with that, youll have the looks and the speeed =D

 

I would say swap it into the 00 Civic, as you will not be able to close the hood of the crx with a k24

 

Put it in the coupe and put the b16 in the rex. The K20/K24 Setup is way easier to put into the EK Chasis then it is to put into a CRX. In a CRX you have to bang out the firewall and cut ****, and like Weasel said you probably wont be able to close the hood lol.

The B16 will drop right into the rex and the K20 will go into the EK without much annoyance. At least alot less than the rex would give u And the EK is nicer anyway. Its a much more modern chasis and more of a daily car than a CRX lol.

 

You don't have to bang the firewall or cut anything other than the tunnel for the shifter - which you have to do for all k-swaps unless you use a plate the puts the shifter above the tunnel and doesn't allow the center console to be reinstalled. And you definitely will not be able to close the hood of a crx with a K24, a K20 with an unmodified RBC manifold doesn't fit nor does a K20 with ITB's. A K-swap in a CRX is not that much harder in an EF chassis than an EK or EG/DC, however since the OP stated that he has a K24/20 frank, which will not allow the hood to close in a CRX, I would put the K in the EJ8.

 

put in CRX

 

woould i be able to cut the hood where it wouldn't fit? would it be faster if i put it in the rex? i heard they weigh about the same....

 

i found a "how to" on the install in the crx, and its not that bad, have to cut a notch out of the pass headlight frame, and a hole through the fire wall for the shifter cables... but i cant find one on the coupe? can anyone get me a link?

 

Cut the hood as far as what - just cutting the hood skin so that the hood will still close and not be noticeable? NO, even with an SiR hood, my previous statements are still true. A K24 in a CRX will wither have a gaping hole in the hood (which could be covered with some form of a scoop, which in my opinion will look odd), or have the hood propped ridiculously to the point where it looks gaudy.

Theoretically it will be just as fast in either chassis, but power to weight comes into play, so you figure out which one will be "faster" as if it really matters.

 

so i would guess the coupe would have more of the power to weight thing going on right?

 

k20a.org

 

coupe for sure

 

The CRX is lighter therefore it has a better power to weight ratio, but does that really matter? You are not going to notice a difference if you were to have the engine in each chassis - it will feel just as fast.

 

the rex would be faster, but the coupe is nicer and it will be just a little slower, but u wont notice it lol.

 

You do realize that you just said the exact same thing I did, just in different words like you did earlier in this thread? Oh, and do you finish every phrase with lol?

Since you have just restated what I have said in this thread, why will the CRX be faster? Don't tell me that it is lighter or that it has a better power to weight ratio either - or shall I restate it for you, why will the EJ8 be slower?

 

i say coupe, its a lot nicer and easier to put in,
and if you think about it the crx isnt really that much lighter then the coupe.

 

its called reinforcing the point. because he needs to put the K20 in the EJ8 because it looks nicer despite that it is a little heaver and will have a little lower power/weight ratio (lol)

 

No, it is that you know nothing on this topic or have nothing new to add so you just rephrase what others say - you probably don't even read the whole thread, you just read the last post and rephrase it, oh wait you probably didn't read the whole thread as you would have noticed that he was putting in a K24/20 frank, not a K20 had you read the whole thread. And again, you added nothing new nor did you comprehensively answer my question, you just restated what I told you not to do when I asked you the question.

 

put in in the crx. i have a boosted kswap crx and its the sh*t. buy some good tires and spring/struts and youll be good.