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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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ok so where do i start lol, well i had this car since last August pick it off of a guy. The car had a perfect running B16 it ran strong pretty good motor, well one day i desided to sell my B16 and what i picked up is a K20A2 with a 5speed from one of my buddy's that builds Kseries all the time lol. So with my project i did a full wire tuck and brake line tuck shaved everything that i didnt need in the engine bay. I started to polish my manifold and a few more things . Ok so what i have done so far i painted my engine bay with the color that ill be painting the car later on, and i allso drop in the motor well hope u guys injoy the pics.








all the plastique over the engine harness bc ill be doing a engine harness tuck to





teaser of the manifold just a few minutes of polishing (not final polish)


new honda parts :D


my new ground wires




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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 04:52 AM
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i like so far. whats that color?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 05:22 AM
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i like so far. whats that color?
its out of the 2005 toyota echo its called millenium gold
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 05:42 AM
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ya its pretty nice,lots of space there for a turbo,a beeg one
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 05:54 AM
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Soooo Clean! Good job
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 06:19 AM
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nice and clean. How much is this swap costing you?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 06:59 AM
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nice and clean. How much is this swap costing you?
motor (k20A2), tranny (5speed) about 1700$
hybrid racing motor mounts around 600$
paint and clear 128$
hybrid racing harness 400$

i have a few litle things but not to much i still need a few things to finish my swap
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 07:05 AM
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damn thats very cheap. $1700 for a K20 motor and tranny?
But what about ECU, Axles, shifter, etc?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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damn thats very cheap. $1700 for a K20 motor and tranny?
But what about ECU, Axles, shifter, etc?
-for a ECU im gona order Kpro 1000$ US + Shipping
-axles my buddy told me its about 240$
-shifter cables and shifter box is about 140$ junk yard im just waiting on a RSX that will be junked very soon then ill have my cables and box
-my clutch line is about 100$ with fittings
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 07:35 AM
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Looks good very clean, keep up the good work.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by integra_mike
-for a ECU im gona order Kpro 1000$ US + Shipping
-axles my buddy told me its about 240$
-shifter cables and shifter box is about 140$ junk yard im just waiting on a RSX that will be junked very soon then ill have my cables and box
-my clutch line is about 100$ with fittings
damn so really not that cheap. Your still out almost 6k when everything is said and done.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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damn so really not that cheap. Your still out almost 6k when everything is said and done.
ya true, well one of my buddys spend about 12K for a K24 swap in his acura EL but wow it works awsome :D
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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Yeah gotta have money for that swap. But props to you man. Im definately diggin the color too
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 01:26 PM
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hot damn!
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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nice
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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looks sick!
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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ya true, well one of my buddys spend about 12K for a K24 swap in his acura EL but wow it works awsome :D
omfg
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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sweet
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 02:39 PM
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soo clean but soo expensive. nicely done
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 03:01 PM
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niiiice
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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Nicee!. Are you planning to swap in a 6 speed in the future or just planning to build that 5 speed?

GL! Hope to see the finished work.
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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nice car! great engine!

I'm impressed by the engine+gearbox price. In Germany they go for more than 3 grands Euros, what is about 4, 5 k USD
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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nice looking car man!
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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nice progress
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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Looks good!
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