I don't track this car so the better oil pump isn't necessary for normal to spirited daily driving. I didn't want to touch the low mileage JDM engine to keep the reliability.The only thing I did was replace the crank seals and oil pan gasket. I did not run the 50 VTC or Type-S Oil pump. Perfect for no cabin vibration noise but holds the engine much better especially with all that extra torque. Also be sure to get HardRace engine mounts. Part of the AC line is currently rubbing on the front of the hood and I see a crack forming. Currently praying my AC line doesn't bust before the EP3 AC line I ordered gets here. Not sure if you'll experience any hood fitment issues on the EP3. Anything about 5K RPM (on vtec of course) and it just moves. It's not a monster but it's nice to be able to keep up with modern sedans, weaving in and out of traffic. One month in and I still love driving my car. If anyone has any questions about doing this swap, feel free to private message me.Ĭlick to expand.Thanks! Looking into getting a wrinkle red valve cover to brighten things up a bit. I'm posting everything on how much I spent so people who are interested in doing the swap in their base can have a good idea on how much to spend and on what. I live in an apartment so I couldn't do the swap myself. There are plenty of things that can go wrong going turbo and would have been more expensive to do it the right way. This is my daily and reliability was the key part of this build. Now some people may say, "Wow you spent $4K on the swap? You could have done it yourself, bla bla bla, should have went Turbo". Maybe once the 5-Speed transmission fails, I'll look into the Civic Si 6-Speed Transmission with LSD. It's not a problem now but it will be in the future.Īs far as performance plans, I plan to go back to Proven Power and get a E85 tune, bigger injectors and pump. I will still install the hard race mounts because the motor moves too much and rubs on the hood headliner. We pinched part of the section to give it more clearance and now under normal driving, it no longer hits. Correction, the midpipe was hitting the bottom of the floor. Under heavy load and sudden deceleration, the header hits the sway bar. My next plan is to install Hard Race engine mounts since the Weapon-R Torque damper isn't doing much. Just cruising on the highway and just stepping on it in 5th gear and the car just moves! I'm not one to redline and abuse my car but even just taking it up to 5-6K, I just think to myself, holy shit it's pushing me back in my seat! No CEL, SRS or ABS lights on the dash. RPMs doesn't drop when I turn on the AC or turn my steering wheel. Driving is so much fun and having real vtec is awesome. Needless to say, I am very happy with the numbers. So the question everyone is probably asking, how much power gain?īefore I did the swap, I went to Proven Power in March to see how much my K20A3 was making with just bolt ons. Dyno tune was performed on Tuesday by Darrell of Proven Power in Tampa. I dropped it off Wednesday and pick it up Friday. Shout out to Chris and Jose for doing the swap. New clutch, pilot and throw out bearing were replaced.Īll of my accessories from the base model were placed on the K24A. Rear main seal and crankshaft seal were replaced. I did not change the oil pump, timing chain or tensioner. I wanted a JDM engine for the low mileage (~50K Miles) and the 90-day warranty. So for the most part we have bolt ons and a lighten flywheel. 8lb Competition Clutch 2-800-STU Flywheel. Plus, considering my car insurance still thinks it's a Base and not a Type-S, my insurance is still cheaper compared to Type-S.įor the most part, what I've seen here in CRSX are K24 swaps that involve changing the cams or the A2 head, so I really didn't know what numbers to expect when just doing a stock swap. I've driven faster cars before Challenger R/T and Mustang 5.0s, but I can't look away from how nimble and practical the RSX is. Many people told me to just sell it and buy a different car. More torque = better drivability and with my K20A3, I was getting tired of being slow. This is my daily driver and I just wanted a simple stock reliable K24 swap done. I'm not one to chase those crazy high HP numbers. After having my RSX Base 5 speed for 6 years, I finally got around to do my dream swap.
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