What are some complications that I would run into in swapping a K20A motor into my 1993 civic EX ?

K swap will cost you 10,000 to complete. Unless you do everything yourself and as cheap as possible, maybe youll spend 8000.
It is a very extensive and expensive swap, Definatly not for the first time swapper or someone new to hondas.
If you want to make power in your car you can.
You need to build a solid bottum end and turbo it.

This post has been edited by Honda_Guy: Apr 23 2008, 06:11 AM

I think size would be the first issue, prolly gonna take some/alot of cutting!

if u can get all the parts ie. motor,tranny,core suport,axles and all that jazz i think the biggest broblem it tunning or getting a ecu to work well with it.

That's a huge amount of money for an engine swap. I didn't realize it was that much money to do it. I guess people do it all the time. You have many things to consider when swapping engines. Do they just have an entire engine ready to be swapped? Then you have to fit it the other vehicle, and make sure it works.

Traditionally there were two big differences between honda's fwd drivetrains and everyone else's.

1) Their engines rotated in the opposite direction
2) The engine was on the (for right hand drive cars) the driver's side, with the transmission on the left. This is again the opposite of everyone else.

For the k series (and later), this arrangement was reversed, With it, the intake, which used to be at the back of the engine, closest to the firewall, is now in the front.

What this means is that everything will have to be custom fabricated to make it fit, if you even can make it fit (the k series equipped cars have mcpherson strut suspensions which take up much less space in the engine bay) Never mind you will also have to replace all the electronic parts.

Lastly, buying the k20 is extremely expensive. I would not be surprised if this particular swap cost more along the lines of 15k, several times the worth of the car. It would almost certainly be cheaper to buy an rsx and do a weight removal program.

If you want to do a swap, the standard b series swap will be much easier and cheaper.

I can't believe that it is $15,000 for the engine swap. The engines are completely different. He mentioned they are in opposite directions. It wouldn't be worth the money at all. You could buy a new car for that money, and several used cars.

This post has been edited by Grace: Apr 26 2008, 09:02 AM