ILoveCugars
11-02-2010, 07:14 PM
Hello everyone, use to be a huge honda fan with several ek style SiR's and now after almost 2 years of a toyota mr2 ive found myself with a 03 ep3. Its a great car and really practical with lots of room to put my bmx in and travel. But the a3 is alittle weak, not bad but not very exciting, have considered a s/c but im really a fan of n/a set ups and thier reliablity. So I have been reading qute a bit and i think a k24 swap is the way to go, i have a tacoma set up for offroad use and has a good grip on my wallet so im trying to not break the bank with this swap.
I am considering this and any imput or advice would be awsome.
K24a1 plucked from a junk yard crv
Replace the psitons with 11:1 compression after market set of slugs, probly wisco
Blox header to clear sway bar
K pro my a3 ecu
use my a3 intake mainfold and after market intake
stage 2 skunk2 cams or perhaps k20z3 cams
I know its not the usual but keep the 24 head due to the a1 having the best flow path of the k family.
Sorry if i have forgotten anything obvious.
My only other thought is to simply buy and swap a k24a2 and all the parts required to do so, this engine already being high compression and respond well to simple blot ons. Not really sure which is gunna be a better bang for the buck but from some quick math its gunna be close.
Any thoughts or comments would be awsome, Im a huge honda fan and really like these k motors and this ep3 model but Im rather new to them.
Cheers
I am considering this and any imput or advice would be awsome.
K24a1 plucked from a junk yard crv
Replace the psitons with 11:1 compression after market set of slugs, probly wisco
Blox header to clear sway bar
K pro my a3 ecu
use my a3 intake mainfold and after market intake
stage 2 skunk2 cams or perhaps k20z3 cams
I know its not the usual but keep the 24 head due to the a1 having the best flow path of the k family.
Sorry if i have forgotten anything obvious.
My only other thought is to simply buy and swap a k24a2 and all the parts required to do so, this engine already being high compression and respond well to simple blot ons. Not really sure which is gunna be a better bang for the buck but from some quick math its gunna be close.
Any thoughts or comments would be awsome, Im a huge honda fan and really like these k motors and this ep3 model but Im rather new to them.
Cheers