thinking about an engine

[Black04si]

called a place in houston my dad told me about and they have a k20a said the motor was from japan for 1550 shipped to me supposed to have like 26k miles on it i never hear of people swapping this particular engine always the a2 something i need to know this car is my first Honda so i really dont know alot about the engine choices

thanks for any help u can offer

[Rictorious88]

Hmm.. thats really cheap for a jdm k20a that has more HP than the k20a2.. It is probably the jdm k20a that has similar specs to the k20a3..
http://www.jdmenginescorp.com/engines/acura
It is probably the 7th on the list.

[i11 b3havior]

One thing you have to know when buying a jdm k series motor is they all are a k20a the do not change at all whether it is a base civic, accord, or integra up to and including type-r's so you have to find out the exact specs on that particular motor you are buying. if it has a silver valve cover chances are you do not want it !!! best bet is to stick with usdm unless you want to spend about $5k

[Black04si]

http://www.usedjapanmotors.com/engine_details.aspx?catid=6&PageId=2&ddl=7
this is the website i was looking at and then called

[talonXracer]

Do not forget that you WILL need at least a typeS ECU, (preferably one that is Kpro'd). The typeR ECU requires wiring modifications and will NEVER pass an emissions test(it has no OBDII programming inside).

[Black04si]

car came with kpro

finding stuff like that is part of the reason i need an engine i believe
found a bung for a return line on the oil pan guessing the car was turbo the injector wires have been cut and re soldered together and i like a said it has kpro in it already
worst thing is im going through about 5 quarts of oil between oil changes
ran a compression test and i had between 135-140 and i was told for a k20 that was kinda low

[jgn6848]

5 quarts of oil between oil changes

yeah.. thats bad