YAY!! I finally get to make a real thread in this sub-forum.

I just got home from picking up the car from the swap and I love it.

Let me start from the beginning. Last year I did a k24a1 headswap on my a3. It had an 07si valvetrain and skunk2 stage II cams. That went with my i/prc/rh/e and k-pro. I had some issues in the beginning, but once I got it tuned by Mike @ Elitetuning, it was running great. It put down 180hp and 140tq. Last month I decided I wanted to swap my dcrh and megan midpipe to something a little better. I put on a KRRH and an 06 type-s midpipe til I could piece together a 2.5in exhaust. The goal was 185-190hp on the a3 setup. Well, unfortunately last year I was having some oil pressure issues and when vtec was set where it ultimately wanted it on the dyno, 4.5k the oil pressure issue was non-existent. Three weeks ago I bumped vtec to 4.3k, that's it and added 8% fuel. I was sitting a stop light when I heard a bad noise and thought maybe some bolts on the header came loose. I looked under the car and could tell it was not the header. I drove 2 miles down the road til I could pull over and just as I put on my blinker my tensioner failed, the motor jumped timing, and my intake valves all kissed the pistons.

I found a k24a1 with 47K miles for $750(850 after taxes and core fee) in the same town that my car was towed too. I talked with the mechanic/tuner and decided to have them do the swap since I didn't have the time or lift to do the swap. $2200 later I have a brand new car. That 2200 includes, motor, brakes, cc stage 4 clutch, 4 new tires, and I believe a new idler pulley(the bearings were shot on my old one) and all the labor. They pressure washed the engine bay and cleaned up the new motor. I know for a fact they left the stage 4 clutch off the bill. I may do the right thing and call them tomorrow and offer to pay for it, hoping that in exchange he will tune it at a discount, even though I really want Mike to tune it again, I just feel bad that he gave me a clutch for free.

Now the setup is......

k24a1
injen 3 cai
prc intake manifold
krrh
06 type-s midpipe->stock axelback
CC stage 4 clutch and resurfaced a2 flywheel
K-pro

It really needs a tune, he used the tune from the cammed a3 and added fuel all across the board til the s. term fuel was at 0, but it goes super rich at WOT. It drives beautifully and though I may have lost some power from the old setup, I think tq has gone up considerably. After the clutch is broken in, I will get it tuned. I was going to try the tune that 03Si757 dynoed 179hp and 159 tq that Ba82Ep3 street tuned, but since it runs fine and doesn't knock unless punched briefly or super light throttle I may not bother until I get it tuned professionally. I'll update this thread once it gets broken in and tuning begins. I'll try to put it on the same dyno the a3 was on to see what the trade-off was. But I do feel the torque, I was going up-hill with the a/c on while driving home and in 5th I just had to apply a little pressure and it would accelerate no problem.