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if you look at the front of the transmission housing there will be a sticker....if its marked x2m5 its a 6spd out of an rsx-s...probably the only one you'll find under there...

 

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college hills honda...look under the vendors section of the 8th...

 

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you are lucky, I have one lying around...

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh307/rbsjnh/img226.jpg

this is exactly how the tranny sits if you look behind the front bumper...see the sticker...

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh307/rbsjnh/img227.jpg

this is the tag itself...

w2m5...is the 5 spd that is suppose to be in there...

x2m5 is rsx-s 6 spd...very desireable...

if its marked w2m5, look into element forums as they are converting these to 6 spds...

 

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k24a1 = crv/element
K24a2= tsx...

as for times, that like saying I have a built mustang how fast will it go?

to many variables to answer that...

as for more hp, not necessarily, more torque absolutely...

pop the valve cover and take a pic...depending which head is on there will make all the dif...

as for wrapping it around a tree, you know your kid better than everyone, how mature is he?

 

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tranny is a 6-speed (out of either a rsx-s or tsx)

as far as I know, no one makes a kit for the tsx tranny in an 02 civic si (ep3)...the housing is much larger than that of a rsx, so they pretty much don't fit w/o alot of modifying...not worth trouble...

so you can rule that out...

 

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If someone took the time and money to do this you can bet its not a stock motor.

if you blew a k20a3, a k24a1 would be a cheaper upgrade than replacing the stock motor...and its a direct replacement...

there is a kid around here (NH) who did that...the torque helps alot...

 

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http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj221/maury1965/P1010005.jpg

thats a k20 head, it doesn't have the water outlet built into the intake manifold like the k24's do...

Good find.

 

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So k20 head with a k24 block and who knows what internals?

even if there stock...thats a nice ride...

 

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Oh for sure! But i dont think somebody would go to that much work and keep the stock internals.

look at k20a.org there are a million of them out there...

 

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take him to the track, that will help keep him off the street.

 

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to the op...after all day consideration,
I'm starting to think this is to good to be true... I would take it to an expert to make sure everything is up and up...

K24/K20s frankenstein Ep3 for $6k...I bet the suspension is f'd up from the accident, is it a standard or salvage title...

K-Frankenstein hatches of the EG (92-95) variety are going for $8k and that shell is 10 years older than what you got...

something's wrong..

 

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I thought the same thing...but is possible that the dealer simply did not know what they had

ate
I'm thinkin would you buy a $17k car, roughly $10k on mods and sell it for pennies...you know the dealer has mark up on it as well,

So this guy took $4500K (estimate) on trade for a $25k+ car

 

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it's a $25k car based on what? you don't know what engine that is and the condition of the car. Also it's based on the assumption this car was never in an accident. If it's running well and conditions good, then it's definitely a steal.

That's one awesome f*ckin present. the fenders are hideous though.

The car's original sticker price was over $18k...K24a1 motor/K20 head everything to go along with it...$5K...so what's that $23K...sorry if my math was off $2k

 

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with a redline of about 8k safely... now that does depend on what K20 head is on there of course... and the ECU too...

its actually lower than that roughly 7200...and the head isn't the limiter, its the bottom end...

 

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I believe they all do, but could be wrong...

just looked at diagrams at majestic...k24a1 does have oil pumps...

 

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the tranny has 2 options rsx-s or modified 5 spd...

the two codes are
w2m5 started life as a 5 spd
x2m5 rsx-s 6 spd

200+ hp in that little car is alot...maybe not as much as the vette...but alot

 

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I'm probably going to leave the rest of it up to my son. He's going to love this. At least I won't have to listen to him talk about how he's going to modify the car. It's already done!!! And, no, I'm not going to allow him to boost the car. Before my vette I had an '01 Stealth Twin-Turbo... I can't tell you how bad that blew my mind! When it was running right, it was a beast. When it wasn't... I was clueless. The day I sold that car was one of the happiest days of my life. When it comes to mods, I'm going to stick with a bigger carb and cam. He'll love this site and, like someone said earlier, I trust that y'all will keep in mind that he's just a kid. I don't think he'll be doing too much more to the car with exception of probably a few ugly stickers on the windows. I'm going to hold off on buying the badges and i-vtec decals. BTW, he'll probably love the fenders. haha

Good luck to you and good luck to him...

your a good dad

 

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Hondata does not have an endless list of reflashes available. Show me where there is such a reflash or as you call it a "set tune" for a k20/24 frank. Here is the reflash page for the K series:
K-Series Reflash
I dont see any there at all for franks of any kind, probably because there are just too many combos out there to R&D for retail.

VAFC is very limited in it's capabilities (you can't adjust cam angles, etc). K-Pro is a fully programmable ECU which can do far more than VAFC. You can not "tune it even more" with anything else.

1st please don't attack mods as noobs...the are here to help...

second when you order your hondata through the dealer, they generally ask you what your running...Hondata sets base maps in the ecm, so the car can start, etc, no means perfect but a start...

vafc would suffice to make a k20/k24 hybrid...look on k20a.org

all your doing is adding more fuel...would k-pro be better 100%...but it can be done with vafc...

my 420 post...time to burn...

 

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you'll get another 100,000 out of it....don't worry you've got us to help...