K20A2 Bottom End, TSX Cylinder Head + Cams, z3 tranny.
So I bought this salvage car (I understand it's going to need some fixing, no flame plz lol) I think it has an rsx-s motor and possible a civic si tranny (How do you find out if the tranny is an Si or rsx-s tranny?). Right under the throttle body it says K20A2 and I don't know where to look it for on the motor. Its not on the passenger side of the block. I took it for a spin and can't vtec lol. It cuts me at 5500 RPM. When I Rev it sounds like vtec is somehow engaging at 4700 since that's when it sounds throatier. The tranny clicks and spit my gear out twice. Maybe the motor oil is low, but its definitely not an Si motor. The intake manifold looks exactly like the rsx-s, it's blocky, not tubular lol.
I havent' done an oil change or tranny fluid flush yet (maybe the reason I can't vtec because of oil pressure), but i'm going to once I get some time. I have pictures of it, it has the intake manifold of an RSX. If it's a type s motor i'll keep it, if it's not i'll swap and sell. When I shift, the car like stops, then half a second later, it like SMACKS into gear then engages. The motor might be good, the tranny is possibly bad unless it's missing fluids everything. I'm mainly concerned about the vtec issue also. I hear aggressiveness at 4600+ then rev limited at 5500. You clearly can tell the difference in sound from 1000-4600 RPM, then 4600-5500.
I don't get it though, it's weird. My battery is shot, I tried to jump start it and it wont hold a charge. My car stalls because the tube that goes from the crank to the intake is missing. I may need help with this one because i'm new to Honda, completely. I've also thought since it's a rsx-s motor, i would need the rsx-s ecu. (Speaking of ECU, maybe it's in limp mode?)
I haven't checked the spark plugs yet. I haven't had any real time to check anything but the obvious to the visible eye, got back at 7 last night from socal and drove all the way back to norcal and was dead tired, then washed the new baby today and went to work.
My car also has a check engine light. P2182 or something. It read it as a Coolant Temp Sensor High something lalala which is understandable since the radiator was hit.(Speaking of ECU, maybe it's in limp mode?) I tried to clear the code with an OBD2 scanner (if anyone needs their car scanned, hit me up! I can erase them if you need to get smogged), but right when it erased the code, it came right back. The car looks clean as hell, but i'm just disappointed motor wise.
And yes I established already that the car being salvage, I would encounter problems so no flaming there please lol.
But if anyone has suggestions hit me up and see if we can get somewhere with my new baby. I had a tC and blew my motor from major blowby on my superchargerI don't want to run into the same problem (even though im not boosting) especially with a car this sexy.
Thanks you guys!
So I bought this salvage car (I understand it's going to need some fixing, no flame plz lol) I think it has an rsx-s motor and possible a civic si tranny (How do you find out if the tranny is an Si or rsx-s tranny?). Right under the throttle body it says K20A2 and I don't know where to look it for on the motor. Its not on the passenger side of the block. I took it for a spin and can't vtec lol. It cuts me at 5500 RPM. When I Rev it sounds like vtec is somehow engaging at 4700 since that's when it sounds throatier. The tranny clicks and spit my gear out twice. Maybe the motor oil is low, but its definitely not an Si motor. The intake manifold looks exactly like the rsx-s, it's blocky, not tubular lol.
I havent' done an oil change or tranny fluid flush yet (maybe the reason I can't vtec because of oil pressure), but i'm going to once I get some time. I have pictures of it, it has the intake manifold of an RSX. If it's a type s motor i'll keep it, if it's not i'll swap and sell. When I shift, the car like stops, then half a second later, it like SMACKS into gear then engages. The motor might be good, the tranny is possibly bad unless it's missing fluids everything. I'm mainly concerned about the vtec issue also. I hear aggressiveness at 4600+ then rev limited at 5500. You clearly can tell the difference in sound from 1000-4600 RPM, then 4600-5500.
I don't get it though, it's weird. My battery is shot, I tried to jump start it and it wont hold a charge. My car stalls because the tube that goes from the crank to the intake is missing. I may need help with this one because i'm new to Honda, completely. I've also thought since it's a rsx-s motor, i would need the rsx-s ecu. (Speaking of ECU, maybe it's in limp mode?)
I haven't checked the spark plugs yet. I haven't had any real time to check anything but the obvious to the visible eye, got back at 7 last night from socal and drove all the way back to norcal and was dead tired, then washed the new baby today and went to work.
My car also has a check engine light. P2182 or something. It read it as a Coolant Temp Sensor High something lalala which is understandable since the radiator was hit.(Speaking of ECU, maybe it's in limp mode?) I tried to clear the code with an OBD2 scanner (if anyone needs their car scanned, hit me up! I can erase them if you need to get smogged), but right when it erased the code, it came right back. The car looks clean as hell, but i'm just disappointed motor wise.
And yes I established already that the car being salvage, I would encounter problems so no flaming there please lol.
But if anyone has suggestions hit me up and see if we can get somewhere with my new baby. I had a tC and blew my motor from major blowby on my superchargerI don't want to run into the same problem (even though im not boosting) especially with a car this sexy.
Thanks you guys!
