This is our $500 Civic and we've already slammed
about $10,000 worth of parts into it, but guess what? It's still slow as heck. So what
are we going to do about it? What Are we going to do about It? I think you know exactly what we're going
to do about it. We all seen this one before. That's right, Jimmy. This is the legendary
K 20 A and was originally found in the DC five Integra. It's an extremely capable four
cylinder engine that's capable of handling upwards of a thousand horsepower. The K 20
A produces 215 horsepower and has a red line of 8,600 RPMs from the factory. And since
it was just sitting around collecting dust, we decided to throw it in this old thing and
make this civic a whole lot faster. Hopefully so fast it'll compete with a modern day civic
type R. First. Let's set a baseline. We need to take this civic to the track as it is and
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If that's true, that sucks. Okay, zero to six to complete. Now's time to get a lap time.
Every piece of momentum counts. Yeah, it's very good in the corners. Come on, you big.
Come on. Come on. All right, job. You just ran at 1 41 0.67 Blazing fast. Yeah, for reference. Yeah. Jerry actually
took the Civic type R a few months ago out to streets of Willow. He ran a 1 24 0.77. It's only like 17 seconds. Job 17 seconds is no joke man. I know It's
a 1.6 mile course. That's a huge margin you got to make up, but you know what? I'm going
to let you make a believe out of me. Dammit. That's right, dude, he's coming around. Don't
do it. Ah, don't do it. Oh, your hair touched it. Oh, clean up on aisle oil floor. Damnit.
So the first of many steps that are required when undergoing an engine swap of any kind
is removing all the original stuff that you intend to replace. So that means out with
the factory D 15 and this now unnecessary engine bracket, this bracket was originally
used to hold the D 15 motor in place and since we're replacing it is getting cut out, the
only other thing we're going to do is clean it up. Engine's out, new one's going back in. But
before we do that, we got to dress this thing up with all the parts that hybrid racing sent
over to us First, new part unboxing here. Nice little fuel rail from hybrid racing. While Nolan's working on installing our new
fuel system, I'm going to remove the factory exhaust manifold and swap out our valve cover
for this sick yellow one that we got. Powder coated a wild back on an episode where we
learned about powder coating. What do you think? Wow, dude, it looks great. And so we're
going to be sticking with the stock six speed transmission that came with this K 20 A. It's
six speed. It's got an L S D in it, it's going to be great. But we are going to upgrade the
clutch for a little more holding power. A little more robustness and should feel real
nice on the pedal engine Meet transmission transmission meet engine. They are now one. All right, joining us for this swap is Brian
Gillespie from Hasbro. He's like a OG in the Honda World, developed the kit to do this
swap in the first place. So I think we got the right guy for the job to help us on this.
All right, so here's our old new one. At first glance, they don't seem that different, but
it's very important that we removed our old one so we can install our power steering.
Since our ultimate goal with our EEG is to make it comparable, if not better, to a brand
new civic type R. That means we do have to install some of the creature comforts and
advancements of the civic type R into our car. With the more powerful K 20 installed.
That means we can put bigger tires on there with this power steering that's going to make
turning those wider tires even easier. Plus, with more power, that means more torque steer
going through the front end and this power steering is going to help us navigate that
a little better. All right, so the steering rack is attached to the subframe. This is
our first step where it's beating that FL five type R.
All right, next up is one of my favorite parts of any engine swap, putting the header on.
All right, so the advantages of this header right here is going to be higher flow. The
lengths of the headers themselves have been specifically engineered for this engine, so
we're going to make the most power where we need it. And also the end diameter for our
exhaust pipe is a lot bigger than the one that was on there too, which is further going
to improve flow and make the car sound a little better too. So I'm really excited to hear
the thing fire up for the first time. I think we're going to be some real obnoxious Honda
Du Bois at this thing. Somehow this crusty civic that we bought for 500 bucks has become
unsurprisingly one of my favorite cars here at Donut. One of the many moments of truth is upon us.
It's time to put that K series into this little old eeg. The engine's ready, the car's ready,
it's time to do it. Welcome to your new home. Let's start dropping this car. All right,
stop there. Nolan's, see you. Hang on a sec. Yeah, and we are really close to this bracket.
Can we lose this bracket? Yes sir. I'm really happy. I mean this thing's, this
thing looks great. I think we're both believers, but seeing the
engine in the engine bay is a big step. So for our cooling system, we're going to be
upgrading that to match our new K series engine. So we've got this hybrid racing radiator and
it is about almost triple the width of the stock one for some increased cooling capacity
and it looks pretty good too. We've obviously got the engine in the engine. It's a huge
step, but there's a lot of stuff left to do to get it up and running. So we need to do
things like install a fuel pump and the fuel lines. We also have power steering. Now to
get the shifter connected, we got to do an intake. That's the majority of it. Oh, radiator
fans. And in theory, once we do all that, this car will run and be ready to go to the
diner. These axles are pretty easy to install. You just got to get the hub out of the way.
So to do that, I've disconnected the lower ball joint here and the lower suspension mount.
So I slip the axle up one, swing the hub out, find your twins,
And voila axles In. So we got a three inch exhaust for this
guy because Brian, the SBAR is telling us that that's going to make the best power.
But with that, the flange is also three inches and far too large. So I need to over out the
holes so it'll fit on. Alright, so Flang is all cut up. The exhaust is kind of mocked
up, so now I'm just going to tack it in place and then pull it off and weld it all together.
Looks have decent, probably won't come apart, so it's going to go in for the last time.
I hope. My buddy Mike Day also happened to be in town
for a visit, so naturally I put him straight to work. All Right, so I have the new pump in the factory
hanger here, so I'm going to slip this back in and then we'll have all the fuel pressure
and flow we need for the new swap. While Brian and Mike wrap up the odds and
ends for the cooling and the intake, I'm inside the car getting the shifter situated. All Right, so that wraps up the intake. We're
pretty close to firing it Up. Alright, so one of the things I'm most
excited about is this little bit of kit. It's our shifter from hybrid racing and it's really
sick. It's originally from an R S X, but they gave us an adapter plate that lets us put
it in pretty much anything. So it's in place. We've got the cables routed, we've got all
the hardware tightened down. Now we're just going to tighten this down to set where the
shifter actually sits and feel the first shift. Oh, that's real nice. And this thing is endlessly
adjustable, so I can put the shifter wherever I want. I can adjust the length of the throw.
It's really a nice piece. Can't wait to rip. Okay, we got to put the icing on the cake.
This nasty shift knob. Oh yeah, baby. Okay, I think we're going to need to get a new shift
knob, but that's pretty funny. Right now Brian is marking off a spot on the hood that needs
to be clearance to make room for our power steering and definitely worth the clearance
that we're going to have to make. Shouldn't be a big deal. Just got to cut off some of
the under frame of the hood and then the hood will be able to close, which is good. Good Job, Adam. Alright, time to fill it up with some
cooling. Okay, We've been at it for a while and most of the
work is done. The engine is in the transmission's in, everything's hooked up. It's got a shifter,
it's got fluids, it's got electricity. So it's time finally to turn the key and see
if this thing fires up. Everybody cross their fingers, Cross them toes. Please First fire up. It's going to be fine. Keys
in fuel cycles. Ah, oh my god, she lives. Now we got to go to the Dyno. I'm excited to see what this thing does
with the dyno. Unfortunately, I will not be going to the dyno because I have to film the
podcast, which we shoot right in here. It's called Past Gas. The Past Gas is the number
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to the dyno, we're going to record and I'll see you later. So we're at unrivaled tuning right now with
our buddy Danny and he is going to put this thing on the dyno and get it all tuned in.
And the tune is basically just maximizing the air fuel ratio. We're at just a tick over
200 horsepower and we are so close to that 2 10, 2 15 that we want. So I think if it
gets a little bit more aggressive with the timing, we'll be there. And dude, this thing's
going to be great. There you have it. Hit 2 0 8 horsepower, 1 57 torque. I'll take that
all day. That is right in between our guesses. I'm super happy with that. The motor stayed
intact. Danny Unrivaled killed the tune. I won't be able to make it to the track, but
Zach, have fun with it. We are back at Streets of Willow with the
Civic freshly K swapped. It's got a whole new K 20 A, it's got a six speed with a limited
slip dip. It's got a sick shifter. Oh baby. It's got power steering and it's got probably
about triple the horsepower it used to have. This feels like a whole new car. This thing
screams like a banshee. The banshee of inglewood. Oh my God. Alright, it's time to see if all
that money and all that effort was worth it. Is this thing going to be any faster? I think
so. All right. So it's clear that the car is faster,
but now it's time for the fun part. We're going to run some laps here at Streets of
Willow and see how much I can improve on our last time when the car had the original engine
in it and that time was a 1 41 0.6. I'm going to take a few laps, get used to it. As long
as it doesn't break, I don't want to go jinxing anything. I'm already happy this thing rips.
I don't care that much about the time. That said, I care a lot about the time and I'm
going to push it While job gets warmed up. Once he crosses
the start line, I'm going to hit the start on this timer. I think we're going to beat
that civic. I think so. Use all the track Joe. You got a 1 29 0.19 Wow. On your first
hot lap out In this thing. Wow, that's great. Yeah, that's
phenomenal. How'd it feel? It feels so good. Yeah, and it, I mean it's great. It just feels
perfect. It runs good. Revs forever. Temps are sturdy. Nice. The only thing that I'm
really like struggling with is now it's so much faster. Yeah. I'm all over the place.
Yeah. Bracing real hard, having kind of a hard time operating a little bit. Yep. But
dude, it feels great. That's Awesome, dude. Alright, well we got five seconds
to catch up with the Civic type bar. There's definitely a few seconds
left in it, I think so. We'll see what I can do. Man, Think it's just flying down the track. It's
insane. It's going to be faster than the last one. Come on. Use all the track job. Oh my God, this thing is fun. 1 28 0.45 that time. So took half a second
off and we got improve it. All right, so you took half a second off. Okay. On that last
line. I think just watching you come onto the straight here, you're kind of choking
up. You can use a lot more of the track. Yeah. Maybe I need to go a little bit deeper into
the skid Pad. Yeah. Yes, yes, yes, yes. I also think
you can break a little later up here. Oh, I definitely could. All right. I also think you can break a little later. Okay. Nolan, what's my fastest lap? 1 28 0.45 was your fastest lap. We're still
five seconds off of the 23 civic type bar. We'll get there though. I think the seats
are probably holding you back a lot, Dude. You're really trying to brace yourself
and so you're Not focusing on driving. That's right. Yeah, That's right. So we got to do that. Thank
you so much for watching. Hit that like button, hit that subscribe button, Throw some comments down in the comments to
let us know what you want to see us do to this thing next. Yeah. But man, it's a fun
car.
