Ikrana's APR widebody goes K-Swap

[Ikrana]

I started to tear the car down this week.
some of the new plans are, remove the A/C unit, pipes etc,
relocate my koyo rad, some minor upgrades to the interior and exterior.

AND.......







I will put this bb in the rear. she looks a little ruff but with some cleaning,paint and new parts she will be Grrrrrrrr  s:) s:)

and some pics from the teardown.









 s:) s:)

[aaronjb]

There's really no half measures when it comes to your, car, is there? Very nice!  s:) s:)

[dcod]

Which Honda engine is that? S2000?   s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:

[StuC]

<Ever so slightly off topic...>
I need to get some of those rear wheels!!  :-) :-) :-)
What width of rim and tyre are you running?

[dj2k21]

Exactly what I was thinking stuc, I want those rims! Please give me details of the fitment on those.

So you're going K20 on it are you? Good choice, brilliant engine, a friend of mine has a k20 turbo in his Honda civic Jordan, it's currently rated at approx 750bhp. Cosworth internals, slight over bore, 150 shot of nitrous, twin injector set up, and unlimited amount of other mods, topped off nicely with a custom Pfitzner dog box. Even standard with a supercharger conversion there making brilliant power. Good luck ikrana, strongly recommend slink G4 ecu to run it though, much better than any piggyback stuff especially for your set up. Althoughu may want to retain the standard ecu to run the dash and the power steering like I did. Not enough out puts I found to manage.

[Ikrana]

Which Honda engine is that? S2000?   s:bounce: :bounce: s:bounce:

No it´s a K20A2 the s2000 engine would be nice I was considering it but it was still quite expensive, but I think the k20 will do the job  s:D s:D

[Ikrana]

<Ever so slightly off topic...>
I need to get some of those rear wheels!!  :-) :-) :-)
What width of rim and tyre are you running?

The wheels are 2 piece custom orderd J-line wheels, cutom offsett and color scheme,
the sizes are:
18x8 in front with 235/35-R18
18x10 in rear with 295/30-R18

I don't remember the offset I have it on a paper somwere I will see if I can find it.

[Ikrana]

Exactly what I was thinking stuc, I want those rims! Please give me details of the fitment on those.

So you're going K20 on it are you? Good choice, brilliant engine, a friend of mine has a k20 turbo in his Honda civic Jordan, it's currently rated at approx 750bhp. Cosworth internals, slight over bore, 150 shot of nitrous, twin injector set up, and unlimited amount of other mods, topped off nicely with a custom Pfitzner dog box. Even standard with a supercharger conversion there making brilliant power. Good luck ikrana, strongly recommend slink G4 ecu to run it though, much better than any piggyback stuff especially for your set up. Althoughu may want to retain the standard ecu to run the dash and the power steering like I did. Not enough out puts I found to manage.

It is really a great engine, and it has alot of potential!
still haven't decided on the spec. Turbo,supercharger or big N/A power?
but as soon as I make any progress I will post it, First of all I will have to fit the engine and sort the electrics and ecu out,
I haven't dicide on what ecu to run yet, everybody says that I sould run the Hondata, but we will see, I want something so I also can run a Dashlogger.

[dj2k21]

My tuner has massive experience with hon data as he's a Honda specialist, he tends to use them for things like throttle body conversions and simple bolt on supercharger conversions, but anything of big spec which I'm sure your going to be running I couldn't recommend link highly enough. As said I do use the standard Toyota ecu to power the electric power steering and abs etc etc, and there is some sort of resistor on there now to apparently fool the Toyota ecu into thinking the car is running so the steering and things works.

I've heard of people achieving upto 300bhp from an na k20 also some people using the k24 from the CRV. But the link does offer in built data logging if that's what you're referring to by a dash logger?

I think you will be very happy with that motor, I think I've even seen a fitting kit for the roadster somewhere, possibly woodsport in Durham actually.

Would be really nice to have the offset of those wheels, also can you remember what price you paid for them? Inbox me if you would prefer not to say the price on here though  s:) s:)  thanks ikrana

[Ikrana]

My tuner has massive experience with hon data as he's a Honda specialist, he tends to use them for things like throttle body conversions and simple bolt on supercharger conversions, but anything of big spec which I'm sure your going to be running I couldn't recommend link highly enough. As said I do use the standard Toyota ecu to power the electric power steering and abs etc etc, and there is some sort of resistor on there now to apparently fool the Toyota ecu into thinking the car is running so the steering and things works.

I've heard of people achieving upto 300bhp from an na k20 also some people using the k24 from the CRV. But the link does offer in built data logging if that's what you're referring to by a dash logger?

I think you will be very happy with that motor, I think I've even seen a fitting kit for the roadster somewhere, possibly woodsport in Durham actually.

Would be really nice to have the offset of those wheels, also can you remember what price you paid for them? Inbox me if you would prefer not to say the price on here though  s:) s:)  thanks ikrana

Well everybody is telling me to use the Hodata but now some has told me use the Haltech so I will have to think alittle about what ecu to run with my setup.
first of I will have to fit the engine and wire all the electrics and such.
after that I will start to tune it for more power  s:) s:)

I would be happy if I didn´t have to use the both Ecu,s and only the honda one, but maybe this will be too much wireing?
I have also been thinking about removing the P/S system but I don't know? has anybody done this with good results?

I would be nice to find a fitting kit for the roadster but i don't know if there is any? I will see if woodsport has one,
I worst problem is the shifter linkage and electrics i think.

I will Pm you the price of the wheels and try to find the offsets for them  s:D s:D

[ba995]

is this build still happening?

[Ilogik]

love the car mate, it really is one of my favo widebody's along with Spyderdans over on Spyderchat, each time i see this i want my old car back haha, i even asked the person to sell it me back  s:P s:P    s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  will see how funds are in march   s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

[Anonymous]

What's the spec on the engine you're pulling out?

[Ikrana]

is this build still happening?

I there!

I totaly forgot to update on this, but still there is nothing speciall to uppdate on,
the build is still happening and for now I am working on all the electrics. I hope I have some noce photos later this or the upcoming week  s:D s:D

[Ikrana]

What's the spec on the engine you're pulling out?

To start with I am going to run a stock engine and test the car and see so everything is working as it sould,
after that I am going to upgrade, I still don't know If I am going to build a N/A engine or run a supercharger,
if building a N/A then the plan is to go with a stroker kit for 2,5l bore and a build head,
also have some plans for a drysump system,

if going with the supercharger, then I have to rebuild the firewall etc,

[Ikrana]

So for all you guys who has been waiting for a update! here it is.

K20 in tha house  s:D s:D







So the engine is now in the bay! the mounts need to be redone as they now look like buttcrap! I am planing on having them cnc macined in aluminum and the powdercoat them.

Now I am planing to do all the thing around the engine, new manifold all the wires, exhaust new intake etc...

I am also planing to make a new front splitter in carbonfibre, this is the start of it.





As all of you can see it is going to be quite large  s:) s:)

[JoniiBoii]

i envy you. YET....i appreciate the amount of effort youve put into your 2' its beyond perfection...wish i had that kind of money to throw at mine  s:( s:(

[Ikrana]

i envy you. YET....i appreciate the amount of effort youve put into your 2' its beyond perfection...wish i had that kind of money to throw at mine  s:( s:(

I am very happy to hear that you like my car and find it so perfect  s:) s:)
I am really looking forward to be in the garage now the upcoming weeks and compleate this swap, now all the fun begins, with building the manifold and exhaus etc  s:D s:D

[woodman]

stunning. not a lot of advice i can offer that you probably dont already know, but i would can definantly vouch for the hondata route. i had the b16a2 in my old crx running hondata and it was bob on. the only reason i didnt go for the k20 convertion was the weight issue (crx being front wheel drive).

[Ikrana]

stunning. not a lot of advice i can offer that you probably dont already know, but i would can definantly vouch for the hondata route. i had the b16a2 in my old crx running hondata and it was bob on. the only reason i didnt go for the k20 convertion was the weight issue (crx being front wheel drive).

Thanks!
Well I am going to use Hondata ecu, If everything is  going as planned. I was also thinking about using Haltech but I think Hondata is the right way to do it! seems like everybody running a K20 in any car are using the Hondata.

[Ikrana]

It took me some time but know the manifold is almost done and quite shiny also! now I only have to build the rest of the exhaust  s:) s:)

[StuC]

That is a work of engineering art at it's finest!  :-) :-) :-)

[aaronjb]

Beautiful (TIG welded?) manifold.. I'm trying to get my head around how you managed to weld it all up in the right order that you could still reach all the joints! Like playing Tetris with stainless steel tube..

[Anonymous]

Might be mig. Looks like a colour change on the welds but I might be wrong pic on phone never that great. Either way it looks amazing bit of workmanship

[Ikrana]

for the ones who wonder, the manifold is fullstainless and TIG welded  s:) s:)