K20 Battle

Fenian · Post by **Fenian** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:00 am

Here is a set of 3 videos from Japan of K20 powered cars. I hope that this hasn't been posted before.

There is the Spoon EK9, the Jun DC5 and a J's Racing Fit among others. I can't understand a word that they say, but it is pretty entertaining. The third video is probably the best. Enjoy!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bib4JHCO_OI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bib4JHCO_OI[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ6VKJvpNKs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ6VKJvpNKs[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMkjic6DSrQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMkjic6DSrQ[/ame]

Thatoneguy · Post by **Thatoneguy** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:37 am

Your doing this to your fit. . . correct?

tmarsh · Post by **tmarsh** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:55 am

We screened that at Chris' house some time ago. Good stuff, though.

99BlackHatch · Post by **99BlackHatch** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:20 am

I LOVE EK hatches!

Fenian · Post by **Fenian** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:40 pm

Thatoneguy;150280 wrote:Your doing this to your fit. . . correct?

I wish. It is a prohibitively expensive swap that can completely screw up the balance in the car. The K20 swap is over $6k with all of the custom parts if I am not mistaken.

A Kraftswerk S/C or T1R turbo kit can be had for $3-$3.5k or so. That would be a much easier and cheaper endeavor.

99BlackHatch · Post by **99BlackHatch** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:41 pm

But the supercharger or turbo will make just as much power POSSIBLY as just doing the K20 swap.

Silver Knight · Post by **Silver Knight** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:53 pm

99BlackHatch;150337 wrote:But the supercharger or turbo will make just as much power POSSIBLY as just doing the K20 swap.

im not sure on that one. i was checking out the mugen fit yesterday that is supercharged and it only put out 150hp.

:dunno:

Fenian · Post by **Fenian** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:16 pm

99BlackHatch;150337 wrote:But the supercharger or turbo will make just as much power POSSIBLY as just doing the K20 swap.

A K20 swap will make more hp than any forced induction kit on the market, although not as much torque as a 10psi turbo kit. However, it also requires custom axles, engine mounts, cutting and welding the frame and other modifications. All this on a relatively new car that still has a warranty. A cheaper alternative than a K20 swap would be a K24 out of an Accord. You could always supercharge it later and make more power than a K20.

However, all that being said, it seems like a waste of money. A Fit is a fun car, but it wouldn't be worth it. One could K20 swap a EH civic for a lot less money and it would be faster.

99BlackHatch · Post by **99BlackHatch** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:21 pm

Faster in a different chassis...sure, no problem.

Would it be as rare... no. ANOTHER swapped civic... or a Swapped FIT?

Fenian · Post by **Fenian** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:30 pm

99BlackHatch;150401 wrote:Faster in a different chassis...sure, no problem.

Would it be as rare... no. ANOTHER swapped civic... or a Swapped FIT?

True.

On Autotrader recently, there was a K20 swapped Fit w/ a 6-speed and a LSD. They were asking 24k for a car that had almost 20,000 miles. Here is a link to the cached page as the ad isn't up anymore.

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:lZkNTghlLXcJ:www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp%3Fct%3Dp%26car_id%3D251987087%26dealer_id%3D63322129%26car_year%3D2007%26make_desc%3DHonda%26search_type%3Dused%26distance%3D100%26model_desc%3DFit%26origuri%3D%252Ffind%252Fused-Honda-Fit-cars-for-sale-Seattle%252FTacoma-98121.jsp%26address%3D98121%26cardist%3D14+hasport+fit+autotrader&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

If I had around $25k to spend on a modified car, I don't think a Fit would be on the top of my list. Although if I won Powerball, why the hell not?