Noob. EJ9 - Kswap plans.


Tom83

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Hi all,

I thought I would introduce myself as I think Im going to be using this forum quite a bit in the next couple of months.

Im Tom from near Southport and I have got an EP3, which Im in the process of breaking. Its a 460bhp Turbo build that I had done at TDi North. It was built solely for the purpose of Drag Racing, but my situation changed and it became a very fun daily. The downside of this was a rather large Insurance Premium and a fuel bill of £450 a month. So I made the very hard decision to break it and buy something cheaper, but something that I could play with.

So I came up with a plan, break the EP3, and buy an older Civic. Run it standard, adding a few bits and bobs, and then after Christmas swap my K20 into it, and leave the turbo off. Then next Summer, look into buying another daily, and bolt the turbo back on to the Kswap, and have my dedicated Drag Car that the EP3 was supposed to be.

So I started breaking my EP3, and got a few quid together and started looking into a new daily. I decided on either, an EG, EK or EJ, after looking at a few I stumbled onto this.



Its an 2000 EJ9 1.4i Sport. 81k on the clock, 2 lady owners and its in fantastic condition. The only bad points are, 2 very small rust bubbles on the rear arches, but I had expected that, the Drivers Window doesn't work and neither does the Cassette Player. All very easy, quick jobs to fix. All this for the same price as I sold my Spoon Monoblocks for.

The K20 I have is completely standard except for 1000cc Injectors, AEM Fuel Rail, and Oil Return feed into the Sump. These will be swapped back for OEM parts. It also has a Baffled Sump in it too. Gearbox is fitted with a lightened flywheel, Stage 4 Competition Clutch, and Wavetrac LSD. So all I think I really need is Engine Mounts, Driveshafts and Loom Adaptors. Although I will need to change the Brakes and rear hubs too, but I will be scouring the forum for help on bits I get stuck with.

Anyway, I look forward to getting involved with the forum.
 
Welcome along mate. Is your ep3 black? Any pics of it?
 
Welcome mate, looks like you're onto a winner here :p
 
Looks awesome!
What baffled sump do you have in your k20?
I'm going kswap now and looking for one myself
 
It was awesome, just too expensive as a daily.

Ive got the Clockwise Motion Baffled Sump. Never had any problems with it.
 
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