not sure wht to do! b18 turbo or k24 ....


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right i sold my b18c 2000rx ek9 on here at the begining of this year!
but now i feel like i am missing something out of my life again ! lol

so i am looking for a rx ek9 again but not sure weather i should go down the
b18 turbo route or k24 .... was wondering weathering u guys have any experience of this and could let me know wht u would go for ? ..... cheers:nice:
 
right this is all IMO, people will nae doubt disagree.

depends on the type of driving you do. if your a backroad hooligan and track guy then Kseries everytime,
240-260bhp is about the usuable limit for a FWD car IMO. and holy **** do kswapped cars go well. also kswap
brings OEM reliability and therefore more likely to have less problems etc


if only really drive on motorways and dual carridgeways etc then b18 turbo. so you can smoke everything.
also depends if you plan on building the b18 etc. and how good you want the parts to be. b18 turbo could
be much cheaper but also more expnsive that the kseries swap.

if it was me id do kswap.
 
I agree with 689R. But if you want a high revving K20/24 it would have to be built to handle the revs and so wouldn't have OEM reliability. I'd always opt for the more reliable option so I'd go for K20a and leave it alone to save some money and still have a very fast EK9. I don't like the idea of too much power in a FWD car, but as said, it depends what you want to do with the car.
 
its going to be a weekend car as i drive my van though the week ! reliability is a main factor of course :)
i would want to buy the best parts i could get if i went down the turbo route and it would have to be reliabile if thts possible ! ha
 
that didnt really answer any questions haha.

the best parts could cost like 10k though aha. i forgot about the revvy part, even a built k24 still isnt going to be good for revving to 9k. grahams 300bhp k24 jordan told me he normally shifts around 7.5k.

id do a k20a swap with a nice set of cams, rbc inlet n kpro
 
K22 with roller ITB's?

It has engine bay bling, mental fun, high power, high torque, tested reliability too as Mikey of R Motion runs the same set-up on his race-car. I would imagine that would get you a realistic 250-260 BHP without cams.
 
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