Y56 K20 track build going turbo


Alex revie

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Quick spec list of the car
Exterior
Mugen front lip
Ek9 facelift grill
Vtis rear lip
Ek9d headlights
buddyclub p1 alloy wheels
spoon carbon mirrors
Sunroof delete
Full respray in y56 yellow

Interior
Bride vios bucket seats
Takata 4 point harnesses
Nrg slim boss
Omp wheel
Ktuned gearknob
Fully stripped out except dash and carpet
flocked dash
Carbon speedo surround
Broadway mirror

Chassis /suspension /brakes
6two1 coilovers
Hardrace front camber arms
Hardrace rear camber arms
Hardrace rear toe arms
Oem droplinks
Oem rta bushes
Rear disc conversion
braided brake lines
cusco through dash roll cage with doorbars
Godspeed xbrace
Dc sports front upper strut brace
Skunk 2 rear lower control arms
A spec racing subframe brace
ek9 rear anti roll bar
mtec grooved discs
Brembo pads rear ds2500 front
Power steering delete

Engine so far
K20a2 engine
Ep3 gearbox
Oem Honda clutch
innovative kswap engine mounts
Hel braided kswap clutch line
Bseries radiator with slim fan
Adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Braided fuel lines
Russell's inline fuel filter
Custom black radiator hoses
ktuned oil cooler hoses
Ktuned coolant tempature sensor
Ktuned oil sump
Ktuned kswap header
Ktuned conversion harness
Ktuned fuel pressure gauge
Ktuned no cut shifter
Ktuned shifter cables
Ramair 3" air filter
thermal throttle body gasket
Toda throttle body
RC650cc injectors
Rbc intake manifold
Kpro ecu








Here's my build for my ej9 started this as I deleted my other by mistake so here it goes
I've had the car just over a year now and it's gone through some big changes hope you enjoy reading my build :)
Here's a picture of when I 1st got the car
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shortly after buying it I realised it's time to start doing something about the handling so got a set of 6two1 coilovers
Not long after getting them fitted I got a hold of a b16a2 conversion so set on getting that fitted
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Godspeed xbrace purchased
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car was lacking in the looks department so I got thinking and decided to get it resprayed in my favourite civic colour y56 yellow
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Bride vios buckets were a bit of an impulse buy but worth it
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few more goodies came in the post
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spoon sunstrip fitted
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got the car into the garage to fit some new droplinks as the old ones were rather gubbed
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Picture of the cars with a mates k20eg at Stirling cruise
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mot time for the civic passed with flying colours
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another impulse buy on a cusco through dash cage also flocked my dash not the best finish but I'm happy with it
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Carbon spoon wing mirrors fitted
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got a hold of some heat reflective tape and went a bit mad with it lol
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Rear drums were proving to be terrible so set on to getting some rear discs
Found a set cheap and rebushed them replacing the arms with hardrace parts and braided brake lines also
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finished product
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undersealed ready for the Scottish winter
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car came off the road whilst kswap ideas circled my mind
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bought a daily
Mapped ep3 supposed to be 248.2 bhp according to tdi it goes well for what it is
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Went out in a mates eg and it convinced me that k is the way to go so set about kswapping my ej9 front end is off and engine pulled out
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hardrace front arms
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Farewell b16
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bay painted ready for the new heart also moved into our new unit so much more room in here
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bought Ryan's old k20 out of his eg looking forward to dropping it in
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Some updates on the car Engine and gearbox painted and fitted together also gave my Rockor cover a refurb in a nice blue colour I found in halfrauds turned out good much better than I expected lol
got my inlet manifold painted and on with a new gasket throttlebody gasket is on the way as well as my new idler pulley and my fuel setup I hate waiting on couriers lol hopefully get it in on the mounts this weekend and get it looking like a car again
Thanks for looking :)
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Update time has come
Mounts came so got them fitted and got the engine in
Also got my fuel pressure regulator fitted with braided fuel lines and a-n fittings
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Bit more progress on the car today
Front end is 90% on top rad hose is made up and a DIY 3" intake still to put a filter on it I intend to go with the k-tuned velocity stack
Finished off plumbing in my fuel lines and ordered more silicone hose to make up a bottom rad hose
not much left to do to the car in terms of mechanical work
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More Parts came from Htune
Ktuned oil cooler hoses
Hel braided kswap clutch line
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More progress on the car last week
Ramair air filter mounted on a 3" pipe wrapped in gold heat reflective tape
Bled up my clutch
Made up a custom rad hose for the bottom hose
Wired in the charge harness and fitted the battery back in
THAT FUEL RAIL REALLY NEEDS TO GO LOL

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Awesome build bud, cars came along way from when you got it.

Keep up the good work.
 
Some updates on the ek
The ep3 is now gone and I have used some parts off it to get the ek going
parts salvaged from the ep3 were
Rbc intake manifold
Toda throttle body
RC650cc injectors
Kpro ecu
Also recently bought a ktuned kswap header from @LoganK
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So not updated this in a while as I've been mega busy with the car
I ordered the rest of the parts for the kswap from mjc automotive and they came next day so thanks to them for that
Ktuned shifter cables
Ktuned conversion harness
Ktuned no cut shifter
Titanium Heat wrap for my ktuned header
Some gold reflective tape to redo my intake
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Shifter cables fitted
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no cut shifter fitted yes the wiring needs tidied up lol
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Once wired she fired up 1st turn of the key
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Only thing left to do is drive shafts I'm unsure whether to buy dss shafts or I've heard there is a oem combo that works has anyone used ekk1 mounts and made an oem combo if so let me know
 
Car is now on the road I'm very impressed with the car goes very well. gave it a quick clean and took it a test drive for some photos before knockhill next weekend
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