Prepare to break the dosh!

I wan very close to going Honda, but it would have been harder, as Ben couldn't help me as much and the cost.

I got my 4EFTE front cut for $1500, and a spare engine, gearbox ecu and all the bits for $700.

Now, I'm not sure what a K20 is going for, but I was quoted 6 grand for a motor a while back. I'm sure you could do MUCH better than that, but none of the importers I visited (which was a lot) had anything K20 related, they were all still dealing with B16s and B18s.

A Honda importer even tried to tell me there was no such engine as a K24, only a K20...

4EFTEs can be hard to find too, but one came up and I grabbed it, then the 2nd motor appeared and I grabbed that too. Called up Ben, and he made me a subframe. Easy as.

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Here is SA there is no such cc restriction as yet. But I'm sure the other states will push and eventually there'll be no fun down here.

So a K24 would be fine! However, a turbo probably wouldn't, cars built post 1970 require you to meet emmissions standards on turbo/supercharged cars (cars built prior to that can be blown without any approval of the RTA at all! ). Cars after 1975 (for exact dates look it up it's in a sticky on one of the subforums) genrally speaking can't be blown at all. But that's never stopped anyone now has it....

But it you would need to engineer and then go through Regency you'd want to turbo it afterwards.

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well as far as the K20 goes i wasnt planning to turbo it.. just have it NA, but it was only an idea.. and i hadnt found out enging pricing that was a main factor in the decision, but more and more 4EFTE is looking a better option

Yeah sorry guys a B16/18 Blown if you are talking peak hp will beat a 4EFTE, brownster and couple of other got 380 out of the 4EFTE but at the end of the day even blown there is no substitute for cc's, what would be interesting is the 5EF block conversion which would raise the capacity to 1.5l which might even things up. I still like the 4E more than the BXX, and yes Josh as far as gear ratios are concerned you couldn't get much closer, though I would like slightly taller gearing I can't lie.

Cheers

Matt

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My experience is with a factory honda, so i guess the same gearing that we enjoy with the 4EFTE is applicable to a B16 etc.

There is not substitute for cubes either BUT most people attempting a VTEC conversion would not go to the effort of Forced Induction. Therefore i think a 1.3L Turbo is a better package overall than going for a the Honda as it's larger, heavier and harder to fit with little benefit.

If someone wanted more power than 250HP then i would suggest going 5EFTE or Honda B16 Turbo.

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