Got 2 motors with the deal, Blacktop(160hp/119tq) and a Silvertop(155hp/119tq), and one car came with a 1.6 in it that was flooded. So that's trash.
We have all the parts to run the Blacktop, if we ran the Silvertop we'd need to get ITBs and a handful of other parts to make it functional.
Blacktop is the hot rod motor with a few extra ponies with headwork done to it, so it's likely pushing about 170-180 hp.
We cracked open the blacktop, piston rings are seized to the pistons, rod threw a bearing so the crank would have to be turned and it looks like it's already been turned once.
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Some of the Silvertop parts will work on the Blacktop, but we crunch the numbers it just ain't worth the trouble to get this bitch running. Same for the Silvertop. If we switch plans and try to install the ST, we're still spending money to buy JDM parts just to get it running, upwards of $500-1K. And if we blow one of these motors in an endurance race, getting replacement parts ain't gonna be cheap or easy.
So we decided to do a Kswap. Hux Racing has mounts for the AW11 for the K20 and K24 for $600ish. We need a few other odds and ends like Integra axles, but you can buy oem ones from even Autozone, an RSX wiring harness (there's an RSX at Pullapart), and Hondata or some other tuner for the ECU. We decided on the K24A4, not the A2, which is the hot rod TSX motor with 200hp. The A4 was in the Accord, Element, and CRV, and makes 160hp/161ft/lbs and is PLENTIFUL at PullAPart for just a couple hundred bucks. We get that bitch set up and buy whole motors for cheap and then we've got replacement engines for days.
Roll cage is in the works. Contacted my guy in Houston and all I really need to do is agree on a price. If he doesn't budge then I'll likely get a prefabbed kit for a grand and we'll weld it up ourselves.