Acura EL JRSC M62 Build

So this is my build thread , some history before the build.I am the second owner of the Acura bought it in 2003 , then did the K-swap in 2004 cause the 1.7L had a bad head gasket.

The Acura EL were only in the Canadian market between the year of 2001-2005 then became the Acura CSX. So basicaly it is just a dressed up Civic people say.


Motor
2.4L k20/k24 motor swap
K20Z1 head
Dual valve train
K20Z1 intake cam with a TSX exhaust cam
Balanced bottom end
Jackson Racing M62 supercharger
Mercracing Aftercoller
Mercracing Inlet
Mercracing Pulley
Hondata heat shield manifold gasket
AEM short ram intake
70 mm tapered throttle body
K-tuned Fuel rail
06 Honda Civic Si radiator
05 honda Civic Sir electronic steering rack
Acura Rsx subframe
Custom power distribution box
Semi Wire tuck
Battery relocation to the trunk
Power steering deleted
Hybrid racing chain tensioner
Hasport ESK3 solid mounts
K-Tuned billet TPS sensor
K-Tuned coil pack cover
K-Tuned valve cover breather
Vibrant stainless steal race header
Apexi 2.5 inch mandrel bent stainless steal exhaust piping
Apexi World sport II exhaust
Magnaflow high flow catalytic converters

Drivetrain
Acura Rsx Type-S 6 speed carbon syncro
Acura Rsx type-S shift linkage
Exedy stage 2 clutch
ACT organic street disc
Hybrid racing performance shifter bushing
K-Tuned billet shift knob

Brains
Hybrid racing conversion harness
Hondata K-Pro

Suspension
Tein super street coil overs
Acura type-S front lower sway bar
Inglis camber kit rear
Newspeed front X-brace
Newspeed upper strut bar
Newspeed rear lower 27 mm sway bar

Wheels
Tenzo-R Type M Mesh version 2
Nitto neo gen 215/40ZR/17
Blox Street series forged lugs

Paint / outside of vehicle
Diamond black paint
Custom front bumper
Custom head light tint and signals light tint
Custom tinted chrome trim
Air brushed rear decals

Inside the car
Custom painted trim
JVC KW-AVX 830 head unit
K-Tuned billet shift knob


It is a 01 Acura EL 1.7 Night Hawk black 5 speed. This is a awsome site and allot of info about parts and DIY .
With my 18's
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If you guy and girls have any question just post them up.

This is my build for my Acura EL 1.7 L to 2.4 L
So I decided to drop a K24 into my EL and this is how the build when.


My car before the swap.

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Some parts I got

After market rods on the left and stock TSX on the right
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Valve spring setup with S2000 and RSX Type S springs and the head.
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Hybrid racing wire harnest
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Hasport motor mounts
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The K24

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Finished Product With the Valve cover custom painted

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Some new Wheels
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Hybrid chain tensoner cause my stock one was gone , Hondadta manifold gasket and some nice shift linkage stuff from Hybrid to.

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Then i got the car painted

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Got a few shot's of the car today it was painted yesterday and it was getting buffed and their going to finish up the bumpers and my front grill in the next couple of days .

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This is the metallic in the paint look awsom!!

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We smoked the headlight,signal lights and all chrome on the car .

Before

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New look

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Well since i have my last post i have updated the car just little. A few month ago i found a awsome deal on a Jackson Racing supercharger a top mounted one. So i decided to get to beef up the old 4 door. Afterwards one of my sent me a link that somebody was selling a aftercooler kit from Mercracing and with the aftercooler kit a Mercracing inlet and 3 inch Mercracing pulley . So i jumped for the deal and here is were i am at now. Oh and i also go a second set of headlight that i painted the housing black.
Here are some of the pictures of the the updated build.

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mounted it on a test motor to see what i was missing

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Polished it up
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The core for the aftercooler
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some fabrication required to fit it in.
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and the battle continues this week.
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and my headlight finished product
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Some random shots of the car and a random Integras

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looking good.. ill love to have a cooler on mine..

god damn that's awesome! That will be one seriously sick sleeper!

4 door is always a plus in my book

We are still in the tuning stage with the car , but making very good progress until the other had a Alternator bole backed off and lost it spacers. But we fixed the other night and back on the road.

Searching for some bolts and lock tight at walmart , but they don't have any such thing and this was at 9 pm at night on a Sunday
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aww snap

Welcome to the fourm!! Awesome build so far.

Well a little update on the build , after driving the car for the a month my 8 year old stage 2 Clutch has taken a fatal hit and no longer to provide .So after some shopping for parts i bought a competition clutch stage 4 sprung 6 puck . Now we are trying to find a solution to place more tension on the belt cause it has been slipping . Also i took advantage when the motor was out to repaint the block and the transmission cause it has been 8 years in the car.

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Originally Posted by K24_Acura_EL

Well a little update on the build , after driving the car for the a month my 8 year old stage 2 Clutch has taken a fatal hit and no longer to provide .So after some shopping for parts i bought a competition clutch stage 4 sprung 6 puck . Now we are trying to find a solution to place more tension on the belt cause it has been slipping . Also i took advantage when the motor was out to repaint the block and the transmission cause it has been 8 years in the car.

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Not sure what tensioner you have, but you can look at merc racing.

I got the Jackson racing Manuel tensioner with jrsc but most of the bolts were stripped , so we ended up using the oem one cause that what we had at the time.

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Originally Posted by K24_Acura_EL

I got the Jackson racing Manuel tensioner with jrsc but most of the bolts were stripped , so we ended up using the oem one cause that what we had at the time.

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Yeah go with the merc racing tensioner. Most people upgrade to that anyways because the jackson racing one is shit.

^what he said.

Scissor tensioner is junk

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Originally Posted by K24_Acura_EL

We are still in the tuning stage with the car , but making very good progress until the other had a Alternator bole backed off and lost it spacers. But we fixed the other night and back on the road.

Searching for some bolts and lock tight at walmart , but they don't have any such thing and this was at 9 pm at night on a Sunday
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http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ps1be7e203.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ps87ec1c35.jpg

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Love the hoodie!! Thank you for the support!

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Originally Posted by K24_Acura_EL

I got the Jackson racing Manuel tensioner with jrsc but most of the bolts were stripped , so we ended up using the oem one cause that what we had at the time.

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Definitely look into [MENTION=974]MercRacing[/MENTION]'s tensioner setup. Solid solution that you won't need to replace. Many, many satisfied customers.

Nice build. Id toss that tsx exhaust cam though- source a k20a2/z1/z3 replacement. The setup you have now is a good NA setup but that big exhaust cam will bleed off more boost than you can provide. MercRacing makes some awesome stuff- his tensioner would certainly do the trick. Another cost effective method would be to pick up the 06 civic si tensioner bracket from supercharger.com. The bracket effectively moves your oem autotensioner closer to the SC snout for better belt wrap and tension. I use it on my setup now with no hassles.


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The latest new on my build is that i spun a rod bearing last month . So before i put the car away for storage for this winter , i am taking the motor out and going to rebuild it and rebuild it to run the JRSC in mind. I am looking at a putting in better rods and pistons in the new block to make some more power and change my TSX exhaust cam to the Si exhaust cams.

Any other suggestion ?? i would like to make 350 hp with my setup if i can and i am looking for the support bracket that bolts under the manifold of the M62 to the block of the motor.

that sucks... damn spun bearing


I ended up making my own support bracket. Wasn't tough.

As far as 350 it's not a hard goal. K24 CP, 3.0 BP, Aftercooler, MercRacing Inlet, good tune. Maybe even look into E85 that'll put you over for sure.

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Originally Posted by K24_Acura_EL

The latest new on my build is that i spun a rod bearing last month . So before i put the car away for storage for this winter , i am taking the motor out and going to rebuild it and rebuild it to run the JRSC in mind. I am looking at a putting in better rods and pistons in the new block to make some more power and change my TSX exhaust cam to the Si exhaust cams.

Any other suggestion ?? i would like to make 350 hp with my setup if i can and i am looking for the support bracket that bolts under the manifold of the M62 to the block of the motor.

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Sorry to hear that. 350 is definitely a doable goal, are you running an aftercooler for starters? That, along with a smaller blower pulley (assuming all stock other pulleys) would be a great start (with the appropriate sized injectors)

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Originally Posted by Spaz

that sucks... damn spun bearing


I ended up making my own support bracket. Wasn't tough.

As far as 350 it's not a hard goal. K24 CP, 3.0 BP, Aftercooler, MercRacing Inlet, good tune. Maybe even look into E85 that'll put you over for sure.

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:yeahthat: you can even run the 2.9 or 2.8" MercRacing pulley! He'd love to help you out with your goals [MENTION=974]MercRacing[/MENTION]

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Originally Posted by K24_Acura_EL

The latest new on my build is that i spun a rod bearing last month . So before i put the car away for storage for this winter , i am taking the motor out and going to rebuild it and rebuild it to run the JRSC in mind. I am looking at a putting in better rods and pistons in the new block to make some more power and change my TSX exhaust cam to the Si exhaust cams.

Any other suggestion ?? i would like to make 350 hp with my setup if i can and i am looking for the support bracket that bolts under the manifold of the M62 to the block of the motor.

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BoostedK20 and Spaz both made great points. Your goal is realistic and easily reachable. I'd agree to go with those. Just DON'T run meth. :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Spaz

that sucks... damn spun bearing


I ended up making my own support bracket. Wasn't tough.

As far as 350 it's not a hard goal. K24 CP, 3.0 BP, Aftercooler, MercRacing Inlet, good tune. Maybe even look into E85 that'll put you over for sure.

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Yes i already have the MercRacing asftercooler ,inlet and pulley . The only piece i dont have is the auto tensioner witch i will be ordering soon. I am now looking into getting some rods . I have the TSX rods and piston now and looking to get some aftermarket rods and pistons , when i rebuild the motor this winter . I was talking to people who put a LSD in the tranny and some say it is overrated for the what it is .

Well it has been a while since i posted up on Boostedk20 , well a little list of progression we have made on the Acura EL. This pas few months i got the K24 block re-done cleaned up and got some Manley rods put in with wisco piston 11:1 compression with ARP head studs. Got some new tires hopfully they should hook good on the street , Falken Azenith 615 R . Also i ordered the auto tensinor from Mercracing and this weekend we shale be putting the JRSC back on. So the only thing in my way at this point it belt size for my set up with the K20 crank pulley and K24 crank pulley .

Here are a few shots the last few months

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Me and my Buddy

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