6767 K20/K24 EM2/EL Front End

Hey guys, been a while since i have been on the site, been busy at my car. Some of you may have seen it before a Chamionship White Turbo K EM2.

Well I have some updates for those of you wondering what i have been doing to it..

This was some pictures i have posted on here already from last season..

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My thrown together engine bay. Was just to damn excited to drive it and didnt really care what it looked like at the time haha

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And now onto the progress so far this winter..

Ready for the teardown..

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Heart is out

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My 6767 Comp Turbo i picked up! Only 4 dyno passes every made on this

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Bay shaving in the making

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Doing the 05 Acura EL Frond end swap.. here is the bumper and fenders mocked up, and yes i will be getting the el hood too

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Ktuned Shifter box

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Blueprint H beam rods

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And the 6 point cage start to finish

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Recaro Bucket!

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Thats what i have for progress as of right now.. will update this when i get new progress!

This is what we've been waiting for :thumb: Beautiful welding! I look forward to your build progress, 2013 is going to be a great year

Nice build man. The EL front end almost looks like an rsx front end. I like it!

Nice welds on the cage. Who did all the fab work? Definitely can run 8s with a cage like that at our tracks haha

Not a whole lot of EM cars around that are going to look good like yours

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This is what we've been waiting for :thumb: Beautiful welding! I look forward to your build progress, 2013 is going to be a great year

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Thanks! Lots more progress to come!

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Nice build man. The EL front end almost looks like an rsx front end. I like it!

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Thanks! One of the few who have ever done this swap. Its pricey, all new OEM Acura parts because no company makes aftermarket panels for these cars..

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Nice welds on the cage. Who did all the fab work? Definitely can run 8s with a cage like that at our tracks haha

Not a whole lot of EM cars around that are going to look good like yours

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Thanks! My buddy Ben Graham and I built the cage. We are both welders, lots of his work will be seen around our local car scene this summer!

And your right, tech around our parts are a joke, i had my battery ratchet strapped in the trunk for the PEI SCW last year and he let me race haha

Im trying to go with a combination of things with this car that have never been done on en em2 chassis.. I appreciate all the love guys! :)

My transmission is off to get LSD and carbon syncros installed!

Also my bay is as shaved as its getting haha its going this week sometime to get the bay painted, ill throw up some pics when its done!

Love the workmanship in the build, especially the welds on the cage.

I would however seriously consider continuing the main hoop diagonal down through the harness bar and to the passenger side floor mount - the main hoop really does need at least one complete diagonal, preference being two with gusseting and the harness bar passed behind. Otherwise the lateral strength will be quite low.

http://www.rollcageguy.com/gallery/h...CP_0556_20.JPG

Rear cross would be optional, but would help stiffen up the rear end.

Apologies if this is 'egg sucking 101' or you're not done yet anyway but can never be too safe :)

too bad you guys aren't any closer, we have no good welders (who want to weld a cage) around here.


Are you going to build another manifold ?

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Love the workmanship in the build, especially the welds on the cage.

I would however seriously consider continuing the main hoop diagonal down through the harness bar and to the passenger side floor mount - the main hoop really does need at least one complete diagonal, preference being two with gusseting and the harness bar passed behind. Otherwise the lateral strength will be quite low.

http://www.rollcageguy.com/gallery/h...CP_0556_20.JPG

Rear cross would be optional, but would help stiffen up the rear end.

Apologies if this is 'egg sucking 101' or you're not done yet anyway but can never be too safe :)

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Thanks for the input, but yes i am going to continue the diadonal down in the main hoop. We were crunched for time coming on the end of it. The style it will actually be is the same as in that picture.

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too bad you guys aren't any closer, we have no good welders (who want to weld a cage) around here.


Are you going to build another manifold ?

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Actually we do! I am a welder and my good buddy is a welder/fabricator aswell. We built this cage from scratch in less than 2 days. There was beer being drank plus we went on a roadtrip to get my seat etc etc all in the same weekend. We are more than happy to weld a cage into someones car. If you are interested in custom fabricated parts just message me on facebook Adam. i can send you some pictures of the custom work that he and i have done.

Or did you mean that we werent closer to you? I think i may have gotten that mixed up. And as for the manifold, I have a turbo manifold picked out that i want to buy but i am debating ordering thr flange and building it myself. Also going to make an intake manifold for my setup, fuel cell, all sorts of fabricating left to come!

bad ass man i seen ur build on k20a

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bad ass man i seen ur build on k20a

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Thanks! trying to be a bit different than most builds. Going to have the car painted a color i havent seen an em2 painted but also a clean color IMO. But also looking to have the power to back up the looks aswell. Lots of people have been asking if i am turning this into a drag only car.. But i am going to keep it street legal aswell. Well.. as close to street legal as i can haha

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Thanks! trying to be a bit different than most builds. Going to have the car painted a color i havent seen an em2 painted but also a clean color IMO. But also looking to have the power to back up the looks aswell. Lots of people have been asking if i am turning this into a drag only car.. But i am going to keep it street legal aswell. Well.. as close to street legal as i can haha

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i hear ya mann

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i hear ya mann

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Your ep build is awesome too! Ill be following that one for sure!

YES I've been waiting for updates on this! What's an EL? Everything seems legit :thumb:

can you pass "safety inspections" with a roll cage?

ah cool - as I say, work looks nicely executed.

Look forward to seeing the cage finished - want to cage mine but it's a fairly major job on a lotus.

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YES I've been waiting for updates on this! What's an EL? Everything seems legit :thumb:

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An Acura EL is only made in Canada, its like the top model of a 4 door civic i guess you can say.. they have different outside body panels but the body lines are the same and all the parts are interchangeable.

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can you pass "safety inspections" with a roll cage?

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As far as i know yes.. If not this will be the last year it is street legal than.. But i know mechanics who will safety the car for me as long as everything else is fine.

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ah cool - as I say, work looks nicely executed.

Look forward to seeing the cage finished - want to cage mine but it's a fairly major job on a lotus.

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Thanks you, and yes a lotus cage would be hard to build for sure!

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Oh well, I never heard of it. I looked them up, that will be a cool upgrade IMO

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Oh well, I never heard of it. I looked them up, that will be a cool upgrade IMO

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You mean the front end?

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You mean the front end?

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Yup, I've never seen it before. This it?
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I think, even though it's on a hatch, it looks different but nice. I would use a grill more like the 99-00 Si's used without the Honda Badge. I'm in for results!

Nope it's the 2005 Acura EL front end I'm putting on it.

Same as this front end for those of you who dont know which one i am talking about

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Picked up some more things

Ktuned Shift cable bracket

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Ktuned shift cables

http://i1125.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0a8f141a.jpg

S90 70mm Throttle Body

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Do you know ToyoMatt from Honda-Tech? His car has the EL front end I believe.

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Do you know ToyoMatt from Honda-Tech? His car has the EL front end I believe.

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Yes it does. He isn't running oem fog lights in his though like I will be. But yes same front end conversion.

Hes a personal good friend. Lives by me. Love that guy lol (no homo) always up for helping out or hanging out and going to car events.

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Hes a personal good friend. Lives by me. Love that guy lol (no homo) always up for helping out or hanging out and going to car events.

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Yeah I've been wanting to do this front end swap since I bought my car 3 years ago. It wasnt untill late summer last year that I even seen it done on his car. Won't lie was kind of upset to not be the first but it's all good I have much different plans for my car than his!

Found a couple videos a friend of mine put on youtube of my car last summer. First one is of a highway pull, the car the video is being taken from is doing 110 km/h when i pull away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOjZEt9Figw

This one is me racing my buddies Ducatti 1098 Malbro Edition bike. Mind you he wasnt going as fast as he can but he said he was pretty close to wide open

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6AwtSLhrjI

What's been gong on with the car?

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