I watched the 15 min video, I will be attempting to do this over the weekend with no sleep, lots of alcohol and maybe invite a friend over to hand me tools
Thank you for making this, I will be doing the same on my Gen2 BRZ when the time comes, I will need to do more research in a few years but in the man time the education will be well received.
I've been thinking about doing this after I get my v8 civic project up and running. I should have my cnc machines up and running by then. I'm getting close to getting my mill up and running. I've been using my manual machines to make the parts for my civic project. I will have to convert my Scion to manual but I think the k series will be a lot more reliable and fun for my frs.
Bro appreciate your effort of making videos and sharing with us, can you do drive review? Would love to know how your whole build drives and feels, how it is compared to fa20
Hey man I've been watching your k-swap series, I have a 2015 FA20 with a blown motor and I'm trying to see the cheapest options to get a car again, I'm fucking walking around. New fa20 looking around 5-6k, been looking into swaps and it seems like they're triple the price..... So depressing, this car brought me so much joy now so much pain!
I’m sorry to hear that man that sucks. Yeah pretty much any engine swap will cost you $10k or more (depending on who you know and how cheap you want it done). What’s the condition of your engine? You said it’s blown, but is it just knocking, is there a hole in the block? If it’s not too bad you might be able to have your engine machined and put back together, but that would probably be similar price to just getting a replacement FA20.
@@lawrencelimcoThat’s why I sold my frs. I was always paranoid the engine might go at any sec, which they usually do even with the best maintenance. It’s like a ticking time bomb.
My scion frs has a stretched timing chain and im worried about it being repaird and then it having more problems later. But buying a new motor is 5k and its hard to save that up as a high schooler who can work alot. Saw a k24 for about 800 dollars and got my hopes up maybe i could use it as a cheaper substitute, but theres so much thats gonna make this super expensive too. Idk what to do😭
Been looking at this swap but after reading some post swap reviews, a lot of people complain about drive shaft vibration. Not sure if due to elimination of balance shafts or drive shaft issues, but do you see any issues on a street driven car?
The K-series engine in general has a lot of vibration. Most of the complaints I’ve seen are from folks who modified their stock driveshafts. Since I used a different transmission I got a custom, one-piece, aluminum driveshaft. Also, switching from the stock oil pump with the balance shafts to the Type-S increases NVH. Kpower is working on an update that uses the stock oil pump, so keep an eye out for that.
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I watched the 15 min video, I will be attempting to do this over the weekend with no sleep, lots of alcohol and maybe invite a friend over to hand me tools
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How'd that go
Thank you for making this, I will be doing the same on my Gen2 BRZ when the time comes, I will need to do more research in a few years but in the man time the education will be well received.
I’ve actually seen a Gen2 get k-swapped already using the same KPower kit for the Gen1. Wiring is probably different, but it’s definitely doable.
I've been thinking about doing this after I get my v8 civic project up and running. I should have my cnc machines up and running by then. I'm getting close to getting my mill up and running. I've been using my manual machines to make the parts for my civic project. I will have to convert my Scion to manual but I think the k series will be a lot more reliable and fun for my frs.
Bro appreciate your effort of making videos and sharing with us, can you do drive review? Would love to know how your whole build drives and feels, how it is compared to fa20
Hey man I've been watching your k-swap series, I have a 2015 FA20 with a blown motor and I'm trying to see the cheapest options to get a car again, I'm fucking walking around. New fa20 looking around 5-6k, been looking into swaps and it seems like they're triple the price..... So depressing, this car brought me so much joy now so much pain!
I’m sorry to hear that man that sucks. Yeah pretty much any engine swap will cost you $10k or more (depending on who you know and how cheap you want it done). What’s the condition of your engine? You said it’s blown, but is it just knocking, is there a hole in the block? If it’s not too bad you might be able to have your engine machined and put back together, but that would probably be similar price to just getting a replacement FA20.
My frs has same problem. What did you do to resolve the problem. It seems to be a reoccurring problem with the fa20 motor.
@@lawrencelimcoThat’s why I sold my frs. I was always paranoid the engine might go at any sec, which they usually do even with the best maintenance. It’s like a ticking time bomb.
Great Vid!
My scion frs has a stretched timing chain and im worried about it being repaird and then it having more problems later. But buying a new motor is 5k and its hard to save that up as a high schooler who can work alot. Saw a k24 for about 800 dollars and got my hopes up maybe i could use it as a cheaper substitute, but theres so much thats gonna make this super expensive too. Idk what to do😭
I like the beams swap for an frs better
I’m saving up money just to do the swap in like two years
I want an K24 with ITB. The priblem will be, for the price i could do turbo route
What bike do you ride man?
Did u set it to wumbo?
sold my frs & got 370z supercharged
night & day difference
Been looking at this swap but after reading some post swap reviews, a lot of people complain about drive shaft vibration. Not sure if due to elimination of balance shafts or drive shaft issues, but do you see any issues on a street driven car?
The K-series engine in general has a lot of vibration. Most of the complaints I’ve seen are from folks who modified their stock driveshafts. Since I used a different transmission I got a custom, one-piece, aluminum driveshaft. Also, switching from the stock oil pump with the balance shafts to the Type-S increases NVH. Kpower is working on an update that uses the stock oil pump, so keep an eye out for that.