I Honda K Swapped a Subaru and This Is How It Went
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- I built an actually reliable Subaru, and it wasn't even all that hard.
Subaru fans eat your hearts out.
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i have a k swapped impreza also. just toasted the 5 speed in it the other day bc i was shifting like a primate. its been super reliable though.
unga bunga me like flat shift
my guy, you are bright and fun to watch, thank you for getting this out there! i know so many of us had questions answered, ive been torn between a 1nz-fxe, k20, or a honda r18 .... if i had time. Looking forward to more vids!
The Skyrim meme was well placed
Technically Handa remembered the turbo on the RDX for a few years, but used a silly complex turbo that was smaller than guys toss on their D15B's.
Not many people know about the K23.
Don't need a turbo when you've got VTEC. All the lag, none of the power.
Awesome content dude, just watched your supercharged liberty vid. Hope your channel grows.
Why not choose both? Both is good.
Dude, awesome video. Love your snark and no-fucks-given attitude. Thanks for linking the video on NASIOC!
Another option is a J-series Honda V6. As a V6, it’s a shorter engine for better fitment. They are cheap, common, and virtually indestructible. And with up to 300HP in stock form, you will have a quick car even with an unmodded engine.
7:42 Most unhinged thing I've seen in a car-tube video. Subscribed.
Yo, get a baffled oil pan or a bolt in baffle. otherwise the new direction the motor is in will starve the oil pickup. But it looks great!
Never starved and I have datalogs with oil pressure logged to prove it
The Skyrim cut was cheesy....
But it was funny
Me like video!!! My FA20DIT Forester is making noise and I have a spare K24A2...
Fuckin a.... I like ur style. I'm now a subscriber. K swap the world!
You are by far one of the funniest people in my book. Been wanting to do this swap after I blew my third EJ up in my forester.
I was watching BoostedBoiz and this vid showed up as recommended, dope swap man!
"A Honda engine? In a Subaru?
It's up to you"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had a thought the other day about attempting to drop a k20 into my old legacy, wondering if anyone had done it before, I’m glad I found this video
Handa engine, delightful, Subaru chassis, delightful. Your job here, delightful. Profanity, extra f’n delightful
lovely video. thanks. ill be swapping in a k20 into a 2010 rex here this summer. any advice? thanks.
Awesome video, very entertaining! I know you were joking about why didn't they come turbo'd from the factory but there is a (legit) reason they were produced N/A with internals capable of being boosted. There was a 'gentlemen's agreement' in 1988 amongst the JDM car makers where they all agreed to limit the factory hp to 276. I could be wrong although it does explain why these aren't turbo'd from the factory.
I saw this car in person at one of the car shows. I believe it was at the galleria mall! I was the kid who came up to you and said I also have a 2.5rs. Cool car man, can't believe out of random chance I found your channel. Sub well earned!
Small world!
My new favorite channel.. So glad I found you!
oh my god I'm not even four minutes and I keep having to pause because I'm laughing so hard
I think I've found my new favorite car channel
EDIT: I GOT TODDROLLED YOU MOTHER-
You can try to get Diesel gearbox from EU... there are quite a lot of broken diesel Subarus in EU (breaking a crankshaft by design in early ones) and the boxes are holding 350nm stock (not sure how much more, but I have a friend with WRX/not stock of course/ beating one for quite a long time now). They are with quite long ratios, but hey.. you have snail to compensate and you can get to quite high speeds 😀 If you decide to do it, write me, I'll help.
Loved the video, glad you uploaded again! Could you go into more detail about the can-bus gauge? I want to steal that so badly.
It's been a while :)
The screen is a Waveshare 1.5" OLED, powered by an STM32F103 Bluepill, using onboard CAN and a CAN Transceiver. Overall, it was pretty simple to setup!
I am sticking around!! Daymn you're quite similar to jared from questionable garage.. subbed and liked!!
Handes HAHAHAHAH!! had me in tears dude. Incredible work and builds with a slice of comedy... I like it 🤣
Been a Honda guy for 20+ years. That exhaust sounds great.
Get a jdm close ratio 444 from a wrx. It’s built different. They used this thing called an alloy instead of the traditional glass gear set find on the Usdm tranny. Like Subaru should have done something like they know what people do with these things. Just throw a built tranny in from the factory and save your reputation. Haha
Nobody:
LS?? Have two Kswap in the trunk & frunk! Weight Balance!! 😁
I never realized how heavy Honda k series engines are. Compared to a lot of 4cyls, they are quite beefy and heavy
Great vijeo. Really liked you vibe. I'm glad you didn't shit on BB and that car is the legendary "Hondaru" that you can find on the YT channel Emelios World. Looking forward to seeing how your build goes. 👍
Soooo.... if I wana k20a swap my 1985 subaru xt, that would be a bad idea?
A smaller turbo(or better yet a supercharger, I'm biased heavily) and you'll have better power throughout the powerband
When you say "K-series" my Siri responds. Apparently She's a Honda fan boi too.
Which clutch and flywheel do you use ? Like what part number ?
I haven't seen one of these 90's Subarus in a long time. The last few times I saw one, it had lost about 300 lbs to rust.
You think I can put an engine from a Subaru BRZ into a 1990 EF?
This is really cool to see. If the FB25 in my forester even blows up I'd definitely go for a K24
i dont want to be a karen my self but "old" people making comment like what you want to do is stupid and not existing like "its up to you" when you when to the junkward omg that make me mad( when it happen to me i dont do shit either i just ignore it)
You're hilarious! Love the video . I have a 99rs with a sti swap. It's blown up not to my surprise. K series it is!
Right on!
Super nerdy car guys. I found my friend group!! Subscribed
ls3 is 5 more pounds than the k24a2, i dont know which one i should swap into my 2 door 2.5rs
I have a 07 wrx and my engine lock up and I am desperate to get it something in this car reliable
I'm going to diesel mine. I love the outback but yeah their engine designs are pure betrayal. The boxer was idiotic 💯👌
Compared to other Japanese engines the ej25's don't deserve the Japanese designation. Subaru squeezed every conceivable penny out of the manufacture/design.
First video I’ve ever seen of yours. Subscribed at 9 min. I love you already Youre hilarious I hope you go far
Apparently this man has never heard of a K23A engine out of an RDX. Why is it 0.1L lower than the K24? Because it has beefy cylinder walls for the TURBO THAT HONDA PROVIDED!!!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_K_engine#K23A_(i-VTEC_Turbo)
i hate the civic exhaust note. i drive a civic with uel headers, sounds so much better
Insane how this video only has 2k views, some quality gourmet stuff right here
Great video i would love to do a swap like this but dont want to cut my hood up
Have you seen @k24impreza's chanel his build is rad but no cutting on the hood
Not gonna lie I kinda like the idea of having a muscle scoop where he has it sticking out on this build.
You know, we have the same chassis. You might’ve just sold me on a k swap after my ej bites the dust…
Ok so here’s a predicament I’m having, I’m unsure if I can retain my AWD because my Impreza (07 2.5i) is an automatic, and since there isn’t a transmission controller for the 4eat that I have been able to find. The car is not canbus based, so that’s a huge plus. I’d much rather stay automatic simply because autos win races, and I want to try and keep costs under 7.5k
Pshhhh I did a drive by on you cool car tho very legendary build
Only the 99 DOHC engine had the headgasket issue. Once they went back to the SOHC in 2000, their engines never had a problem again until 2008 when they went with low resistance piston rings that let oil by the rings and they started using cheaper bearings and with very little oil starvation started having engines eating themselves.
If this is the case then I'm going to need an explanation for the literally countless EJ251/EJ253 headgaskets that I've had to replace. There's multiple videos even on this very channel of the SOHC EJ 2.5Ls with blown headgaskets. The oil consumption part is true too, though.
Just because you've replaced a few head gaskets doesn't mean all the engines are prone to the problem. Subaru had made millions of EJ engines. They all fail in their own way. 99% of the time it's how the owner treated them. I've had many EJ engines in my 20 years of owning Subaru's. Never had one go because of a head gasket. The most powerful engine I ever had was a stroked 2.2L making 450whp on pump gas. Lost it to a sheared timing belt tensioner bolt. The longest running EJ I had was an EJ253 that made it to 225k before I stripped it due to snapped exhaust manifold studs. The head gasket was still so good on it that when I pulled both heads there was still pressure in the cylinders after the engine had been sitting in the corner of the shop for months. Honestly, most of my engine failures have had something with timing. Should I say Subaru engines are shit because of that? No, it means I should have done routine maintenance sooner on my modified engines.
@@Cbgrandtheftauto lol
Tell that to my buddy with his SOHC Forester.
@@matthewstorm5188 ask your buddy for his service records..
the conversation with the front desk guy😂😂😂😂
def track it ;)
god I want one in my brz
Dave please come back to roadkill we miss you
So glad I found this channel
Hi there you are the best crazy .
Good job my men
awesome video. I have a pretty low mileage 11' STI but I constantly have the fear of everything hitting the fan in the back of my head with every drive. perhaps when the ej inevitably blows I'll consider this swap haha.
Same lol. I want to put a lightweight v8 in it but this k20 swap would be cool too.
Awesome project man. You’re totally right about shipping companies… if you’re part even gets to the right address it’s either the wrong part, the box is torn up/parts dented or broken from being thrown around or you got lucky.
I'm about to do this swap.... have the adapter plate. Any advice on mounting the engine in the bay? custom subframe?
The update video I made on this swap has some details on my mounting setup. Best of luck on your project!
You have a link for those adapters?
I like your sense of humor. SUBB'd
"They all fucking suck"
I need more info on the adapter plates big hoss
I've always liked the idea of putting a 13B in a GC8
Between you and me this has been on my mind a lot recently
Dope video from a expeirenced skilled dude
Can you make a video explaining how you did the harness and ecu. I'm currently trying to do the same swap and I'm stumped on what ecu to get and how to make the harness work. how does your ignition work? do the body lights work? if so did you splice the Subaru body harness to the k24 engine harness? any info would be greatly appreciated as i am thoroughly stumped
The short answer is: I merged the harnesses by hand, pin by pin, wire by wire. I do this for all my builds.
I use standalone ECUs for builds like this, specifically Haltech ECUs. This one runs on a Haltech Elite 2500, which I got with the Basic Universal Wiring Harness kit.
There are effectively three different harnesses: the Car Harness, the Engine Harness, and the ECU Harness.
For the Subaru side (the Car Harness), I patched into the plugs that the factory boxer Engine Harness (that was on the intake manifold) plugged into. I cut the plugs off that boxer Engine Harness, and adapted the K24 Engine Harness to them, so I could effectively plug the K24 into where the original Boxer plugged into.
Then, in the cabin, I cut the connector off the Subaru ECU and soldered my standalone's harness to that ECU connector, so I could plug my standalone into the car (like the original ECU did basically). Then if I needed any additional wires that weren't in the factory harness, I just pulled those through the firewall manually.
In the next day or so I'll be releasing a video about engine swapping that covers wiring and ECUs, amongst other things. It probably won't go into the depth that you'll need, but you may get some good info from it regardless.
-BT
@@BlackthumbTV so if I’m understanding correctly you went haltech ecu to the subie harness with a soldered connection to the haltech. Then cut the subie engine harness connectors off, had the k24 engine harness from the engine to the subie harness and splice them together?
@@BlackthumbTV ps thank you so so much for replying!!!
Effectively, yes. The Haltech Basic Universal Harness is soldered to the back of the chopped-off ECU connector. That gets plugged into the car under the carpet as normal.
Then, in the engine bay, I've cut off the connectors from the Boxer engine harness, and adapted the K24 to those plugs, so I could still unplug the engine. Thus, everything still works. Ignition, lights, even the fuses are the same.
I usually have all three wiring diagrams up at the same time: Haltech diagram, Subaru digram, Honda diagram. I jump between then on my phone or tablet and get everything wired up.
Hope this helps!
@@BlackthumbTV this helps out massively! You’ve restored my faith in this build! 🙏🏼🙏🏼😮💨
I mean... an LS/t56 is only heavier by the weight of a skinny blonde (125ish lbs) lol
Trust me, I'm aware. Just watch the end of my most recent video 😉.
The main complaint I have is that if you want to LS swap a Subaru you will most probably have to ditch the AWD. And if you're going to do all that, there's frames that are much better suited for RWD than a Subaru.
The only thing that Subaru has going for them is the AWD, don't take that away from the lil feller.
One issue here is that, as the guy said, you lose the AWD. And as just a RWD car, there are better cars out there to LS swap.
I rotary swapped my sg5 forester
This is awesome!
I really want to do a K24 swap on my 04 2.5rs but have no clue where to start
If this is your first swap, I made this video just for you: th-cam.com/video/VAJTcAVfua0/w-d-xo.html
1:15 now THIS is an automatic
I wanna k swap my 99 foester 5 speed now
Drove hybrid to boosted k series for the last decade and bought my first sti about 3 years ago. Just finished my first engine replacement in the STi and I wish I just went this route instead... perhaps I can sell my ej 😅
That’s an awesome Subaru! I’d totally drive it.. idk if it’s canary yellow.
Edit: mold in a H6 transmission.
I’m trying to understand the motor mount you use. What fab did you do to bolt it to the subframe
Did you watch the other videos on the car?
can anyone else get the parts list to show?i cant and i am swapping my 04 wrx i neeeeeddddd this list
It's working on my end. What's not working for you?
Here's another link that may work as well: wiki.blackthumb.tv/wiki/Hondaru/Index.md
Awesome video. I discovered your channel earlier this morning (October 3, 2023) and at the time of this comment you have 3.15k subscribers. I subscribed after the first video I saw (EZ30 supercharger video, another great video on one of my favorite motors) and I can't wait to watch you grow. Again, awesome video. Start to finish.
Hey man what mounts did you use?
Love the Vid!!!❤
I’m here cause I just blew up my ej
$5 says you wont reply
Handa ? am hallucinating?
The k24 weights the same as an ls1
Love the video! New subscriber!
I know you won't read this, but I just found my new favorite TH-camr! Handasis 🤣
Instant subscriber lol. This was an awesome video all around! I have a 08tsx k24 I want to swap into something more fun than a tsx…
Bwhahahahahaha love this video
Bro, if the transmission of a 14 impreza doesn't go into 1st gear, the transmission is toast?
Off or on, first feels like hitting a wall, but all other gears work...
Greatest video I’ve ever seen, I was thinking about putting a k24 into my 97 Impreza 😻
Love this video. Well done bro.
Just needs a uel header is all.
This video made my stomach hurt in a good way lol. If you would like to help me make my 2.2l in my 97 impreza wagon go faster and run boost, im all for the parts, info and cash.
This dude is brilliant
Can you slap a 4G63 in it?
Me like boost boost too! Ha
How did you get the ecu/electrical work and such
I have a bunch of videos on engine swapping, including two about wiring and electrical specifically
the handas eh?
You should fab a giant scoop for it out of fiberglass or plexiglass or somthing
Try a 4.44 fd diff they eat the power alittle better then the 3.90/4.11 fd transmissions
This video has convinced me to look at a K24 for my eventual track/autocross Pontiac Fiero. Thank you boosed ape, very cool