upgrades to acura rsx basemodel auto trans?
i got a 05 acura rsx base model automatic... i know should of got a type s but i was dumb... is there any way to upgrade it to make it fast like the type s? or how much would it cost to convert it to a type s? any suggestions... my friend has a cobalt ss and a srt-4 and i cant keep up lol
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yea your driving a base and automatic lol. but yea if you plan on converting to type-s you might as well buy a type-s because thats probly how much your gonna be spending. there's a few options to get an k20a3 fast. you would have to buy a turbo and kpro to tune it, i mean i dunno what kind of budget your working with but it prob would be cheaper keeping your base and buying a k20 swapped civic hatch for 3500-5k on craigslist or a boosted civic.
You are mistaken. The difference between your k20(c?) and the one in the type s (k20a?) is that your k20 is suited for turbocharging or supercharging whereas the type s one has too high a compression ratio to do safely.
Though...you're automatic.
Get a turbo kit.
Can't "convert it" to a type s because of the transmission. The k20(a?) in the type s is suited for a close ratio manual transmission not an automatic. Though technically you could just drop it in there and change the ecm/pcm and it should run fine...but it won't perform like it should.