Fast forward to 2003 and Honda produced in Swindon, the EP3 based Type-R. Featuring the K20A2 2.0 VTEC engine producing 197HP the EP3 could hit 60mph in 6.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 146 mph. With the oldest examples now hitting 20 years of age, the inevitable rust is starting to kill off these cars. We want to save as many as we can! That being said, for Honda to have returned to the Civic Type R with a car so far improved from the one before it is to be applauded. Let’s hope the progress continues over the next 15 years 1. CRV Passenger Side Motor Mount PART #11910-PPA-000 2. Special Header (RSX Type S DCRH) 3. Hasport Adapter Plate ( Water Port Fix ) a. Hondata K-Pro b. Hondata Heat Gasket c. 650cc Injectors 4. SHOP MANUEL for the EP3 5. RSX Type-S DCRH GETTING YOUR ENGINE BAY READY Since you keep almost everything from the K20A3 it is not a very expensive swap. Tech Spec: Honda Civic Type R EP3. Engine: 1998cc four-cylinder. Transmission: Six-speed manual. Max Power: 200hp @ 7400rpm. Max Torque: 145lb ft @ 5900rpm. 0-62mph: 6.6secs. Top Speed: 146mph. Weight: 1204kg. Price When New: £15,995. Guide from Pure Performance. Words: Daniel Bevis and Elizabeth de Latour. Photos: Honda. I did some optional stuff (Type-S oil pump, RBC intake manifold) to make it better, but the stock swap would be pretty easy. You can use the ep3 harness, just change over a few sensors and extend a couple wires. I still have the 5 speed and I wish I had another gear for highway driving. lXE0F. Also supposedly, per my Honda dyno guy that I saw 2 weeks ago, if you replace the rocker arms and cams in the motor you have, you get 90% of the benefit to going to an RSX-S motor. Yeah, you can install exhaust rockers on the intake side, and then whatever the "big" VTEC profile is becomes your only cam profile. The Honda Civic EP3 was just an engine swap away from being a real hot hatch. If Honda had come to its senses the same way it did with the current Civic Type R, this car’s fate could have been Engine surging at idle on civic type r EP3. A few weeks ago my car broke down at work it would start but then would cut off after a couple seconds the engine light came on and said the timing chain had streched so i had the timing chain changed and the car runs now but when i turn the car on the revs hit 2000rpm then after a min or 2 it drops ’03 Honda Civic Si Engine 2.0L K20A3 naturally aspirated 4-cylinder North America didn’t receive the EP3 Type-R version of this platform (or most other cool Hondas, for that matter) that Both are 5 speeds with slightly different gear ratios. Both use a 4.7 final drive and an open front differential. The major difference between the two is the VSS. The CRV uses the low frequency, differential driven type found in the EP3 and the '02-'04 RSX. The Element uses the high frequency, third gear type found in the '05-'06 RSX and '06 This is good news for all the 8th gen Civic owners who are pining for a swap. CHECK OUT: Swapping the Civic Type R Engine into an Older Chassis. The final test-fit is a 2001 Honda Civic, 7th generation, which Gillespie says is a stand-in for the RSX and EP3 since all three have very similar engine bays.

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