My friend is selling his 2003 Acura RSX with over 200,000 miles and has a blown engine. He is sellinmg it very cheap and was wondering if it was worth buying and have the engine replaced. Thanks.
hondab16tuner
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You can generally find a low mileage engine for this car in the $2,000 and under range and add another $1,000-$1,500 for labor at a decent shop, but less if you know someone that can do it. If the car is under $2,000 then do it, or you can get a RSX- type S engine and spend another $1,000-$2,000 and get 50 more hp out of the deal too. Basically you would have a $7,000-$8,000 RSX type-S with low miles.
rsxboy22
Generally, a k20a2 motor (type-s) will run you between 4500-5000, labor won't be too much because it would be a simple job, just dropping in the motor... However, i would suggest getting a k20ar (japan type-r) they're only about 1000 more dollars and you'll get about 25 more HP.
hope this helps!
Anonymous
nope... to push any decent amount of horse power your gonna have to convert to a manual... but for the price of converting it and boosting it, you could just sell it and buy a car thats already built. That would save you time and money.