Budget K Swap Turbo Civic Rips! || The K23 HEAD Makes Our BASE K20 COME ALIVE
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Published 2023-08-10
By Aaron Gaghagen and Brian Gillespie
OK, last time was a bit of a let down. When we went to the dyno our K23 turbo head-K20 bottom end combination spit oil all over the crank side and couldn't be tuned. So, with just a base tune we took our Civic hatchback back to the shop to take a closer look. Scot and Brian (No, the other one.) poured over the wet side of the engine to find the source and fix it. You know what that means! It's time to take Budget EG for a couple pulls. We find out if the half radiator is up to the task of cooling our hot tamale hybrid and make some sweet turbo noises.
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All Comments (21)
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So glad y’all showing love to the k23
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damn! That thing rips for sure! another great vid dudes :) the 2 brians and scott are a perfect combo haha super good editing btw. hell yes
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She’s a ripper! Great stuff. Now we need cooler weather out here and you will make another 20 hp! 😂
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Always great stuff
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I still think it's neat watching you guys on video.🤘🏼🌞🤘🏼
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Yes yes yes!
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AWESOME....
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Great stuff man and happy late bday my man!
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I can't wait to see this dialed in on the dyno
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Compasion at it's finest
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Awesome build
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Nice one bois 👌 sutututu
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Omg! This my new favorite channel. (HONDATA)
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Brian, it's time for an ACUiTY RSX Shifter! 💜
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coming from Aussies' crazy channel whom you helped with your mounts :)
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K23/K24 would be a tq beast
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It strangely sounds like the k20c1 in my FK8. lol
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Nice work per usual. Any updates on the 8th gen civic??
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Sooo ummm,… where y’all at? I’ve been following this k23 build since last year and WAAITIN to see what it could do. 300 would be nuts
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Is there an ongoing essential parts list anywhere?