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Seb Wu wanted more power for his 1998 Honda Accord (CG8). So the car went it to Empire Racing Engineering<\/a> in Poland for a powertrain swap. The company installed a 2.0 L K20Z4 inline-four and six-speed manual transmission from a Civic Type R (FN2)<\/a>. Empire Racing Engineering tuned the motor on a Ecumaster EMU Black ECU and made 235 hp (172 kW) and 239 Nm (176 lb-ft) of torque. The powertrain also received a custom 2.75-inch exhaust and upgraded clutch kit. On the outside Seb installed an Accord Type R<\/a> bodykit and JR Wheels JR11 18-inch wheels with 215\/35 tires. The body was repainted in Mercedes Diamond White Pearl color.<\/p>\n

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Seb Wu wanted more power for his 1998 Honda Accord (CG8). So the car went it to Empire Racing Engineering in Poland for a powertrain swap. The company installed a 2.0 L K20Z4 inline-four and six-speed manual transmission from a Civic Type R (FN2). Empire Racing Engineering tuned the motor on a Ecumaster EMU Black… Read More »1998 Accord with a Type R K20 Motor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":120883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[104,656],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accord","category-k20"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139578,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=139578","url_meta":{"origin":120879,"position":0},"title":"Lotus Elise S3 with a Honda K20","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Garage Calde\u2019 SAS specializes in Honda-powered Lotus cars at their company in Italy. 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