{"id":96633,"date":"2023-03-03T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=96633"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:31:29","slug":"building-a-honda-k20a2-for-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=96633","title":{"rendered":"Building a Honda K20A2 For Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=96636\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-96636\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"96636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=96636\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Real Street turbo Honda K20A2 inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Real Street turbo Honda K20A2 inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Real Street turbo Honda K20A2 inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?w=3600&amp;ssl=1 3600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jay Meagher from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realstreetperformance.com\">Real Street Performance<\/a> taught his employee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rickywiththecars\/\">Ricky<\/a> how to build a Honda K20 inline-four for forced induction. The motor features a K20A2 block (bored 86.5 mm) with a Wiseco 9.6:1 compression pistons, Brian Crower H-beam rods, and 4Piston oil pump. On top sits a K20A2 head with Brian Crower Stage 2 camshafts and Supertech springs and retainers. A Precision 6466 turbocharger will provide the boost. Watch Jay and Ricky build the motor in the video below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0x7WXjGQNaM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@realstreetperformance\">Real Street Performance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Meagher from Real Street Performance taught his employee Ricky how to build a Honda K20 inline-four for forced induction. The motor features a K20A2 block (bored 86.5 mm) with a Wiseco 9.6:1 compression pistons, Brian Crower H-beam rods, and 4Piston oil pump. On top sits a K20A2 head with Brian Crower Stage 2 camshafts&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=96633\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building a Honda K20A2 For Boost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":96636,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[656],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-k20"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Real-Street-turbo-Honda-K20A2-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113906,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=113906","url_meta":{"origin":96633,"position":0},"title":"AWD Honda CR-X with a Turbo K20","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This second generation Honda CR-X is owned by Rafa\u0142 at Travi Garage in Poland. 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