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The valve cover studs are installed on the cam caps.
The cam cap bolts and the rocker cover studs are all torqued down carefully bit by bit in an X pattern. The torquing has to be done in even small steps or you risk breaking the cams.
Our head is nearly fully assembled.
The valve lash is set. When the head is bolted down to the block, the valve lash should be rechecked as sometimes it changes slightly due to the distortion of bolting it down.
The exhaust cam fixed gear is installed.
Next, the variable timing intake cam is installed.
The gears are set to the approximate position for installation to the block and we are done.The addtion of a full VTEC head on a late model 2.4 liter bottom end is a pretty exciting deal. Others have done it with excellent results and we are eager to see what our motor will do. In our next installment we will be working on getting our K24Z7’s bottom end all together in the anticipation of some boost! We will be using all the right parts to withstand forced induction.
You may be asking yourself what the ultimate plan for this engine build is? Well, one lucky Motovicity customer is going to win this engine, along with a bunch of other goodies from Motovicity’s Engines of Change Promotion. Follow the links below to the Motovicity page to read about all the details of Motovicity’s Engines of Change Promotion. Once the winner is chosen, we will be doing a follow up with the winners to report on what this K24 ended up powering. So stay tuned!
Sources
Motovicity Distribution (Parts Supplier)
Portflow Design
11 comments
Very good write up I just wondered when you switched heads do you have to use k20 head parts or can you use the k24 parts in the new head ?
Yes you can.
What ecu did you guys use go run it i have hear that k pro cannot run it
It depends either K pro or K flash
Hey awesome write up but was there any modifications done to the k20z3 head for the oil passage or is it a straight up pug and play
You need to modify the front cover.
What exactly must be done to the front cover?
You have to weld a piece on to cover a place that is uncovered. It is pretty apparent when you put the cover against the block
How did u mofidy the sensor plates?
I am thinking to do the same for my Accord Euro CU2 (AUS). In US is called Acura TSX 2nd gen. Do you think the K24Z3 block will mate with K20Z3 cyl. head without any modification of the water passage?
Awesome write up, I would have loved to see dyno numbers of this swap. I also have a k24z2 and I’m trying to find the best head to swap too. I really don’t want to change out all the internals. I’m not finding a lot of write ups for our engine sadly.