[Tomm]

I think it also comes down to responsiveness to bolts ons. The K series motors respond incredibly well to i/im/h/e. The FA20 is an awesome platform but doesn't respond as well to bolt-ons. So this kit comes with all of that and then add a cam gear and a tune... I don't know how much of difference the cam gear made but I'm willing to bet most of the power difference between the factory K24A2 and those dyno results are from all the bolt ons and tune. If you look at clubrsx, honda-tech or k20a - the NA crowds over there are strong. There are a lot of folks with bolt ons that are running 220/180 numbers with just i/h/e and no tune on a jdm K20A and 205-210whp on K20A2s with i/h/e and tune. It is not surprising to me to see a K24 with i/im/h/e, tune, and vtc gear pushing 229.

It's natural for people to get a little triggered when the FA20 starts gettin some shade. But when it comes down to the empirical data, the K24A2/A3 is superior (in many aspects that are already covered). I said what I said. The reason for swapping is subjective and why someone throws money at their car a particular way shouldn't be a point of contention. Do you.

Also, if you don't like the idea of a k swapped 86 then this thread isn't for you.