Hello! EK4 from Australia


alexle

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Hey all, I'm Alex and I drive a 1997 Cypress Green EK4. I've been lurking here for a few months but never registered as any questions I had had been answered by searching. I'm a casual member of another forum so I know that people don't like others asking questions that have already been answered, lol.
Anywaaaaays ...

I'm in the process of collecting parts for a kswap. I'll be using a k24a3 motor from an accord euro. I'm in search for a k20a gearbox from an EP3 or DC5R and came across these two. here and here
Both are located in England, which I know a lot of members here are from so I thought this would be the best place to ask for your input/advice.
(Buying the forementioned gearbox here will cost me upwards of $2000 (£1100) so thats why I'm trying to source it from overseas where hopefully it'll save me a bit of money, providing that they're in good condition.)

What I wanted to ask is, is this the usual price that you guys would pay for an EP3 gearbox? I'm assuming they have LSD seeing as they're off a type R.. But there is no photo evidence showing LSD stamped on the casing or a picture of where the axle goes to see whether theres a bar or not (indicating that it is LSD).

Here's some pictures to make this introduction worthy :D

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Thanks for looking, hope to get to know more of you, through what seems to be a great forum, and share my knowledge too.

Cheers
 
Goodness! *Clean* is an understatement. Cherry man!
 
Goodness! *Clean* is an understatement. Cherry man!

Take a look at the below link for some information regarding that transmission you are interested in. I picked one up new from ICB and LOVE it.

Note: NPR3

JDM EP3 Civic Type R K20A 6-Speed Transmission BRAND NEW

Thanks tama :) I try, haha.

Thanks for the link, I did notice the NPR3. Did a quick google search and found that NPQ3 is used on European CTR's whereas NPR3 is from a JDM CTR. I'll message the ebay seller to ask for a few pictures for more confirmation that it really is from a CTR and has LSD. I will most likely be taking it apart to inspect all gears, bearings, diff and LSD anyway. Not looking to spend about $3k on it lol.
 
welcome to the forum, very nice ek4. no salty roads there to ruin your car!
 
Thanks for the warm welcome guys :)

Hopefully others can chime in to answer my main question: is £400 roughly the price you'd pay for a EP3 CTR gearbox ?
 
very tidy! you dont see many of these here!

where abouts in Australia are you?
 
Thanks guys .
@Marc, I'm from Adelaide, South Australia. But I do spend some time in Sydney too.
 
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