K24A1 Swapped: 2000 Honda Insight
The Honda Insight wasn’t known as a sporty vehicle, but it did have an available manual gearbox and if you ditch those heavy batteries and swap in a high horsepower K-series 4-banger, you get something that would rule the roads in 1995. Find this 2000 Honda Insight offered for $9000 in Victoria, MN via craigslist. Tip from Picklefork.
From the seller:
2000 Honda S2000 Convertible 2D
$9,000
Listed 5 weeks ago in Victoria, MN
About This Vehicle
Driven 120,000 miles
Manual transmission
Exterior color: Silver · Interior color: Black
Fuel type: Gasoline
18.0 MPG city · 23.0 MPG highway · 20.0 MPG combined
This vehicle is paid off
Seller’s Description
To be quite honest I just purchased this beast and it scares me lol . Anyways …K24a1 Swapped 2000 Honda Insight ( not a s2000 clearly).
This is a turn key k swapped insight . Weighs less than 1900 pounds with around 200 hp.
Clean title in hand . No A/C or power steeringTo start- ( there’s lots more )
Prb throttle body
525cc injectors
Skunk high comp valves
Prb oil pump
Type s flywheel/ clutch
5 speed accord transmission
Hassport engine mounts
Ep3 seats
HondataMessage me for the full build sheet . Serious inquires only . Test drives only if cash is in hand . Trades are considered for other interesting cars ( I can add if needed). Thanks
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That’s pretty cool, and a total sleeper. If honda sleepers were my thing, I think $9k is reasonable.
My K20a swapped Insight was a scary-fast ride, like a 4 wheeled liter class motorcycle. Somehow though that kind of fun gets old …
http://davesanborn.blogspot.com/2017/05/my-insane-honda-insight-k20-swap-is-for.html
I wanted your car so bad but couldn’t justify owning it to use a month or two a year when visiting the US. I sill dream of driving it.
As it it I probably won’t drive again in the US. I gave my much modded 2006 TDI to my son and future trips there will only be for a week or so.
But damn. I’d have liked to drive a scary fast car again but will settle for my non turbo diesel Nissan Patrol.
I thought I’d own it forever but quickly concluded that the only real thrill in owning a sleeper was constantly flogging it. Otherwise, what’s the point? The Abarth 500 that replaced it is a good and practical substitute.
A normally aspirated Patrol? That must be 240d levels of slow!