Building the Ultimate Honda CR-V

Our beloved RD1 Honda CR-V is back, and this time it's getting a serious upgrade in the form of a K24 engine swap! Will we be able to retain the AWD system? Will A/C survive the swap? Let's find out! 


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Speed Academy is a website and YouTube channel based on making things go fast and enjoying cars. Peter Tarach and Dave Pratte are the forces behind Speed Academy.

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  • 28-Cars-Later 28-Cars-Later on Apr 28, 2026

    Why? Yeah I understand its essentially a Civic (or close) platform wise but...

  • Lloyd Bonified Lloyd Bonified on Apr 29, 2026

    I'd drive this. Will be far better than a new one when done. The K series motors were the last gasp of "old Honda"

  • KwikShiftPro4X On Kijiji this would be $3000 as-is, where-is. Vintage! Rare! I knows whats I got!
  • SCE to AUX KBB says that the ATP of new vehicles was $50,526 in September. As a group, buyers afforded that much, but we know that some (up to 6%) will default. Deducting 6% from that ATP, we get $47,494.So anything lower than that is 'more affordable', and anything higher than that is 'less affordable'.
  • Tom170698702 It's time to stop recycling old articles. This one is almost 3 months old.
  • Oberkanone Dacia makes product line of affordable vehicles. An entire product line. One vehicle is not the answer for all needs. Dacia does affordable well.
  • YaMoBeThere This is an egregiously bad AI generated article, the middle of the article is repeated twice... but yea go ahead and nitpick about my comment pointing that out
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