Engine swaps and Insights aren't exactly commonplace. As such, K20A wiring conversions aren't readily available. It's a good thing John is friends with Steve McCleskey, who spent 19 evenings and a few weekends making it happen. When John initially approached Steve about the conversion his friend told him: "You make it fit, I can wire it up." Such displays of confidence generally mean the guy's too proud to admit he doesn't know what the heck he's doing or he really does know what the heck he's doing. Steve knew what he was doing. He fitted a Hondata K-Pro, which brought the K to life, along with a fully functioning S2000 gauge cluster, working climate control systems, and an electric power steering system that, well, all work. The engine fired up and thus, the K-Sight was born. Soon after, the boys from LHT tore it all down. That's right, they stripped the engine bay in preparation for a freshly sprayed underhood compartment. No sooner did the paint lose its tackiness than did John reinstall the K20A complete with a custom 23/4-inch exhaust header paired up with an LHT twin-loop muffler. A Clutch Masters clutch and flywheel combo was also thrown in for good measure. With nothing more than an intake and John's fingers massaging the K-Pro, the little K-Sight laid down a healthy 217 whp. Following the tune-up, John had a few exterior blemishes touched up and, just four days after its dyno pulls, made the 650-mile trek to NOPI Nationals where he claimed a First Place title. How's that for "a real car?"
As you might expect, John tells us that the K-Sight is a blast to drive. Why wouldn't it be-less than 2,000 pounds of chassis and more than 200 hp will do that. The A/C is cold and the heater is hot. The ABS does what it's supposed to do as does the power steering and everything else Honda intended for that matter. It even manages a fairly conservative 48 mpg during those times John can manage to stay off of that throttle, which we'd imagine isn't all too often seeing as how laying rubber in Third gear is so easy. The tree huggers ought to love that too.