When Bobby Nitro started chatting with Thaariq de Klerk about his kwaai wine-red Honda CRX, little did he know that he was about to be inducted into the secret world of the K-swap.
The K-swap, for those not in the know, is a rising trend where you take your CRX, with its original 1 600 double overhead cam engine, and swap it out for the K20A2 powerplant. That’s your fire-breathing four-pot engine in the Type-R, which was also something of a trend.
Thaariq, 29, from Strand says: “Actually, this car I built for my wife Caylinne, as the CRX has always been her dream car. We almost got an S2k, but opted for the CRX, which turned out to be a four-year project.
“First I bought a chassis, loving a…