Honda Engine Elise Build

[danwebster]

More new lovely things...

 

 

And

 

[fentuz]

Is it one of these RBC manifold supposed to give more power than the std K20 manifold?

[danwebster]

Its an RRC, supposedly even better than the RBC and reassuringly more expensive...

[fentuz]

I believe the RBC come from the integra/acura, where does the RRC come from?

[danwebster]

JDM civic type R I believe, FD2.

 

It has slightly larger diameter runners than the RBC so works well on tuned motors too .

[jonnyfox]

What are you aiming for Dan, I get my power figures any day now....... Scary ;-)

[danwebster]

220ish will do for now I think, i'm not overly fussed what this engine does as my ultimate plan is to put a stroker in there.

 

Clockwise are getting 300hp and over 200lb ft of torque out of them, who needs a supercharger!

[jonnyfox]

Who indeed lol

[Middo]

220ish will do for now I think, i'm not overly fussed what this engine does as my ultimate plan is to put a stroker in there.

 

Clockwise are getting 300hp and over 200lb ft of torque out of them, who needs a supercharger!

 

That would be my choice money no object, Ian does some lovely stuff too. I had a cheap source of JRSCs thought so couldn't resist.

[danwebster]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the supercharger, in fact I think the charged k20 is a great engine, but the prospect of that kind of power and torque with lightening throttle response that only n/a can deliver and without any of the heat management issues of a supercharged car.... what's not to like.

[Middo]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking the supercharger, in fact I think the charged k20 is a great engine, but the prospect of that kind of power and torque with lightening throttle response that only n/a can deliver and without any of the heat management issues of a supercharged car.... what's not to like.

 

Nowt, the throttle response is dulled a little with the charged cars.

[danwebster]

While I have a drink and a bite to eat I will update today's progress so far.

 

I have to modify one of my wishbones for this conversion, moving the cross brace further towards the ball joint end for clearance, so I set about it with a hacksaw. As I sawed through one end, the arms of the wishbone sprang together so they were obviously under a little tension. In order to make sure I got them back in the right place I used this ingenious method to spring them apart and measure against the other wishbone.

 

 

Then set about welding the brace back in and I must say it was probably the best bit of welding I've ever done, which isn't saying much as it usually looks like a flock of passing seagulls did it.

 

 

And so here we have a full set of wishbones ready to be blasted and painted.

 

 

Right, to the bat cave!

[danwebster]

Oh hello

 

[jonnyfox]

Well aren't they pretty lol

[danwebster]

 

 

So, after a couple of days mountain biking in snowdonia, I'm hard at work.

 

First job of the day was the bulkhead, the potential for this to go horribly wrong was massive

 

I got a good bead of my chosen bonding agent on it...

 

 

And the same on the chassis....

 

 

But I was worrying about nothing, after a few taps and a handful of rivets we now have a bulkhead

 

 

Bit of tidying up of the excess sealant and jobs a good'un.

 

 

It's a work in progress but its coming on nicely

 

 

Whilst I was waiting for the bonding to dry I started to play with my gear linkage. The new linkage came as a complete unit with hand brake as well, where as the s1 linkage is separate to the handbrake, so I cut it in half and offered it up....s1 handbrake, s2 gear linkage:

 

 

I have to modify this slightly for cross gate movement, as reverse is in a different place but that's no problem.

 

Whilst doing this I realised that the linkage is made from some horrible flimsy tin and has an enormous amount of flex, so I set about bracing and welding all the seams. It's now very stirdy - I intend for the quality of the shift to be as good as I can possibly get it as its an important part of the driving experience.

 

 

And here it is in place - I think this is going to be excellent