fentuz Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Is it one of these RBC manifold supposed to give more power than the std K20 manifold?
danwebster Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 Its an RRC, supposedly even better than the RBC and reassuringly more expensive...
fentuz Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I believe the RBC come from the integra/acura, where does the RRC come from?
danwebster Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 JDM civic type R I believe, FD2. It has slightly larger diameter runners than the RBC so works well on tuned motors too .
jonnyfox Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 What are you aiming for Dan, I get my power figures any day now....... Scary ;-)
danwebster Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 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!
Middo Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 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 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 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 Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 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 Posted February 10, 2013 Author Posted February 10, 2013 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 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 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
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