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[Luigi33]

Amazing what you can pick up on ebay these days. I went on to look at R53 cooper S for a track car and ended up buying a Zcar mini VTEC.

This is the first day it came home:

 

 

It needs a clean under the bonnet:

 

 

The K20 type R engine:

 

[Luigi33]

The car wasnt running very nicely when I got it, so a trip to performance autoworks confirmed 172 bhp at the flywheel:

 

[Luigi33]

I decided to have a few alterations to the car, some planned, some not!

 

Firstly the timing chain was worn (common on older K20's). So this had to be replaced with a genuine Honda item. A new clockwork motion baffled sump, Kaaz 1.5 plated LSD, an ACT clutch and attention to the CV joints:

 

[Luigi33]

Then off to brands for a dust off:

 

 

The 175 Yokohama A539 are ok for the road but not nice on the track and clearly not enough grip to cope with, so this needs to be sorted soon:

 

 

 

Edited by Luigi33, 12 January 2016 - 08:59 PM.

[Luigi33]

The car was awful, the steering was all over the place, the car was cutting out after most corners and it weighed more than I thought care of the dynamat fetish the previous owner had:

 

745kg!!!

 

[Luigi33]

A trip to Tracktive for a remap on the Hydra ECU:

 

 

Now running 179bhp at the wheels which is a step in the right direction:

 

[Luigi33]

Current status is car is in a car workshop having the suspension and brakes looked at while we wait for the 13 x 9J minilite wheels to be manufactured. More details to follow when update happens.....

[jimmorris3]

alrite mate, just a heads up , if your going that wide , what tyres are you going to use, everything on the market is quite a lot taller and arches might need redoing 

[Luigi33]

alrite mate, just a heads up , if your going that wide , what tyres are you going to use, everything on the market is quite a lot taller and arches might need redoing 

 

I have been going through this dilemma today. I have called arc-angels, carbonweeve and absmotorsport and no one offers an arch to accommodate the 215/55/13 Avon ZZS tyre that is planned for the rear.

1 option is to modify the current arch which is not really the way I want to go:

 

 

This would mean cutting the arch, widening with more fibreglass but would lose the pressed carbon weave look.

Any other suggestions welcome....

Edited by Luigi33, 13 January 2016 - 08:42 PM.

[andream88]

Zcars used to make some wider arches for the 9" wheels.

Call Chris and ask!

[Bennyboybusa]

 

alrite mate, just a heads up , if your going that wide , what tyres are you going to use, everything on the market is quite a lot taller and arches might need redoing 

 

I have been going through this dilemma today. I have called arc-angels, carbonweeve and absmotorsport and no one offers an arch to accommodate the 215/55/13 Avon ZZS tyre that is planned for the rear.

1 option is to modify the current arch which is not really the way I want to go:

 

 

This would mean cutting the arch, widening with more fibreglass but would lose the pressed carbon weave look.

Any other suggestions welcome....

 

 

Arch angels do 9" rear arches 

[jimmorris3]

Im not on about the width of the wheel mate its the extra 30mm + in tyre height , cutting the steel quarters is more than likely .

 

I went from a 195 45 13 to a 195 50 13 and had no end of problems .

 

The tyres you've got on there are 504 in height ( i think ) 

 

the avon 215 is 559

 

 

just a heads up because i have had a lot of issues with it 

[Luigi33]

Ok so the tyres turned up today and for reference they are the Avon ZZS 185/55/13 and 215/55/13 set up which looks staggered and a big radius...

[jimmorris3]

Sit on of your wheels next to them, think you'll be surprised

[Luigi33]

Sit on of your wheels next to them, think you'll be surprised

 

Will do but the car is in a workshop and tyres at home. Just looking at the difference between the front and rear in terms of size its easy to see how there might be some teething issues