Rio-Tec (Aka Demoraliser) B20 And Rovers Finest Steel Wheels Equals
#46
Posted 31 December 2009 - 11:25 AM
#47
Posted 31 December 2009 - 04:03 PM
#48
Posted 03 January 2010 - 01:30 PM
Keep it up I'm with Ginger Monkey... 16v Honda Meet Although at the moment I'll be there by myself.
#49
Posted 18 January 2010 - 08:13 PM
Anyway, back on topic......
Been waiting for a local gearbox place to re-open after xmas and then re-open after the snow..... so I can drop mine off to them and get the new 3.4 final drive put in, only took a couple of days and a couple of hundred bucks, so apart from having five usable gears now we'll see how bad the 'whine' is....
Got my new clutch and ACT lightened flywheel on, old wheel weighs 7.5kgs and this one comes in at 4kgs, which is nice
Thought I'd get some plates down in the footwell to secure the rear of the front subframe down, couldn't get any 2mm thick ones so had to buy a sheet of 1mm and double up, hopefully it should be fine.....
I cut the top plate a little bit shorter so hopefully when the guys seam weld it then both plates should bind
Picked up the gearbox after the new final drive went in and hooked it back up to the engine, what fun! I reckon a good couple hours trying to get it to align up!!! Ok that does include a 90 minute lunchbreak I gave myself
Was told the gearbox side needs to go in first to clear the allspeed frame and can sometimes be tricky, after a little think - cue health and safety moment
It held fine so no biggie
I decided to paint up the Kamcover after being inspired by ginger monkeys engine pictures Theres no front brace bar as I'm sending my clubby one back to Rob at allspeed for the standard length nose jobbie thingy one
Haven't put the rear mount in yet as this was a trial fit and just wanted to see how tight things are - DAMMM!! I knew everything was tight but this is more tighter than a lottery winner! I can see where the precious few mm come in handy!
Need to shave some more off the steering rack box and also cut off a section on the diff which I think? is not needed, I think?
As it sits now with the top bolt removed from the steering rack box
And with engine pushed back a tad
I'm sure when I put the rear mount in I'll get a better idea of how much to chop off as that will tilt the bottom of the engine a little more forward.
So glad its in there though, although there is still alot of headaches around the corner this gives me a moral boost
#50
Posted 18 January 2010 - 08:23 PM
good luck
#51
Posted 18 January 2010 - 08:24 PM
#52
Posted 18 January 2010 - 10:55 PM
it is looking good. I was wondering if you are thinkg of playing with this on the track you may want to check out the sump and the position of the oil pickup as they are prone to the oild moving away from the pickup und extreme cornering. a couple of one way baffles or a modified sump would fix the problem. Let me know what you think.
Keep up the great work I can't wait to see it.
Martin.
#53
Posted 18 January 2010 - 11:25 PM
Thanks for the heads up mate, apart from the TMF nurburgring trip I'm not sure yet if I'm keeping this as a comfortable trackday toy or just a general runaround-sort-of-ish-kinda-thing?
Besides, my sump is a bit goosed anyway? Looks like the previous owner has tried 'something' with it?
Don't know if it leaks and don't really want to take a gamble so was trying to source another sump, not easy, and I don't fancy paying the £242 to Mr Honda for a new one so as I'm there then baffles may be an option?
More food for thought!
#54
Posted 18 January 2010 - 11:28 PM
dont seem to bad to me
#55
Posted 19 January 2010 - 10:08 PM
I found that fitting the engine into the frame was not as bad as people have said it to be. Did it by myself with a bit of huffing and puffing. Bloody heavy things. Kinda had it the same as you where it is tilted over gearbox end and she slid in lovely.
Edited by ginger_monkey, 19 January 2010 - 10:13 PM.
#56
Posted 22 January 2010 - 03:46 PM
Keep it up
#57
Posted 04 February 2010 - 07:15 PM
#58
Posted 04 February 2010 - 08:36 PM
Any progress matey?? What rad are you gonna use so i can steal your idea and put it mine
Bits and bob progress, nothing worth shouting about though, I've posted on yours on the 16v one but give me a mo and I'll post it here
And rad will be custom, thats all I know so far
#59
Posted 08 February 2010 - 09:04 PM
Progress is good no matter how big or small
As long as you reward yourself with "fun" jobs that go with the "boring" ones then it'll seem much better.
#60
Posted 14 February 2010 - 08:22 PM
Anyhooooooos, changed my mind and decided to cut up the bulkhead which saves me from cutting up the inlet manifold, at least this way the inlet can work as normal with no changes to the air flow, so Mr grinder came into play once more, thought its about time to change the disc aswell, was getting a bit awkward!
I know most of you know so I'll put up the next picture for those that dont, the bottom of the inlet has a mahooooooooosive lug thats not needed, it holds onto the inlet support which we dont use as it gets in the way so off it comes
Then started on the bulkhead, cleared it away as much as I could and got ready to cut up, clutch master cylinder was giving me issues so I gave it issues back!
Nice and tidy loom!
Got inlet on for trial fit, good good
You can see how much it cuts into the bottom of the bulkhead
Bought a shifter from a dc2 integra type r, need the exhaust here first before I start cutting this up, note the kink in the stick
Got my exchanged front bar from Rob at Allspeed, man that exhaust is gonna be one tight mo-fo!
And some driveshafts from him
Just need some inner CV joints now as I didnt get any driveshafts when I bought the engine, not the most easy thing to buy but got a place that can custom make up some joints if need be? Love that word, custom
Gonna make a couple of changes to this build, wont say what yet as it still in R&D stage but will still be standard length roundnose eventually, just gonna have a back-up plan so I can meet my deadline and get this mini to Le Mans 2010 just incase I start struggling near the time, I know its another 4 months away so we'll see.
Loads to do, but as John Terrys mum would say - Every little helps!
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