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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Steve » Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:02 +0000

Inismore, class, great weather for it this week!

"mini-me conversion" LOL whats that exactly?
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby sidewaysreilly » Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:10 +0000

thats what i said lol......he has my head wrecked over it.
Basically it involves putting the civic i.6 v-tec single cam head on the 1.5 engine. Compression ratio is a lot higher and if done properly it gives 135bhp as opposed to 123 for feck all money.He got the whole lot, head dizzy, manifolds, loom , ecu for 100 euro. Only thing to buy is a head gasket set and a cam pully 4deg retarded.
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Steve » Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:22 +0000

haha thats great!

130e for 12hp.. not bad.
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby sidewaysreilly » Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:25 +0000

nah, he has a civic coupe, 100 bhp or thereabouts so extra 35!!
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Steve » Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:28 +0000

sidewaysreilly wrote:nah, he has a civic coupe, 100 bhp or thereabouts so extra 35!!

ah, I see what you mean. Jeez.. thats v.good! Does all the work himself?
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby sidewaysreilly » Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:36 +0000

well ill oversee it for him, he did a lot of research into it so a wee bit of guidance here and there and it should be fine. He managed to get a gearbox today with the correct final drive so it should be a real screamer . They were available in japan for a short while and are rare but because of higher comp they have more usable power than the twin cam v-tecs. We will see......if my patience holds!!!
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Ivan » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 8:45 +0000

Well out came the engine last night.
The coolant looked in good nick
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Fair bit of oil on the engine after the leak.
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Stig » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 9:24 +0000

Nice work Ivan!
Give me a twist if you need a hand.
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Ivan » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:36 +0000

sidewaysreilly wrote:yeah , Marineclean is what we use. Mixed 50/50 with hot water , it will shift anything and is eco friendly. Ill get you both but away west till the weekend so maybe swords, friday evening????


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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Ivan » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:36 +0000

DaStig wrote:Nice work Ivan!
Give me a twist if you need a hand.


Thanks, i will of course.
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby leamyj » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 1:33 +0000

Call a tech day and there'll be loads of experts there to offer advice :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby sidewaysreilly » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 5:28 +0000

No bother.
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Ivan » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:12 +0000

clutch is on it's last legs :-(. I blame you for that Steve r (shaking fist in your direction)

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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Steve » Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:56 +0000

oooh... deffo..
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Re: The Winter Project

Postby Ivan » Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:29 +0000

Got another go at it this afternoon, engine all striped off now needs a good clean.
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had to make my own table to put it on :-)
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so much for german engineering!
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