Honda

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:21 am

Just thought you guys would like to know that the install is finally finnished, still got little things to do but I can tell you that its bloody quick! Havent set up the rear toe yet so shes a little skiipy but she should be officially finnished next week. Got an exhaust from jim valentine lst week who really is a top man. Worked till 1.30 in the morning to finnish for me since the car was getting mapped the next morning. The manifold he made is completlt 2 inch with a four into one leading to the 3 inch system. Not sure but think this is the largest bore available for a honda? Anyway shes looks excelent and sounds bloody brilliant!! Cheers Craig.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:38 am

Superb

Cant wait to see it.

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:20 pm

top job fella

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:38 pm

When the car was at the rollers the guy took it up to 10000rpm, is this safe? I put a full post on seloc so if anyone wants to give their opinion please do. Cheers Craig

Stu160 · Post by **Stu160** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:41 pm

10000 rpm

Not sure if thats safe or not,but it sounds impressive.

Well done Craig....I wish I had the time.

Havent even driven my car in 3 weeks

Stu

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:49 pm

r10crw wrote:When the car was at the rollers the guy took it up to 10000rpm, is this safe? I put a full post on seloc so if anyone wants to give their opinion please do. Cheers Craig

Probably not, anything over 9k is usually regarded as dangerous on standard internals.

tut · Post by **tut** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:41 pm

Just been out with Craig to compare performance on our cars, but it is impossible to put power down in 2nd and 3rd gears, not helped with rear toe way out, and bald 48R's.

If it was me I would probably sue Japerformance, I know the guy, but it sounds as if he is behaving very irresponsibly, and that is being polite.

All he did was update the firmare on the K-Pro ECU, a free download, and put in a basic map. It seems that he did one R/R run, but will not give Craig the results, when pushed said maybe 210 flywheel hp. That is crap, but he wants it bought back to do a complete mapping session for megabucks, so sounds like a come on. For that he charged £430, and announced that he had run it upto 10,000RPM. This on a car that had just been re-built, had not run above 3,000, and was trailered down there.

Needless to say, it will not be going back there.

Jims exhaust system looks fantastic, especially against my weedy manifold. Starts at 2.25" then goes into 3", and the curves and welding are in a different league. When everything is in place, the final result should be something else.

tut

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:07 pm

That's seriously bad news.

Well done on geting it running though.

Dan@JPS

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:54 pm

Thanks guys looks like the engines ok, had it out today and shes running fine through the rev range. The low down torque is incredible but grip really is an issue. Probably the biggest thing is the noise of the supercharger it just screams. Im limited to 7 thou until i get her mapped properly so peak power is quite low just now. Powers not that great just now but should be sorted before too long. Going down to see wallace performance tomorrow and hae a chat about mapping cause shes not going back to the first guy!

Post by **simon** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:54 pm

r10crw wrote:Going down to see wallace performance tomorrow and hae a chat about mapping cause shes not going back to the first guy!

Wouldn't take it there either after the stories I've heard!!

tuscan_thunder · Post by **tuscan_thunder** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:22 am

simon wrote:
r10crw wrote:Going down to see wallace performance tomorrow and hae a chat about mapping cause shes not going back to the first guy!
Wouldn't take it there either after the stories I've heard!!

I fully agree - I'd never put a car there. ever. ever. ever.

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:48 am

Wallace performance

Hmm it will come out with a some neons fitted if you are lucky

If unlucky some neons and a dead engine

Went there once with the beamer to get the wheels aligned and they were fcuk awful Just get the feeling i wouldn't let them near any car i liked

mac · Post by **mac** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:54 am

I'd be tempted to take my time and head down to Dastek.

Mac

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:03 am

simon wrote:
r10crw wrote:Going down to see wallace performance tomorrow and hae a chat about mapping cause shes not going back to the first guy!
Wouldn't take it there either after the stories I've heard!!

I was waiting for someone to say it first....
Big thumbs down

corbie · Post by **corbie** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:32 am

Glad to hear you have the engine up and running.

Revving to 10K

well that really goes to show what that guy knows about Honda's.

completely irresponsible thing to do to a unmapped car and as a alleged "tuner" he should know better

Is that stock valves and springs as you get valve float about 9 - 9.5K. I would get a compression test done. Just to be sure he hasn't done any damage to the seats.

Also what was the AFR like, You should be able to get all the info from the ECU with a USB lead?

I do know that Gerry @ Dastek has mapped a few Hondata's.