SubscribeIf you have a honda converted elise then the old stack rev counter scale stops at 8,000 rpm. Also the high revving nature of the honda means the needle is often down the bottom of the stack – harder to see.
The obvious solution is to fit a shift light system – lots of honda elise [...]
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Month: February, 2008
Omex shift lights and Hondata KPro
Steve Butts on his reliable 240bhp K series LOTRDC engine
Steve Butts has released the details of the engine that did so well in the 2007 LOTRDC series. I have left the explanation in his own style as it ads a certain something.
By reliable I don’t mean an engine which was stripped several times between races. Dave’s was stripped *ZERO* times through the season.
Dave’s engine [...]
Rover K series head – proof of porosity
DVA has provided some photographic proof of what has been known for a long time – Rover K series heads can suffer head gasket failure (HGF) due to poor casting and quality control in the Rover foundry. Poor control of hydrogen in the casting process, even after Rover installed a hydrogen scrub for the K [...]
Simon Erland accuses Judd of cheating in BTCC
Has Simon Erland finally lost his marbles – he has accused Judd of cheating with their BTCC rover K Series.
According to Simon Erland, as posted on SELOC, Judd used a lift of 12.3mm when the regulation limit was 12mm and this he characterised as “cheating”. Calling Judd cheats in public – one would hope he [...]
Omex – when good maps go bad, or summat
Omex map
There is a problem with finding ECUs for the honda K20 – the VTC mech is not properly supported even though claims are often made about the level of support.
There are ECU options which properly support the honda VTC – Hondata, EFi (clockwisemotion.co.uk), MoTeC, DTA are worth looking at. Then its just a [...]