elise-r » Honda Elise http://www.elise-r.co.uk the truth isn't out there - it's in here Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:16:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Honda Conversion Engine mount failures http://www.elise-r.co.uk/honda-conversion-engine-mount-failures/ http://www.elise-r.co.uk/honda-conversion-engine-mount-failures/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:03:53 +0000 editor http://www.elise-r.co.uk/?p=1237

Early conversion engine mounts seem to be causing some concern.

This image is from a Sinclair Motorsport conversion (Now known as Essex Autosport) - the quality looks pretty shocking but failure of this particular one was probably caused by…

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  • Gearbox failures
  • Indifferent power output

The Link-up 2-11 Honda conversion is finally here:

This particular conversion is complete with supercharger and cooler.

It's not visible on this video but…

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Honda Exige lapping Snetterton with a paddle shift sequential from Simon Scuffham on Vimeo.

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Video of a Honda Powered Exige with paddle shift sequential box from Simon Scuffham on Vimeo.

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Its seems that this 2-11 is going to be rather special - a full IC supercharged honda K20 conversion.

Once proven it is believed that a full kit will be…

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"I order and pay, the kit in october 2008. I get only some a few parts in december…

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Stark automotive have become the exclusive retailer of the DIY Honda Elise conversion kit which is to be produced by Track Machine Dynamics Limited

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However Sinclaire Motorsport Ltd continues to Trade & to give the same high quality services, including our Trophy winning Honda conversions & our…

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 GBP SI 99@1=99 
 GBP IC 1/100      288a 04/04/2008  DIRECTOR

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There is a re organisation of the company and its staff/owners/directors/whatever in progress and the way Stark Auotmotive sells and delivers the kits is…

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A few kits remain to be sold but after that they have no plans for any more.

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Though of course the use of a poor, cheap air compressor just make you look foolish as you know it just makes lots of noise without being actually at all…

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Cost is about £2.5k and results seem impressive.

The figures are from the TDI dyno…

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In hindsight its pretty obvious.

The pulley on Doug Setters car was 3.13". This equates to some 12psi. With no…

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Not sure of any details but its claimed to be aiming for…

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So what is the…

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Its nice to see something from the horses mouth on this issue:

Randy @Hoffmans:

"OK, 24 hour race and driveshafts...

First set of driveshafts were meticulously prepared with…

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The story goes that it failed virtually…

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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…

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Now it seems from a post on SELOC that…

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