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K20 CRX build: Part 2
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[21] 10:51:55, Mar 20th 2010
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Yes, the car will be tuned on the dyno in early april.
Stock engine, only mod would be the hondata intake manifold gasket.
The car is finished, and would be on the road, but there was an unfortunate problem we experienced on our first test drive, requiring a new rotrex($$!)

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The car should be driving again next early next week, and then it just needs to be broken in and taken to the dyno. Expect a large update on http://www.crxkswap.com covering everything that has been done.
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[22] 20:37:25, Mar 22nd 2010
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What a bummer. What got in there? Were you running a filter?
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[23] 17:03:37, Apr 8th 2010 (edited @ 12:42:02, Apr 9th 2010)
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Yes ben, I do have a filter on her. The rotrex inhaled a collapsing spring that was in the bypass hose

On a positive note, the car is now finished, save for some final tweaks, and out on the road driving.

Yesterday we got some dyno time, and I had a digital camera on me to take some videos. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYBi4EXIJy4
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[24] 13:06:44, Apr 13th 2010
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Looks and sounds like a beast :D

Congrats on such a great project back on the street.
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[25] 15:13:28, Apr 13th 2010
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That is pretty hot. Lots of torque!
I hope the kraftwerks Si kit puts out around 200 ftlbs to the wheels. My heavy ass car needs every ftlb it can get.


How solid are your motor mounts? I see the supercharger connects directly to the inter cooler. Doesn't look like it would be flex or vibration friendly.
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[26] 20:01:57, Apr 13th 2010
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We have very solid motor mounts. Since we knew any flex or vibration would, we went to the "extreme race" rear motor mount and "race" mounts on the sides. These mounts definately get the job done, as there is almost no flex at all.

Bonus: here is a video of our first autoX with the new setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddwn316B1GQ
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[27] 21:19:33, May 4th 2010
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Whoa... that moves. Quite well.

Great work Would love to see some more.

With the mix mounts how's vibration? I've never seen anyone try that before, very cool.
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[28] 17:56:27, May 19th 2010
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Thanks for the kind words

As for the mixed mounts, it works very well. The car idles like a diesel truck, but it did so with the softer mounts as well. When driving, theres is a bit more vibration than before, but in my opinion it was not a significant difference from where we were at before.

There will certainly be more video soon, the last couple events I just was too lazy to put new batteries in the camera . The car is an incredible performer, and I have managed to finished 1st in SSM every event I have run so far this year. The true test will be to see how I do when I make the trip out to a national tour event in NY this July and see how I can do in SMF. I'm certain the car is capable of trophying, but the real challenge is to see if I can drive it to a trophy spot.