Aftermath

 

Well the hood fits like glove. And here she is out of her cage atlast. Took me 15 minutes to load these pictures, man!

 

wow you got the na hood to fit? thats cool

mike

 

You may want to attach the transmission and then see how it fits.

 

Don't worry it fits I had the transmission lower than stock and it still cleared the hood. Your always so negative . HaHa, just messing with ya. Hey evil do you have you exhaust manifold made yet. Mine is going to be made with stainless steal and if you need one too then maybe when can get a break with multiple orders. Or if anyone else needs a SS manifold for a 3 rotor single turbo in an FC let me know.

UsfDr

 

Just curious on the price. How much? (maybe it would fit in my Cosmo?)

 

Hehehe, I'm a paranoid helicopter pilot, what do you expect? Besides, my friend and I spent a lot of time trying to fit the NA hood, and couldn't do it. One of us has made a mistake, and I would like to think that it's you and not me, lol. With the transmission attached, the front of the intake plenum hit the hood, keeping it from closing by about 1". Since my oil pan is only 1/8" off the steering rack, there is no way to further lower the engine with the stock oil pan and steering rack. My engine fit better when the transmission wasn't attached because the engine tilted forward, which lowered the portion of the engine that hit the hood. Looking at your hood, it appears to be modified more toward the rear than where mine is modified, which leads me to believe that your engine is tilted forward like mine was when not attached to the transmission. If anything, lowering the transmission would make the hood clearance problem worse because it would raise the front of the engine. I guess I'll have to check out your car sometime, because I don't understand how you could get the NA hood to fit, even with cutting out some of the bracing.

I have mine, but the runners aren't equal and the WG runner needs to be slightly modified because it currently contacts the frame. (cheap labor). Once the WG runner is modified, I'm going to try it out and see how it works.

Who is making your manifold, how much were you quoted for a single unit, and does it work with a GReddy Type-C wastegate?

 

I might be interested in a ss exhaust manifold...let us know price and anything else.

 

Yep, I sure will. I'll get some prices for everyone. The wastegate Piping will probably be the only variable with different setups as most turbos will be in the same position and use a t04 style exhaust housing.

On a different note I just bought another engine for the convertible. I sold the previous 88TII engine to pay for the 20B. Its a Jspec 91 TII with everything minus, altenator and MAF sensor and comes with the original tranny. So I guess thats the route I'm going with the vert. I'm converting it completely to a 91 from an 88 ie:
91 Molding
91 Drivetrain
91 Main wiring harness and all wiring
Interior converting to Black from blue
91 Convertible top/ Targa
91 vert Steering wheel with air bag
91 vert blinker and FTP switches
Should be fun!

 

I must be crazy, someone help me.

 

i think its too late

mike

 

Do you think your design of the exhaust manifold would still be able to clear everything if my engine is 1-1/2" lower and 3-1/2" further back than where the K2RD mounts put it? Also, are they equal lengthn runners?
Funny, I think it's too late for the both of us... my 20b project is on hold (sort of) for the same reason, I'm also in the middle of converting my 91 vert to an 89 TII drivetrain. From the transmision back will be done tommorrow along with new brakes and all new susp goodies. The engine will be done when I get it back from Pineapple Racing, whenever that may be...
I just figured that I can have a somewhat fast car in a month or two (hurry up Rob) vs. the 20b car that will take slightly longer. Not to mention I'm tired of getting smoked by Hondas and my friends giving me **** for having a TII hood on the vert.

 

I can help. Rather than messing with the nasty stock AFM and ECU on your 13BT, just get an extra standalone EMS wiring harnesss and swap your standalone EMS between the 13BT and 20B as needed. You can't drive both cars at once, and it only takes 1-2 minutes to swap out the EMS and maps. That way you get a better running convertible without paying for an additional standalone EMS!

Hmm, maybe that didn't help so much.

 

Wow, Stop puttung those crazy Ideas in my head. Thats a great Idea. Buuut, I'm going to sell my daily driver which is a 92 Buick Roadmaster once I get the 2 cars running. Maybe once I sell it I could get a Honda or something. Oh wait I wasnt supposed to say that on this site I will definately consider that though.

Thanks,
sean

 

Hey guys back from the dead with alot of new updates. The engine is almost complete. Just sorting out the downpipe and piping to the muffler. I have some wiring to do and some fuel lines to run. A few little things and its done. Going to post a few pictures now.

UsfDr.

 

I see this site is still slow as hell.

 

Another

 

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Last one for now. Let me know what you think.

 

Looks great. Nice to see some progress pics from someone. What are the dimensions on that ic you have? It looks very similiar in size to the spearco #2-182. Are you using the stock nose with that?

 

Dont remember the demensions of hand but it fits under the stock bumper very nicely. We had to position it just right for it to fit. Take a look at the picture attached.


Usfdr

 

I still want to know how you got it to fit under the stock hood with no modifications to the oil pan or steering rack.

The 2-282 fits just fine in my car. I have it mounted behind the front brace so that no modifications are necessary to the front end, and especially the bumper. The hood latch had to be removed, though, and I am probably going to take a very small amount of material off the rear of the bumper just for airflow purposes. I maybe could have mounted it at an angle and kept the hood latch, but the car will have hood pins anyway, so it was not a concern in my case.

 

looks to me like <usfdr> has the motor as far back and
as far down as the oil pan will allow, to get it under the n/a hood.
my guess is that his car is a 2+2 and he will be shifting from the back seat

matt

 

LOL

Yes, it appears pretty close to the firewall, but he didn't mention anything about relocating the transmission (other than lowering it) and/or using a shortened driveshaft. As for height, my 20B is mounted as far down as possible while maintaining a 1/8" clearance from the steering rack, and there is no way the stock NA hood would fit. Believe me, I tried.