very much impressed. excellent creativity

 

Missed This Place !

 

my 99 type Rs

 

Local Concours event a few weeks ago.

 

Figured 7s day would be a good day to post in this thread. My '90 20B JC and '94 FD I've slooooooowly been restoring over the past 6-7 years:

IRP did an amazing job on the engine bay of the FD.

And for 7s day....last weeked's local cars and coffee turned into a bit of a 7s day celebration. I think this was the most rotaries I've seen in one place (locally) than I have seen since the early 2000s. (outside of 1 local guys personal collection that is)

 

Indeed! Happy 7's day!!

 

Fun times!

 

Me again, with something a little different.

A buddy of mine is a comic book illustrator and I commissioned a couple car portraits!

 

Killing some time in an industrial area late on Sunday arvo, my 96 Series 7:

 

Here is my 5th FD. A 1993 that hasn't been driven since 2002. I'm technically the 4th owner but the 2nd owner stored the car at Camp Pendleton for 18 years and the 3rd owner had the car for only about 6 months last year - this year. It's a roller that I had plans on K swapping (don't judge me, I've had 2 LS FDs before this) but after finalizing the budget, I decided against it.

So, I might actually be putting a rotary in it and restoring this beaut (and manual swapping it). 117,048 miles as last reported in 2002.

 

K swapping anything, especially an FD, results in judgement..... That would be hideous. If you are going to swap, at least do it with a respectable engine.

 

^ I always prefer rotary, but K-swapping is at least cooler than an LS.

 

Honestly, a proper engine swap and a high performance rotary build are in the same general vicinity, cost wise, at the end of the day. Engine swaps aren't cheap but it's super easy to spend shitloads of money on a rotary build.

New 13b - 5,5xx
teardown and prep service for high performance (w/ seals of choice and porting if desired) - 2,xxx
Nice Turbo kit - 2,500 +
Nice intercooler - 2000 +
Nice ECU 1,200 +
Engine Harness - 1,xxx +
Nice clutch kit - 1,xxx
Fuel kit - 1,800 +
Ignition support - 7xx +
Tuning service - 8xx

This is off the top of my head and it's almost 20k. There are plenty of other primary and support items needed to get the job done, not to mention the **** that always just sneaks up. And that's also without any of the nice-to-haves like suspension upgrades etc that might go on either style of build.

There are technically cheaper ways to tackle the above categories but those #s are far from the most expensive options in those categories either.

I guess my point is pick the build that's going to make you happy because trying to save money on this platform while still meeting your performance goals is a fools errand. The only way to do that, literally, is to buy a project someone else has abandoned for a serious loss.

 

How on earth is it better than LS? Is there any performance advantage to the k series vs LS? And if the only claim is weight, it doesn't count, LS are fine in an FD from a weight perspective.

 

I think the feel and overall character of the engine matter much more than the performance figures. The car is a classic... feel is what matters, on-paper performance is meaningless. A high-revving K-series fits the character of the FD a lot better, IMO.

 

I'm a big fan of keeping it rotary, so not on an LS bandwagon, but have you ever driven a nicely swapped LS FD? The feel is still good.

I'll admit, I've never driven a K swapped FD so I can't comment on the feel, but I just can't imaging doing all that work to swap it and ending up with a k series, regardless of how high it revs.

https://www.drivingline.com/articles...l-block-chevy/

Ok, looks like the main reason is there are tons of them, and they are cheap, with decent power.

Just because it's cheap and becoming more common, doesn't mean it should get swapped into a beautiful FD.

 

I basically agree with you, Twin. Still think a K-series would be cooler than an LS. : p

I don't think you're giving the K-series enough credit, they aren't some mundane economy engine, they were Honda's high performance engine for a long time. Designed to rev high, breathe really well, and last forever.

Agreed though, ditching the rotary is sacrilege.

 

This followed me home today. 93 SSM. Always wanted one with a red interior. Now to make it run…(hasn’t since at least 2007)

 

 



 

 

Amazing FD! Crazy story you shared in PM's, glad you owned it all these years in temp controlled storage and can finally enjoy it now. Beautiful car and love the rims!

 

Thank you very much Jatt. I may not have been around here for many years...but I always remember loving this community and having so much respect for all the people and their amazing knowledge about these special cars of ours!

 

Those OZ Mito's are the same wheels Peter Farrell used on his FD that was covered in the 1994 Car & Driver article. Still one of the best-looking wheels ever on the FD.

 

Thank you Gmonsen! I fell in love with them the first time I saw them. The “Stockers” have been stacked in the back of my garage ever since...