2 years ago today, I got this...................

[Thrustyjust]

Crikey, doesn't time fly !! 

 

[Steve (sdh2903)]

It does when you built the thing in about 3 weeks flat!

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Felt funny taking mine for an MOT the other month, three years has just flown by.

[Thrustyjust]

3 hours ago, Steve (sdh2903) said:

It does when you built the thing in about 3 weeks flat!

It wasnt 3 weeks , was few more 

End of June

This was first week in July

First week in August

 

And middle of August 

[Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO]

Time to start again, Cobra perhaps? No I know, you're favourite Westfield, a 250 

Or are you waiting for them to bring out an electric model 

[Thrustyjust]

I do wonder about the ST car and effortless grunt. I will do it when I see a manual 

[Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO]

5 minutes ago, Thrustyjust said:

I do wonder about the ST car and effortless grunt. I will do it when I see a manual 

You might have to be patient, something to do when you retire perhaps!

Or swap your Honda for an Ecoboost, 4 pot, or V6?

[Thrustyjust]

3 hours ago, AdgeC said:

You might have to be patient, something to do when you retire perhaps!

Or swap your Honda for an Ecoboost, 4 pot, or V6?

I wouldnt want to change the car it is . The Honda will stay in this one in my ownership anyway.  

Thing is it looks right under the bonnet. I wouldnt want to fit throttle bodies either. 

[Blatman]

38 minutes ago, Thrustyjust said:

I wouldnt want to fit throttle bodies either.

That's the one thing I would do! Not cheap I know but it releases a lot of power without compromising reliability.

[Peter (Monty)]

9 hours ago, Blatman said:

without compromising reliability.

I'm not sure the majority of the Honda throttle body owners would agree 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

 Wibble 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Or just buy Jenvey and you’ll be fine!  

[Thrustyjust]

4 hours ago, Peter (Monty) said:

I'm not sure the majority of the Honda throttle body owners would agree 

Exactly that. The standard single throttle butterfly suffers from heat soak from the engine, which is why I fitted the thermal gasket to stop the butterfly sticking. So putting 4 butterflies near the cylinder head is a daft thing to do , as heat is its enemy and you just made them hotter. The Honda engine would also benefit from longer tracts , so you loose that too. And for 10 bhp ? hmmmmmm................

[Tom Frankland (T3OMF)]

I enjoyed watching/making you spend lots of money 

[Blatman]

3 hours ago, Thrustyjust said:

So putting 4 butterflies near the cylinder head is a daft thing to do , as heat is its enemy and you just made them hotter. The Honda engine would also benefit from longer tracts , so you loose that too. And for 10 bhp ? hmmmmmm................

More like 30bhp and with throbble botties and the longer inlets comes a hole in the bonnet with access to cool(er) air. Plus I can't see how the engine bay on a Westfield ends up hotter than the engine bay on the donor, especially when the donor is likely to survive in climates waaaay hotter than the UK. Do we have any empirical data on temps in there and what exactly is going on with the standard induction?

I appreciate that holes in the bonnet are not to everyone's taste but believe me the power and torque gains are very good. And as long as the bloke programming the ECU knows his onions it'll be as reliable as anything else. My green car has throbble botties, a closed in engine bay (paneled in floor and no holes in the bonnet) and they have been 100% reliable in the nearly 2 decades of my tenure of this car.