Wolf in shed clothing?

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

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Some sought after bits amongst it all

[Mace]

A propa car gets a mention at last !!!!!!!!!

[Barry Ashcroft]

Like that a lot  

Would love to do a track day with that everybody thinking dutton crap and destroying them all  

[Martin Keene]

Feck Me... That's nearly worth buying at that price for use as a doner for a proper car!

[rm163603]

Feck Me... That's nearly worth buying at that price for use as a doner for a proper car!

Just what I was thinking.

At first I thought it was a Lotus / Caterham S4  

[lukeyboy]

You'll have to excuse my thickness, but I'm a bit of an engine numptie.

I really would like to do something in future with either a type r or s2000 engine. If I come across a decent one I will stick it away until I'm ready to do something.

What worries me is that these engines seem quite techy and I was wondering if they will work properly without the Honda ECU / sensor stuff i.e. is the VTEC part of the engine electronic or mechanical, or is it just a straight forward engine like the rest, or can you strip it all off and put an off the shelf TB system and then have it rolling roaded / tuned?

Basically what would need to be retained from the donor to make it run correctly or is there a better way of controlling them?

[Hammy]

Interesting point - Question really - is the V tec  cam timing change driven off oil pressure via a soleniod valve  ?(it was on my old Merc)   If so you could use Megasquirt/jolt to switch the valve above a certain Rpm  and woooosh.

[Martin Keene]

Interesting point - Question really - is the V tec  cam timing change driven off oil pressure via a soleniod valve  ?(it was on my old Merc)   If so you could use Megasquirt/jolt to switch the valve above a certain Rpm  and woooosh.

Hammy's got it... The VTEC system is operated by oil pressure. At a certain RPM the ECU sends a signal to a solenoid, allowing oil to flow in a seperate gallery in the head. This fires pins across in the rocker gear, locking the followers onto a totally different cam profile.

So any ECU that can operate a switch at a pre-determined RPM *should* be fine. MHC I believe is using a DTA. I also know of a S2000 engine running Emerald.

[david.c]

If a Westfield has the aerodynamics of a brick......................then that must have the aerodynamics of a whole wall              

David

[Guest]

I think you mean some Westfiel owners have the mentallity of a p**ck. Not the aerodynamics of a brick.

[Mark Stanton]

Alert, Alert: Sense of humour failure    

[Guest]

I rest my case!!!

[Martin Keene]

I think you mean some Westfiel owners have the mentallity of a p**ck. Not the aerodynamics of a brick.

We also have damn good sense's of humour, hence the simlies under post's. We are also very good a jesting...

[Guest]

Tell you one thing. It doesn't matter what kit you have on a day like today. They are all great fun.    

[Martin Keene]

Indeed...