fortydegnorth wrote:
I've got the computer and all supporting components to turbo the engine but I don't see the need for me. Pushing close to 300hp is way more than my transmission budget will allow. I'm selling all my turbo stuff off still and could easily megasquirt the engine and turbo it. The guy I talked to in Phoenix said he did a conversion on a rail from a Subaru to the Honda. It was a stock 3.5 with a K&N and a set of headers. On the dyno through a built 091 it made 260hp to the rear wheels. He said the manufacturers are pretty conservative with their factory hp ratings on most engines. That's more power than I would ever need......for now anyway.
260 hp on a vanagon trans that was overbuilt but originally came with a 70 hp motor. That's nearly 4 times! Then add steep hill, roots, rocks, monster grip tires vs 14" 215 street tires. Would ALL the w/c people speak up. I hid the truth myself until I had a pile of side shifts that a show dog could not jump over. I'm too wo' out to start another project, but would somebody take any fwd Honda and trans and run it sideways normally like it came out of the car. Each 1" axle will run thru (2) 1/2" plates and a 1"x6"x 20"aluminium trailing arm will sandwich between them. With sprockets. I wish I could draw it out and post it on here. Automatic would be nice .Look! No adapter plates , high torque starters, clutch ,press plate, 6 rib, with special gears,4 spyder diff, slave cyl, and weld a $10 chrome Auto Zone extension pipe on to the stock exaust. The Stock Honda harness will be fine if you learn up on it. The stock shifter is cable operated . Just bolt it to the floor and you are done. It will not be as rear end heavy as what you are trying to build. It will smoke the daylights out of anything at the hillclimb.
