Today I went to pick up my newest eBay purchase, a 2000 model Honda Accord Coupe! Plenty of people have said that I am using the wrong engine and that the J30 is weak and slow etc, well from having taken this up and down the road a few times I can firmly say that I am looking forward to getting this in an S2000 chassis. It pulls really well all the way to it's measly 7200rpm redline but it is smooth, has a good amount of torque and probably less important it sounds fantastic



And in other news I also learned how to do basic drawings in CAD and drew out my adapter plate, just need to get it printed out in the correct scale to see if it works.

 

This maybe helpful
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/114...#entry23918358

 

It is indeed I'll keep my eye on that, I got in touch with inline pro about their kit a couple of weeks ago and the cost of their kit is what inspired me to make my own. It costs $1800, I'm hoping mine comes to about £400.

 

Just a small update, I've spent a while messing about on the computer and in the garage trying to get this adapter plate to a position where I am happy with it. It's currently looking like I an going to have to miss one mounting hole on the box and one on the engine in order to get this in and keep the locating dowels and not modify the bell housing by drilling out any of the holes. These photos I took just to show that I've been working on the engine and test fitting everything every time I make an amendment, I keep thinking I could just buy the already made adapter kit and be done with it but just can't convince myself it is worth $1800 plus shipping + tax.


Just out of interest does anyone know why locating dowels are put between the engine and box, is it for speed of assembly in the factory or is it more aimed towards the end user and alignment when a clutch is changed? I am going to keep mine but as they have been measured from why I have rather than the factory drawing they are likely to be out by a couple of tenths of a mm and this bothers me.

All I have to do before getting this made and properly fitted is finish locating the starter motor, I havent quite got it right yet and I'm probably going to have to draw it in cad and find the best fitment digitally and then check that. Once that is done I just need to test the flywheel spacing out and get it all machined.

 

that engine looks tiny that way

i'm liking the backyard approach surfer. you could create a youtube channel of your dickery like roadkill, though they have gone subscription now

 

Might need to make it out of something stronger than MDF The starter location is a bit of a surprise, is that going to need some alteration the bell housing anyway ?

 

Cheers, it is quite a short engine looks bigger when it is in situ though. I couldn't be bothered with making videos and stuff, plus they would all be pretty boring



I tried to lift it in with the MDF adapter on it, it started okay but didn't end well and yes I think it might need the bell housing notching, I'm trying to get away without it but it might be inevitable. There is nowhere else for the starter to go, you can't fit it in from the box side as there is just no room, and that is the only place on the engine side that you can get engagement on the starter ring.

 

You've probably seen this, http://honda-tech.com/hybrid-engine-...hread-3017287/ but they use stepped dowels to help locate near the bolt recesses, plus had to cut the pan for the starter too - it did occur to me that they might have a CAD drawing they'd let you use though.

 

Yeah I saw that thread and that was one of the ones that gave me the inspiration to take on this project, that guy has some serious skills though.

Time for a long overdue update, I've not really done as much as I would have liked to this last few weeks but here goes:

I spent most of Saturday in the garage making a second version of the MDF template exactly to my drawing dimensions as I wanted to get the measurements done for the starter motor. The other plates I have seen have the starter solenoid pointing downwards so they will be the lowest thing on the car and I didn't like that so decided to improve on it. It took a lot of measuring and messing about but I finally got it right and it was definitely worth it. Excuse all the washers I need to make up a spacer and get the right length fixings, it will all look a lot neater when it is finished.












This was waiting for me when I got to work on Monday



Which gave me the kick up the arse I needed to get on with making sure the adapter plate drawing was finished so I could get it cut. I did that and sent it off to the water jetters, low and behold they rang me today to let me know it was ready. So I sacked the afternoon off work and went to pick it up, then got in the garage for a couple of hours to check everything was in the right place. To say I'm happy with it is a massive understatement, there are a couple of very small issues (which aren't really issues but I wanted it to be perfect) nothing that can't be manually worked out. Once done I will then update the CAD drawing so if I need to run another one off it will be perfect.






Just waiting for a few deliveries of parts and tools ready for the weekend I have next week off work too so am hoping to make some good progress on this. I've set my goal on having the engine and box bolted together, the clutch set up so it will work and the engine mounts well underway and the wiring harness drawn up by the end of next week.

 

I wasn't expecting a post with the adapter ready and cut ! Nice work