Supercharged K20a2 Vtec - Race Spec by cptkirk

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I managed to take a couple of snaps before it went off to spray last night. The tank is self explanitory and the upstand is to fix the washer fluid pump to. The last two pictures are just showing the plate, filled and ready to go to be sprayed (the welding tends to warp the metal a little, hence why it needs filling pre-spray).

3-24-2010

I picked up my replacement master cylinders on Saturday morning, thanks Chris.

I have gone from 0.625 to 0.75, the smaller cylinders just didnt have the capacity to work the calipers properly.

I will be reinstating the master cylinders into the pedal box and then the whole pedal box back into the car tonight. I managed to save alot of the silicone brake fluid when removing the pedal box, that stuff aint cheap so as much as I can get back in the better.

Hopefully will have some pictures to follow soon.

3-30-2010

Brakes are all back in, bled and the pedal feel is so much better than before, I did a few short runs (20m runs) and it feels better, I jsut need some more room now to have a blat around and get them bedded in before I can make an informed report on the true braking perfomance.

Next big thing to go in is the carpets, just waiting on some samples coming through, I have all of April to fit them as I dont get my towbar fitted to my new (secondhand) van until early May, then it should be off to get the doors hung.

4-8-2010

My tuner just posted this video of his tuning handywork on another site. This is what an Intercooled JRSC'd K20A2 lump can do in a Lotus Exige, note the GT40 is running in excess of 700HP - Cant wait to get mine intercooled.........

Check out some of the other videos by the same guy.

4-21-2010

My Run of Bad Luck Continues...........

I guess i should have known that things were going too smoothly.

Jackson Racings Metalurgical dept has another fail on its hands, it happened last night when running the car up to temp, just to give the battery a bit of a charge as it been sitting there a while and I have been fiddling with the electrics.

Whilst it was ticking over I heard a noise like I had left a tool on the engine and it had dropped onto the floor, I looked underneath to find the serpentine belt on the floor and the pulley was in the engine bay. At first I thought the nut had come loose but the input shaft had clean snapped off - feck it - another set back (not of my making). Oh well, been so many I will just add it to the list.

I am having it fixed free of charge as the charger hasnt done any miles, turns out there was a small batch of chargers produced a couple of years ago that had this problem, just goes to show how long this has taken. It hasnt shaken my belief in the JRSC as I know how many of them out there and this is not the norm.

In the meantime I will be templating my carpets and sending off the .dxf file for them to be CNC cut and then edged, where necessary.

Here are a couple of pictures of the failed unit

4-21-2010

I have gotten so used to the setbacks now that when this happened I didnt even bat an eyelid over it, just took some photos, checked all was well around the area it fell into and then got on with fitting the locking strip for the windscreen and remaking my forward part of the raised tunnel.

A few emails this morning and a fix is all sorted, not too bothered as it will stop me running the car all the time for nor eason other than to run it.

Rene - Thanks for the booster though.........