Supercharged K20a2 Vtec - Race Spec by cptkirk

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The car has had to take a quick trip up to Gallows farm for a couple of bits so will get it back mid November.

I dont have a completion date yet but once I get it back in the garage I will be working flat out to have it ready for early next year, get the most out of it in the 50th year of the best little car in the world.

Wheelbase, no the wheelbase is the same, the rear track is slightly wider due to me having 10mm spacers on the wheels, that way I have room to put 9" wheels on with 220-235 tires, however there arent too many companies that make tires that wide for 13" wheels, Kumho is one of the few I have found.

I am looking forward to that whine, its gonna sound great.......

11-9-2008

Sorry no updates as I dont have the car at the moment, picking it up again next weekend (15th Nov) so should have something more in a week or two.

11-11-2008

Taking the homage north this weekend to Gallows Farm, only a 600 mile round trip.

CharlieBrown, thanks for the compliments, I have to say that the pictures (although great) dont do it justice, once the car is out in the sunlight with those big ass arches it does look pretty mean.

Going to hit it hard in the next couple of weeks so should have updates fairly soon. Hope to be picking up a few more bits n peices on saturday that may well be worth taking a few snaps of.

11-12-2008

I beleive the car you saw is Jem Snowdens I havent actually met the bloke but I know he is running a Rotrex S/C in his and making more boost than I will be, his charger is a centrifucgal type, like a turbo but belt driven, mine is a Roots type with Helical rotors. The centrifugal chargers boost rises exponentially and gives max boost at top rpm (ideal for racing when your at top rpms most of the time) where as mine should give lots of low down grunt + good mid, the vtec changeover has been altered to reflect throttle position so can be vtec at 3000rpm with wide open throttle (what) or running at 6000rpm no vtec on 1/3 throttle. I have quite a flat torque curve to look forward to only starting to fade around the 7500rpm mark, making it ideal for road use, which mine will see way more of than track.

11-17-2008

Picked the car up on Saturday and here are a couple of snaps of how it is looking now:







More images to come in the near future.