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Thought I'd open my first post with a coupla shots of my car and the build it's going through.
Mrs taking it out for a spin at Silverstone:
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Picture taken from the silverstone trackday site as they seemed to like the car:
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Anyway, on with the build.
lets get the rear clam off:
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Yes thats a tiny garage however I live in London, so space is short.
May as well drop some JDM cams in and get the lash adjusted:
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oh and clearance is close to the oil filter so decided to relocate it whole dropping a laminova cooler in there:
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So whats going to make it faster then?
JRSC with a chargercooler sandwich plate:
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Check out the straight inlet:
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Dropped into the car:
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Not before I move the IAT sensor:
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May as well clean up the rocker too:
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Starting to look ok
looks good, really into your future updates
exhaust going back on:
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Oh and quite an effort to get the belt size and tention just right (shimmed the alternator)
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Nice lotus and sick build. Has the car been dyno tuned as of yet? I'm interested in your numbers.
wow badass!
Sub'd
cheers guys - doing a clearup at the moment but hope to be back working on the car soon.
Nice shots and build! What's left to complete your build? Also, what will you be using for tuning?
Not a lot to do, mainly getting body etc back on and testing etc.
Running Hondata
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Nice, Hondata KPro I assume? Can't wait to see more pics of this setup and watch videos!
actually just a K100 as I have no interest in mapping it myself
hope to have updates next week :)
:welcome: to :boostedk20: First Lotus on the forum, glad to see it! We hope to see many more in the near future, I'm excited to see this build complete!
I am in love. A buddy was just talking about getting one today and turbo k-swapping it. Do you know anyone with turbo k-swaps that could join up and post some info over here? Maybe just take info from a Lotus forum and post it here so it can be used? (Since this is a k-series only forum)
sub'ed this is an awesome build. I am guessing the mounts your using totally eliminate engine movement? Because it looks like the blower is damn near the firewall!
yeah blower is close but I made up a box to give it some space:
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Also front and rear tq steadies are rose jointed block side with a small bush chassis side:
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Thats cool, I like the firewall expansion. And the tq steadies, what a sixk idea! More info and pics on those pleaseQuote:
Originally Posted by N00T
the supercharger modifications are great. I wanted a straight neck myself.. great work
Intake went in today as well as a bit more nimbus heat shield.
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Looks great! However, N00T, I very strongly suggest change that foam filter out for a regular paper filter. It has been known to, multiple times in the past, actually get sucked up in pieces through your intake.Quote:
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oh I'll have a look into that
there was a BMC CDA box on there before but that was robbing power even in N/A trim - 3hp from 8k onwards.
not really engine related but got my hands on this seat as the stock ones and harnesses aren't great:
100% carbon version :brum
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That seat is AWESOME!! I wanted some cf seats but the price range is a little high on them for me. HahaQuote:
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Seat is the double carbon reverie (they do one that's GRP backed) and tickles the scales at 2.4KG.
Main thing for me is that it's mega low, and more supportive than stock. One day might buy the passenger one.
Done loads to the car but non of it worth taking pictures of just yet.
T
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so at the mappers at the moment, little drama with the MAP sensor but hopefully it'll get on the rollers (hub dyno) and good numbers
Whats the issue with the map sensor?
Hondata bug when you select 'replacement map sensor' channel then reads zero until engine is cranking.
Anyway just off the rollers at 329.0@hubs
Very happy
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ahh yes that does sound quite lame about the sensor! Great numbers though! thing is going to be a blast to drive!
So been a while:
The good bits:
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http://batpics.dyndns.org/e/1425/tim...7350997_Fs.jpg
The bad bit:
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check this wheel out!
Wow that's one nice lotus.
Beautiful!! Engine bay shot? BoostedK20 decal?
Ya that's looks great! So this is still a street legal car as well?
yeah will snap a engine bay pic soon
yes 100% street legal, used it to go to a business meeting last week.
Thats awesome. Glad to see it can be daily driven! Do you know any other Lotus K20 swaps that can join up? We should get a lotus section going!