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71 N600 w/ engine swap and RWD conversion

Old 02-17-2014, 03:33 PM
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Welcome to my lazy, on again/off again, 10+ year build. My buddies and I always wanted one since we first saw it in the play station game, Gran Turismo. We found one that had been sitting outside for years in the backyard of a property in North Carolina.

The plan is to have this thing road ready for my wedding this October. As long as it's drivable, my fiancé and I will be laying down some rubber as we blast off into the sunset!

Here is the original picture:
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The first order of business was complete tear down, rust removal, and creating a one piece fiberglass front end
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After removing the cancerous rust, we realized we had almost nothing to work with. We found another one in New York and "trailered" it back
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So starting back at step one, tear down & rust removal
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We knew we wanted to convert it to RWD, so we took some measurements and found the rear end of an MG midget was the right size.
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Once the we were sure the rust was gone, we primed the entire thing to preserve what we had
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We knew we wanted to put a sport bike engine in and I found a great deal on this 07 zzr600.
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We created a front subframe to hold the new engine. The struts are made for an older civic, but they worked pretty well for us. We used hubs from an integra, and shortened the mount for the tie rod connection since the rack on the n600 had limited stroke
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Positioning motor and welding mounts
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Beginning the long wiring process
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And that's more or less where I am now.

I actually have a little more in depth build thread/blog on my website which is www.hondan600.net , but I plan on updating this thread regularly with all the major stuff.

Wish me luck on getting this thing done by October! Haha
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ughh.. is there a limit on the amount of pictures it can display?

When we found it:
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Fiberglass front:
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**EDIT: WTF? why wont it display everything properly?**
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