I enjoy building cars for the challenge, some of my prevous works include this old Mercedes I found in a barn in West Virginia

I used a Corvette driveline and installed a 427 Chevy



I radiused the wheel wells and complteted some body work



and I finished the car out with a hood scoop and some racing strips





I have worked on Honda's all my life, starting in 1968 on the motor cycles


I have to trust my work with my life This is me when I was a kid

Now I take it easy and work on some unusual stuff, just to see how things work
The mid engine CRX is a test bed I am using to develop an understanding of temperature control working with Turbo's, and fuel injection experiments



This is an 87 CRX with a 300 zx turbo engine, cradled in a 85 Maxima front end and driveline.



the intercooler and oil cooler are cooled from the roof



Turbo air was brought in form the side



the gas tank doubles for the front air scoop behind the radiater, venting air up through the hood





I hope ya like it
Bill


Modified by Mr. Wizard at 12:07 PM 2/24/2006

 

drops a load in pants
im about to go all the way to Ohio to shake your hand in congratulations

 

Hey Bill, Great work!

Can't wait for your next update.

I've been trying to figure out how to display thumbnails in the post with links to the larger pictures. How do you do it?

Dave

 

interesting..

how long has this project been going on?

 

I had to download all the pic's to i serve and then down load them to this site, I been working on and off for about 2 years

 

Great work ! Why did you use the 300z motor though? what a POS. We are currently doing an engine swap into a porche 356... Either some mid mounted honda motor or a Subaru STI awd drivetrain.. RWD crx's are great!

 

they are cheap, fast and plentiful, around here a 300 zx turbo motor runs $400. bucks, I got $200.bucks in the CRX, $150 bucks in the maxima that I cut the front end out of, and $400 bucks in the 300 ZX engine.
their have been a lot of engine builders spend time on the injection systems and internal parts, I can find anything I want for the engine, in my opinion, the V30GT is the import mans small block chevy, they are just like ********, everybody has one.
I also had a 2.0 turbo in a Eclipse I thought about using ,but I built a bell housing to covert that to rear wheel drive using a W56 trans out of a supra to use in a 1/4 miget for some friends.............but you know? there aint no substitution for cubic inches >;o)

 

Wow, that's some awesome stuff.

 

Nice work Bill! Always happy to see someone local on here!

 

hey Mike!

can you match some injecters for me? do you have a test bench? I want to check the flow on a set of Bosch injecters

Bill

 

Contact Aaron @ Pure Tuning, he should be able to help you out. The only other place I know of in town that does Bosch service is on Sylvania Ave. and they may only do diesel.

 

Mannnnnnnnnnnn!

when do you sleep? cool stuff, keep it coming

Toby

 

William,

Beautiful work!

Can you say where you are getting your aluminum castings poured?

 

LOVE IT!

 

some of my castings come from Hooser patterns.........in Indiana

Thanks for looking
Bill

 

bad ***
very nice !!!!

 

how do you intend to build the exaust system?

 

I am from Ohio too! I would love to check out the project some time. What part of the state are you from?

 

sorry about the delay.......I am in Toledo, Ohio feel free to come by and see the project

 

what are the problems with the front radiator mount and the mid engine design?