* 1st Video online now

VIDEO http://www.voehr.com/upload/store/ITRvsGT3.mpg

hi guys!

after 38000km, 25 hours on the race track and uncounted 1/4 mile starts I have the first bad defekt on my 400whp beast.

I feelt like Takuma Sato in the 2004ish Monte Carlo F1 gp when on the back of his car a huge amount of white smoke came out of the car. Too bad I have no rear camera, cause with my new HONDA sticker in the rear wing it would have become an awesome video. hehe ..........well, but it was filmed from the pits, I hope to get the film material very soon!

In the second turn of Brno Race way in Czech republik at 230kmh once of a sudden the red oil pressure signal burned my eyes!!!!! Within 2/10 of a second I shutted off the engine....that should help me from damaged bearings, etc. I HOPE SO! All of the good 10w60 engine oil (5 litres) flushed on the hot exhaust and became a white nice steam! All the people told me it looked very spectacular!


Well, that happend to my car: The hollow-bolt that came with the Graddy Sandwitchadapter which is screwed into the water/oil heat exchanger was the problem. 3 years ago we screwed this bolt directly into the block, cause I got rid of this heat exchanger. We did not know that the Greddy bolt has a few threads less than the oem Honda bolt. There is a little alu material coming out of the block where the threads are in for the hollow-bolt. This engineblock alu material BROKE off!!!! If there were only 2 or 3 threads more on the hollow bolt NOTHING had happend I guess.

My friend will produce me an longer hollow bolt now. After the install is finished I will fill up the engine with oil and reactivate that bitch. I hope not to hear any abnormal noises...... ...but I have good feelings since I was able to shut off the engine immediatly!





Besides all of that I was able to kill some Porsches, Ferraris, new M3, etc.......


VIDEO http://www.voehr.com/upload/store/ITRvsGT3.mpg


Modified by austrian type-R at 8:44 PM 7/28/2005

 

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Ultimately...this is the most important thing

 

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And the most fun, might i add

 

Very sorry to hear what happened and that it happened in Brno - my town . Were you going 230kph at the end of the finish line? In my stock R, I usually go 190kph to turn 1, about 180 in turn 3, then about 170-180 in turn 5 and 180 in turn 10. Then it's uphill, so #13 is only about 150:



Pity that I didn't know that you are racing here, I would come to see your R. What are your lap times? My best is 2:47 on road tires.

Hope there is no internal damage and everything will be OK

PS: for those who don't know this track, here are some pics and here is some video from the track.

 

I wish you good luck that there is no damage to your motor

 

Best of luck with firing it back up!!!

 

Thanks guys for your words!

My best lap time was a 2:26. I can shift into 5th uphil, about 215kmh or so.

 

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your R is a beast!

Are you running slicks? What is your top speed on that track? I assume &gt;240?

 

I usual&lt; do not look much to the speedo, but 240kmh is about what it has to be, since I shift in 5th and stay a few seconds in it. (I have a longer geared GSR tranny too)

I run Dunlop 200/580/15 Slicks in Volk te37 7x15inch which fits over my AP 4 piston caliper kit

 

Good luck with the motor.. you should be okay.. crossing my fingers.
Your car is mean as hell.. still got that video of you on thetrack hauling *** by the ferrari's? i lost it somehow.

 

Is that the Greddy sandwich adapter on the pic? It looks nearly identical to my Mocal unit (with a thermostat).


Modified by Pompiuses at 9:40 PM 7/21/2005

 

Where's Chris F? You guys are buddies now....

 

I will fill up the engine with oil and reactivate that bitch

 

Ehh..oils just a small thing! I like the important part, beating ferrari's and porsches

 

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Hahaha!!!

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Yeah, sounds like that's my new sig too! Sweet!

Damnit, I have that GReddy sandwich adapter too. At least I have the stock heat exchanger. I need a bigger oil cooler though, my oil temps still SUCK (310+, hard to say, off the end of the scale on the temp gauge)

 

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If you have a big enough oil slick, you can take out Vipers too.

 

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Maybe make up a couple more of those hollow fittings (the bolt/tube you spoke of) is there's much interest from the rest of us.

Please let us know how it turns out.

 

damn.. sorry to hear.. its always little things that lead to major damage.. hope things will be o.k. due to your fast reaction

 

that avatar is just hilarious.. haha

 

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I run Dunlop 200/580/15 Slicks in Volk te37 7x15inch which fits over my AP 4 piston caliper kit </TD></TR></TABLE>

WOW! A big brake kit that works with 15's. Bet that's worth a pretty penny......

 

you have a better attitude about it than i would

 

I bet it's one of these : http://www.apracing.com/car/brakekit/index.htm

The Integra kit uses a 295x28mm rotor and a 4 piston caliper, and yes it is claimed to be fitting under 7x15" wheels. Available either with a bolted or a floating disc.

Not cheap, but very nice.

 

Hopefully it'll be okay, keep us updated

 

Pretty similar to what happened to me. Was merging into the freeway; redlined 3rd gear and my freakin oil filter popped off. I thought it blew for sure. I have a greddy/trust oil cooler on my car, it might have been my fault for not tightening it enough but I'm a little weary about that sandwich adapter.

 

I just checked the shaft-play on the Turbo today. There is no play
I get my new hollow bolt this week

It seems this hollow bolt has gotten loose and when it only held 4 threads into the block, the aluminium of the block broke off. Well, I get an new 9mm longer hollow bolt any way.