I know you guys dislike the RSX (I do too) but I'll show you this anyway. Reminds me of the kit that was showcased a few months ago in SCC.

http://www.prototyperacing.com/k20kit.htm

 

I like DC5's

That Exige would haul some *** wonder what they'll put in next.

 

Wasn't this car at the LA Auto Show??

 

yea i think i saw it there too

 

Yea, it was there.

 

pretty bad *** it's like that sp? elise or what ever its called with the b18c5 that STOMPED the cobra r in every feild

 

sinse Im SUCH a nice guy I found the link for thoughs that dont know http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/fe...0205scc_coblot/

 

 

Oh my. What kind of numbers does a stock exige come with?
Is the exige a newer model of an elise?

 

Power:Weight ratio is off da hook.......

I heard it does low 11 sec 1/4

 

here it is when I saw it at the car show.

 

you heard huh?

 

How many Lotus's do you see running around on the street? Junk with a new cover.

Not to say the motor is junk, just Lotus in general.

 

After reading the information on the page about how it walked away from a porsche and topped a ferrari by like 20mph in a straight I almost wet myself!!!!!

Talk about a dream car......

I really hope that we get that engine coming over in an RSX-R, no one can really deny the power that the K20 is making....

WOW

JP

 

that's a one sweet *** car

 

OMG, cant believe im reading this Know ur facts before saying such things

 

Anyone know why honda chose to reverse the engine in the rsx,Si, etc..
(intake manifold in front and exhaust manifold towards the back)

 

Couple of reasons spring to mind.

1) move the engine back to improve weight distribution. Just look at all the H22a based Honda fwd touring cars and you will see the engine's intake and exhaust is swapped around and pushed as far back as possible.

2) reduce emmissions by reducing the amount of exhaust piping before the cat

It's different but it is definately a fundamental step forward.

speculation by some that it was to prevent tuners from bolting a turbo on is a bit extreme in my opinion, besides it's been done.

 

...the real reasoning is to encourage other makes who "borrow" engines to choose a honda platform (i.e. : kia, etc)...

most other makes besides honda run a clockwise rotation.....

 

Correct, Honda has also talked with domestic manufactures that are interested in versions of the motors for possible use in lower end economy cars

 

Honda didn't reverse it, they just went to the normal configuration just about every other inline transverse motor uses

 

Nice.

Oh, I do hate the DC5, but that is due to it's inferior suspension and lack of mechanical feedback. It's a shame the K20A and K20A2 are wasted on such a crummy chassis.

Oh, and I still find it amusing that people seem to think that the manifolds are reversed due to the change in the direction the engine rotates! As if the two changes are related...

 

intake manifold placement seems better that way, since header need to retain heat anyway.. header, facing the other way probably makes more hp..


[Modified by vtec.dc2, 12:00 AM 2/2/2003]

 

that thing looks absolutely sick!!!

 

I'm sorry - are you saying members of this board are proud that Lotus chose the ITR engine to power it's wonderful little car? What you said is confusing because Lotus chose a Rover motor to provide power. It's places like Prototype Racing and Sun International that do the Honda swaps as a completely aftermarket affair. First it was the B18C and now they've moved on to F and K motors.

These are neat bastardized cars ( ) but there's nothing wrong with a factory-prepped version.