Nothing too much special but I haven't shared many pics in a while...

These were taken in my back yard this afternoon:








And for those not keeping up on Honda-Tech... With the help of Trenell, Bryan, Paul, and Mike I got the engine fired up last weekend. All went well... the new engine sounds very good and I now await the warmer weather so that I can start the tuning. Initial compression tests after running the engine came out 283,283,283,280psi. My old engine last measured 180psi across the board so I'm pretty pleased with the new numbers...

here are a couple pics of the engine from las weekend:

Rocker wear after 20 minutes of running.


And the whole engine with the valve cover off.


A couple more pics from the day (not taken by me :P)

 

man i want to buy the same camera as you lol i think ur camera can make a pile of ---- look good :laugh1:

 

I don't like looking at your pictures for one reason Doug....
It makes my R feel inadequate.

J\K Pics are awesome. Your engine bay is as sexy as Jessica Alba on a hot summers day licking an ice cream cone.

 

sick pics doug! glad to hear that the motAr fire up went well.

and i never knew you were bald! i always seen you with a hat on o_O

 

nice pics as usual doug
can't wait to see what kind of numbers you'll be putting down.

 

Sorry I didn't come out for the fun Doug.

I heard that Rachel had Trenell reading books to her...lol

I did watch the video that Trenell took with my camcorder!

and I definitely like the new facial hair....

 

props on the clean engine and bay looks like you could eat off it.

 

will someone plaese explain to me what the slips over the brake and clutch fluid reservoirs are , serve any purpose or just look sexy?

 

While most hard parker’s actually use these as cosmetic pieces they actually serve two purposes when used on race cars.

1st: They absorb water and keep the reservoir drier which is very important because it reduces the moister exposed to the break fluid. Break fluid (particularly racing fluids) absorb moister very quickly and become useless.

2nd: When cornering very hard the brake fluid can leak out a little and the socks absorb this fluid and stop it from spilling on the paint. Brake fluid will eat through paint very quickly.

 

gotcha, very nice, i've always wonderd why those were there.

 

you noticed :P

 

Oh, it's not that clean - I found a few dirty spots.

 

^^putting your dirty fingers on the car doesn't count Bryan...lol

 

I got Spoon socks but since my clutch is cable i can only use one.

 

3rd: with respect to Motorcycles - I use one on my R6 to protect it from the sunlight which can damage the brake fluid or alter the resovoir material when you are running track events and you don't have a tarp/tent to cover you bike.

You can also use regular wrist bands. "Starter" Brand $1.99 for a 2 pack at winnArs FTW :*****:

 

love the pics and progress on your car. just a quick question i know u regularly track your car, just want to know if that is the stock radiator if it does the job for track and what kind of thermostat, coolant you run?

 

stock rad, honda coolant, not sure on thermostat

 

I've been running with the stock radiator/coolant since day one. I also run with the Mugen thermostat. Engine temperatures have never been a big issue for me. I'm not sure how the new engine will behave, but I'll be data logging the sessions and comparing.