GTM Libra (Honda Engined)


Agree mate and thanks

Might have it running and driving in a couple weeks but it does need painting to do it justice

Need a bonus or something otherwise might have to sell my body hahaha
 
Vx220s are dead easy to live with if you can get out unaided. Not even a bad sized boot.

;-)
 
Don't get me wrong I've always liked them, a mate has a supercharged one and it's lovely. Need to get him to take me out in it but I bet it's a lot better finished than the S1 Elise K20 Type R I was taken out in. That was bloody fast but as a road car, pretty bloody awful.
 
Love that intake! No need for a radio just a small hole behind your head will be great!
 
Yazza54 said:
Agree mate and thanks

Might have it running and driving in a couple weeks but it does need painting to do it justice

Need a bonus or something otherwise might have to sell my body hahaha
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Lol , only to rich beautiful woman that are a little lonely!
That will fly .. ! But there are limits !!haha
 
I got the new slave cylinder fitted and bled last night, thankfully once the clutch was depressed all gears selected nicely and I was pleasantly surprised that the rose joined linkage does seem to have improved the feel quite a lot. I wasn't expecting it to make much difference, I think once the linkage is all greased up and I've replaced the springs it should feel much better. But the slop when selecting gear has pretty much gone
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Was a relief as I was struggling to select any gears the other day but was just because the clutch hadn't been released since fitting

Main job for the rest of the week is sorting the exhaust out, I've got the mandrel bends, 200cpsi magnaflow cat, new oval silencer all 2.5inch stainless.. borrowed a welder off a mate to tack it up on the car but will hopefully be getting a fella who works with my dad to tig it all up neatly to finish it off. The cat won't be removable but considering its a sports cat and the system is 2.5inch all the way through and quite a short system I doubt it will be particularly restrictive.
 
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Home made exhaust is done, changed my mind a few times along the way but all fits well now. Forgive the bad pic it was fairly late last night when I threw it all together.





In other news it should really be running by now but I have no spark. Checked all the wiring, earths etc. Spins over well and is injecting so the only thing I've re used that could cause this is the distributor. The old engine struggled to start and ran a bit rough so that was probably why. Have some bits on the way to rebuild the dizzy which will obviously take longer than just buying an aftermarket one but will be better ok the long run. Apparently they are renowned for giving up at least once in the engines life time and this dizzy is fairly old.
 
Very nice pal , #photography lesson needed!
Iv gone though two coils in last 4-5 years ,
But the first one was my own fault as I cranked the engine over with no sparkplug wires on dizzy :no:
And blow the coil , lesson was learned that day :win:
All is looking really good mate and I would say you
Are gunning to take her out ,
Haha I love when you just fix/build a car, cos talk about
Paranoia! CAN YOU HEAR THAT ? Lol
 
Haha shitty iphone camera, ill get some decent pics soon. I know what you mean I've had many a thought like "**** did I torque that up" haha. Very frustrating I can deal with making cock ups myself but nothing worse than waiting to get home to find a part is wrong and now the arse of sending it back etc. As you can imagine I'm dying to get it running
 
I sense the car gods have your back on this one !
But yeah I'd say you were very disappointed when
You got home ,
Strange how a car can play with your emotions haha
A well the weather is only getting better,
And I know it will be worth the wait :angry2: :dance::drive:
 
Got the dizzy opened up today and as expected the coil was absolutely knackered. So out that came, new coil, ignition module and rotor arm.





Ignition module comes with thermal paste to be applied between it and the heat sink which is removed from the old module.





New rotor arm. You may or may not notice that the dust cover behind the rotor arm is missing, I had to break it to get the old rotor off which was totally corroded on the shaft. All cleaned up and greased before fitting new one. And Allen keys instead of the shitty JIS screws.



Have a new dust cover and dizzy cap on the way but the above cured the problem and it fired up straight away. No videos or anything as I was somewhat pre occupied, got the timing light on it and set the dizzy up to 16 degrees.

Runs really nice, not too loud more induction than anything. First time out of the garage under its own steam ...



Clutch feels good and it's not too difficult pulling away with such a light flywheel on.



Just need to get the bloody coolant system bled now, it's taken 7.5 litres but Google tells me an MGF holds about 10.5... So based on that loose nugget of info with it being a similar layout, there's still a lot of air in there!!
 
Quick question - pipe in the middle of the inlet manifold that drops down to the PCV system, when running it was flattened like it had vaccummed itself flat. The pipe is very soft probably because it's pretty old. Is this at all normal??
 
Yazza54 said:
Quick question - pipe in the middle of the inlet manifold that drops down to the PCV system, when running it was flattened like it had vaccummed itself flat. The pipe is very soft probably because it's pretty old. Is this at all normal??
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No mate not normal. Your pcv valve is probably knackered too . But that little hose from pcv to mani is hard hose .
You could end up burning oil if pcv is knackered.

Car and engine look really good. Looks like that coil and icm got good use .
But also looks like water is getting in to dizzy?
Anyway glad she is running well now
And a video/sound shot would be super
When you've time .
 
You could use a oil catch can between pcv and mani ? And have it vented .
So no oil or oil vapour goes back into inlet.
 
Ok mate I think I'll order a new PCV valve and replace the hose.

I've got that little breather filter on the valve cover at the mo too but not sure if that's the best way to have it.
 
Very cool car, that engine in there should be great fun!

Try get a quick video next time you're driving it man would love to see it on the move :)
 
Changed the pcv one way valve and hose - the old one wasn't sealing when I blew down it

Also got rid of the breather filter on valve cover and took a hose to my induction like it should be, using a neat little billet hose take off. Dunno if it's just a placebo effect or what but I swear it runs steadier and is slightly more responsive now.




 
Got to love those hose take-offs aye!
Expensive little sods though!
 
Yeah very neat solution but a lot of money for what it is. I got it from viper performance was a few quid cheaper than the revotec ones on eBay etc
 
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