prelude track car build

[vxlgsi]

Well after deciding i wanted a dedicated track car, rather than a road legal one myself and a friend decided to go halves so we could keep costs down.. we wanted something that had power handling and reliability to start with......with a car buying budget of £500 quid, power, we decided a prelude was the only answer.

and here it is, 2.2 manual vtec, 4 wheels steering.. .. and luckily this one has an after market full exhaust system and makes a touch over 200bhp






not bad for £300 notes

Ive always loved hondas and after my brief drive in this i have a feeling, the corsa turb wont be around long before it gets chopped in for ek9 type R with forced induction lmao

[escort1989uk]

very nice keep the updates coming

[vxlgsi]

i will try

[mikegray]

Nice mate bargin too. Is that the one with the funky dash? Looking forward to the updates

[Paul]

Cool, get some pics

[vxlgsi]

Nice mate bargin too. Is that the one with the funky dash? Looking forward to the updates

yeah i suppose it is abit funky, lights up blue with some led bits n bobs.

[chip]

300 quid you can get something like that for these days?

Thats ****ing mental, SO good these cars, people really dont realise what they are missing if they havent driven one.

[vxlgsi]

300 quid you can get something like that for these days?

Thats ****ing mental, SO good these cars, people really dont realise what they are missing if they havent driven one.

I got lucky, i did some research on them and was impressed with the info i found, honda really put some effort into their cars, makes vauxhalls seem like lego lmao

This kinda thing really impressed me

FIBER-REINFORCED METAL CYLINDER LINERS
Instead of cast iron, the Prelude engine block's cylinder liners are made of a metal-matrix composite material Honda calls fiber-reinforced metal (FRM). FRM is a mixture of carbon fiber and aluminum oxide that, when used in cylinder liners, offers several advantages over conventional cast-iron liners. For example, FRM liners transfer heat to the cylinder water jackets more rapidly. This allows engine designers to build a smaller, more compact engine and cooling system. The designer may elect to keep the same size engine, but increase its power output. Honda engine designers elected to keep engine size and power output fixed and utilize FRM's superior heat-transfer capabilities to increase engine durability.
Since FRM is a ceramic-based material (aluminum oxide is a ceramic used for spark plug insulators), it also exhibits higher wear resistance than cast iron. This results in potentially longer engine life.
Finally, FRM liners weigh less than cast-iron liners, thereby helping to minimize engine weight.
Additional examples of the durability Honda engineers have built into the Prelude engine are its gravity-cast, aluminum-alloy pistons and drop-forged steel connecting rods. The pistons receive additional cooling via a set of jets that spray pressurized oil at the underside of the piston crowns--a technique first used by Honda on its Formula-1 engines.

[vxlgsi]

So after just ripping out the interior and removing what we could easily we headed to our first track day in it yesterday..

All i can say is im very impressed, it was soooo wet and slippery but the prelude was munching past everything, everything about the car was faultless.. we managed to kill a set of brake pads and the front left tyre but thats about it. Our last track car was a fairly sorted gte and it handled great, but the prelude would walk round the outside of it on the corners and its all std at the moment lol.

It took about 120 miles of abuse between me and a mate and we used just over 1 tank of fuel.... i have a couple of vids but due to the weather the picture is not great out of the screen.

vids are uploading

Got another track day we are hopeing to do at snetterton in january, so im hopeing its not so wet so i can get some better video.

[vxlgsi]

Bit of a crap vid really but never mind, i put the cam too far back from the screen.. doh

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=y9X2zB...eature=channel