Vector - 1988 DX - RWD Accord

[Vector]

I've read your whole thread and man you are doing awesome. The rear should have as much alignment adjustability as the front (would they charge you for 2 alignments at a shop for that car?). I had one thought for the fire wall: Use a bolt down system for it so you can remove it for easy access to the engine to do work. Sealing that would be a problem. Either way you will have a ton of room to work with compared to the engine bay of most cars. This car will become a beast with a built motor. It should lay down some decent 1/4 mile times too. I wish I could see it in person.

yes the engine cover will be removable. sealing it wont be a problem, i wont design it complicated. I'm assuming they will just charge me for a 4 wheel alignment like they did after i did my rear disk conversion previously. most cars with rear independent suspension can have toe and somtimes camber adjusted.

[Vector]

I like the cooling pipe idea. Maybe you could put some type of ducts in the back that could allow heat to escape from the engine area to prevent a lot of heat.

there will be 2x rad fans behind the engine aiming towards the ground beside the intake manifold to draw hot air out of the compartment.

[A18A]

you are epic win sir

[russiankid]

there will be 2x rad fans behind the engine aiming towards the ground beside the intake manifold to draw hot air out of the compartment.

I was thinking of fans

[BITESIZE]

Are you going to run a small racing gas tank in the back?

[Vector]

Are you going to run a small racing gas tank in the back?

its actually going to be in the front of the car, firewall passenger side.

[BITESIZE]

Why don't you just run a civic radiator in the back? Will the coolant even be able to flow that far from the front to the back of the car?

[russiankid]

Why don't you just run a civic radiator in the back? Will the coolant even be able to flow that far from the front to the back of the car?

He wouldn't get good airflow through the radiator so then the fans would constantly be on. I don't see why the coolant won't flow that far.

[Vector]

Why don't you just run a civic radiator in the back? Will the coolant even be able to flow that far from the front to the back of the car?

i want to keep the engine compartment as small as possible, and i'm moving alot of this stuff to the front of the car for better weight distribution. it worked for daves rwd h22 gsr, so it should work for me.

[BITESIZE]

Wow, I didn't think the water would flow well enough, but thats sweet it will!

[carotman]

The NSX is made like this anyway

[Vector]

with the amount of aluminum tubing i'm using, the cooling system will have more places to disipate heat. i'm not expecting the rad fans to come on often. the fans in the engine compartment will be a diferent story as they will be on there own sensor.

[russiankid]

with the amount of aluminum tubing i'm using, the cooling system will have more places to disipate heat. i'm not expecting the rad fans to come on often. the fans in the engine compartment will be a diferent story as they will be on there own sensor.

I meant if you had placed a radiator in the engine compartment, then you wouldn't get good air flow which would cause the fans to be on all the time.

[Vector]

I meant if you had placed a radiator in the engine compartment, then you wouldn't get good air flow which would cause the fans to be on all the time.

OH... lol yea. i had toyed with the idea of doing that initially, but this way i have the opportunity of putting small bucket seats in the back out of a b22 or somthing.

[Bass Man]

That is how people with v8's in things like Toyota's and Samurais run a radiator. I've seen people use exhaust pipe before, but not aluminum. It's coming along faster than I expected!

[Vector]

update:


^^^ -- f22a6 de-wired.


^^^ -- cb7 wiring before i started.


^^^ -- whats left of the cb7 wiring.



^^^ -- what i need to make the engine run bear minimum.

i love wires.... cant you tell

[Hazwan]

Aint wiring fun?

[gfrg88]

update:


^^^ -- f22a6 de-wired.


^^^ -- cb7 wiring before i started.


^^^ -- whats left of the cb7 wiring.



^^^ -- what i need to make the engine run bear minimum.

i love wires.... cant you tell

thats the one thing ive been always scared of when i think about swaps

[AccordB20A]

the most fun part is the wires

can wait to see it start

[Vector]

sorry that came off the wrong way.... no i actually like doing wiring.

[TWOLOUDNPROUD]

Vector i give you $35 for that F22 distributor you have. i making my a20a OBD-1.

[Vector]

maybe, but i was thinking of making my se-i obd1 as well.

[MessyHonda]

obd1 ftw

[carotman]

The wiring shouldn't be that hard

You'll need to bring some wires to the front for the main relay and alternator/brake switch/PGM-FI light.

What will you do for the speedometre?

[Vector]

The wiring shouldn't be that hard

You'll need to bring some wires to the front for the main relay and alternator/brake switch/PGM-FI light.

What will you do for the speedometre?

actually the battery is going to be re-relocated to the front lower passenger side.

pgmfi wire, speedo wires, alternator wires for charge and dash to the front.

ignition (start/acc) wires to the back..

main relay will reside next to the ecu in the back.

brake switch for what?

I'm thinking I'm going to convert the cluster to electronic or something... or i will just convert to the 4g cluster. i have to modify the fuel guage either way to accommodate the new sensor.