Cool project over on hondatech

[RobDET]

Look really carefully at this picture...

http://www.honda-tech.com/zero...age=1

[themadscientist]

fatass honda, do I get a cookie?

[rousie13]

fatass honda, do I get a cookie?

no cookie for you

[mike240sr]

twin enginefront backawd

[HashiriyaS14]

Nope, mid-engined RWD, apparently (as per link).

That's SUPER cool.

At the Falken drift showoff in DC there was a RWD 4-dr Integra, I presume by making use of the CRV hardware (like how people make AWD Civics).

Personally I think it's pretty sick. I want a RWD 5th gen Prelude

[turtl631]

Hell yea, the prelude would be pretty cool if it were RWD...kind of honda's answer to the s14 almost-pretty big coupe, big 4 cyl, etc, but with some different twists too.

[rousie13]

Thats a sweet arse project. That guy knows what he's doing.

[mike240sr]

only reason i said twin engine because there is a hond civic that i show at a car show in chicago that had two b16 turbo engines. the car was used track events. i am not a fan of hondas but that one was awesome.

[HashiriyaS14]

Yeah, like the twin-engined 600hp Tiburon that is so often mentioned in SCC.

5th gen Preludes are teh hawt, aesthetically speaking (I used to have one 2 cars ago). It's a fantastic engine too, just that whole FWD problem...

[Altiman94]

that is an awesome project.

[fullthrtl_tech]

thats a pretty sweet project, i wonder how it will handle?

[tractorcrusher]

I think some of you got confused (because somebody said it'd be cool to do it with a 5th gen lude, hypothetically).

Body is an Integra, not Prelude.

Anyway, sweet project.

[Dirtylou]

I hate to fly this kite, but I really don't see the point of going through the trouble to make it mid-engine. He should have gotten a MR2.

[BB Turbo]

Maybe the guy just wanted to be different?

[SeVa-S13]

MR2's have too much torque and handling ability and not enough VTEC dawg.

[rousie13]

I hate to fly this kite, but I really don't see the point of going through the trouble to make it mid-engine. He should have gotten a MR2.

Why not do something different? And he said he wanted to start a custom car business so he wanted th is car as a testiment to his work, so thats why.

[Dirtylou]

Well, it makes sense if it's for a customizing shop but I'm skeptical on the handling. For some reason I get the impression that the car will oversteer like nobodies business.

[HashiriyaS14]

This guy obviously isn't just after a nice RWD Mid engined car. He OBVIOUSLY does not have the same practical and financial considerations that you or I do.

Criticizing this is like criticizing Top Secret for building an 800ps 3SGTE Supra...

Q: "Why didn't they just leave the 2JZ in there??"

A: Because doing wacky shxt is COOL, that's why. The human predisposition to try wacky shxt is why we have cars, airplanes, videogames, beer, and democracy. Don't knock it.

[Dirtylou]

I'm not knocking the car. I just think it's an 'out of the box' idea. I'm sure it'll be quite something to behold when it's complete. I can understand changing motors but changing drivtrains is on another level.
Modified by Dirtylou at 4:52 PM 1/12/2005

[jdmfreak]

I'd pimp it.