What did you do to your 2002 today !

['76mintgrün'02]

9 minutes ago, LindrelT said:

do I scrape off and paint or mess with getting it chrome plated?

 

White paint will reflect more light than silver paint.  That's probably what I would do. 

(I learned that after painting mine silver).

 

Tom

['76mintgrün'02]

Today I swapped out the air cleaner, due to cracking.  It had a small crack when I got it and I neglected to weld it.  It grew very slowly over the past few years and then it grew quickly.  Here's what it looked like initially.

 

 

Here's what it looked like today.    

 

 

 

Luckily I had a replacement on hand and I'd already modified the oval flange, so I installed that one.

 

 

I guess the old saying "a stitch in time saves nine" applies here. 

 

Tom

[chargin]

Finished replacing the exhaust/transmission tunnel carpet 

 

 

 

[chargin]

Finally the last few bits arrived to install my Catch Can 

 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by chargin

[tech71]

2 hours ago, LindrelT said:

Wanted a quick 'feel good' project tonight so for my new roundie it was taillights!   New lenses and gaskets (old ones half gone) for the outside.    But then there was the lamp housing...  previous owner added foil tape all over.  It is a pot metal housing so do I scrape off and paint or mess with getting it chrome plated? What was the OEM finish? 

 

 

 

Recommend you use less shiny silver or white paint. More even distribution of light. 

Take out all the aluminum tape and remove adhesive gunk, just wipe them clean with something ( I used acetone) and spray.

Edited December 11, 2020 by tech71

[MitchaPaLoOza88]

11 hours ago, FunElan said:

 

You'll find that even though they're smaller, the early braking system still works pretty well

Ya, I can imagine. They are pretty stiff up top and there is plenty of throw. In general this car always amazes me for what BMW did to it but in 1969.

[irdave]

7 hours ago, chargin said:

"I'm too sexy..."

 

Dude! Driving video already!  Let's hear that intake!  Let's hear NINE THOUSAND RPM!

 

That's actually so amazing.  My old Aprilia RSV would rev to 10.5 as a 1L V twin.  It made 80ft-lbs and 107hp on the dyno up here at elevation, but the f20c makes about double the torque and a little more on the hp with double the displacement.  Gods, what a motor.  I have a hard time appreciating Honda (HRC especially) in most regards, but they do make a nice engine.

 

(Wow, that Aprilia was 20 years ago...)

Edited December 11, 2020 by irdave

[kbmb02]

Spun and oil-primed a new M10 build on the test stand (it's interesting to see the assembly lube 'hang on', though I also do a pour-over of the cam and rockers before the oil flows through feed tube). -KB

 

 

[chargin]

 

For some reason my text got knocked out and I cant find the Post Delete ?

 

see below for redo 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2020 by chargin

[chargin]

2 hours ago, irdave said:

My old Aprilia RSV would rev to 10.5 as a 1L V twin.  It made 80ft-lbs and 107hp on the dyno up here at elevation, but the f20c makes about double the torque and a little more on the hp with double the displacement.  Gods, what a motor.  I have a hard time appreciating Honda (HRC especially) in most regards, but they do make a nice engine.

 

Yeah, what he said ?

as nice as 150 additional ponies is it really gets eclipsed for me by how good the F-6 speed transmission feels, with the higher shifter platform and precision feel it is amazing, for me the shifter is in the perfect location and I've never felt a better shifting transmission from any Marquee 

 

[2002iii]

3 hours ago, kbmb02 said:

Spun and oil-primed a new M10 build on the test stand (it's interesting to see the assembly lube 'hang on', though I also do a pour-over of the cam and rockers before the oil flows through feed tube). -KB

 

 

test-stand-oil-priming.mov 6.84 MB · 5 downloads

Looks so nice and new. What are the specs on this engine?

[kbmb02]

2 hours ago, 2002iii said:

Looks so nice and new. What are the specs on this engine?

 

This is a 9.7:1 compression ratio build with a custom high lift / ‘medium’ duration cam grind. -KB

[jp5Touring]

So I tried adjusting my headlights this Summer and could never get them right.

Some research here and a couple hours of poking around found that the headlight buckets were inverted.

Swapped them and threw in a zip tie till I get a couple of J hooks,,  oy vey

Edited December 12, 2020 by jp5Touring

[tzei]

Washed her heart.

[Fortlauderdalian]

Started to make a new rear shelf