We acquired a new engine and after doing some tear down and inspection we have determined that it is good. All of the internal components looked great, which was a relief to the engine team. The electrical team, Brett and Josh Nell, spent a few days studying the electrical harness off the bike and then developed a new harness that utilizes the stock engine sensors. Before the engine would run a minor change needed to be made with the cam sensor wheel. The stock bike has a three tooth wheel and we required a single tooth wheel, but a few minutes on the Wire EDM and the offending extra teeth were pitched into the garbage can.
Here you can see the cam wheel on the end of the left cam.
Here Brett torques the cam retaining bolts and Josh Nell (background) puts the final touches on the engine control software.
After the engine was wired the engine team took over and buttoned up the last components and calibrated all of the sensors. Because we are still waiting for our fuel cell to be completed the engine team had to get creative on how to deliver fuel to the engine. 15ft of fuel hose connected between Ben's Supra's fuel pump and the fuel rail on the Honda fixed the fuel dilemma.
Just as the engine team had predicted, and the rest of the team hoped, the engine started as soon as fuel made it to the fuel rail. The Honda engine makes a great sound when there are no headers on it!
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Well said.
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