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What a beautiful motor! Good luck with the sale I'm sure it'll sell for the right price Very sought after!

That's amazing for anyone let alone a 17 year old! If that were mine I'd leave it standard. Be worth a small fortune in years to come! If I could pick up a totally standard GT Turbo over here I'd snap it up.

1700 Kgs though! Not my cup of tea but love all sorts of builds.

Haha! Very different.

I do like the mx5's althouh was never keen on the mk 2's. This looks sweet though. I always find that the hard top really sets them off. My dad has a. Mk 1 Miata, with the BBR turbo. It's okay powerwise but nothing special. Makes a nice improvement over standard though. Wants a few lottle upgrades. Just got an OEM spoiler formit. But looking at the kit maybe I should get him to get the mazdaspeed kit for it.

Very smart. So I may have missed this bit. This car is it for track use only, or is it still road legal?

Hello and welcome. Very nice. Personally I like the standard look. Standard intercooler etc. I realise to get power it wants to be front mounted. But there is something about the hood mounted intercooler. Love it!

Awesome. Sounds like you've got your head screwed tightly on

Nice. How do your cars end up in the magazines then?

Such a shame. Looks like a lovely motor. I am looking for a GT. I just don't know enough about these engines to warrant working on them. I've only built two stroke engines and they are vastly simple in comparison. I hope you want you want for it.

Ah see that explains it. But I thought pimps drive round in blacked out BMW's or Range Rovers. What kinda of pimp drives round in a Jap monster. He's Yakuza isn't he?

Amazing thread. Well jealous! The work, the money and the photos. Really awe inspiring. What DO you DO for a living lmao! To afford all these things! Very nice but I just can't get over the fact you want rid of it! Maybe I'm too much of a Honda fan boy, or maybe it's because I'm yet to take a starlet for a spin, but the DC2's are just epic machines. As said they are the worlds greatest FF car in terms of handling. I'm just amazed at the work that has gone on for this project. But you sound like an adventurous person, a change is always nice.

Very nice

Of course it is. I was confusing it with the K20a engine. But yeah the b16b engine. Phenominal.

The integra is undoubtly the worlds greatest FF car in terms of handling. Phenominal car one I'd only dream of owning. I take it is the DC2? Absolute dream machine they are. I love the b20a engines used in the JDM Honda Civic Type R 1997 I believe. The 182bhp 1.6 N/A engine. Phenominal power out of a 1.6 road engine. Why don't they make cars like that anymore?

Is it me but isn't odd for the small end bearings to go, let alone that be the only thing wrong with it. Small end bearins sit in the con rod and take the grudgeon pin no? They take the rotations in the pin wrist. If they fail they'll take out the bottom end and destroy the bore. But That's not my point. I just wanted to make sure that's the problem. What I struggle to see is how has that failed but yet main bearings etc still be fine. By the sounds of things it's going to be a fix it job before you sell it. At the cost of £400 it would be worth fixing it to keep the car. If I were to

What a joke! Is that what you get for having nice things.

Just finished reading it. Seems like Marco is gutted about selling the car. Begs the question why he doesn't go and build another one. And he sold up for a Honda? Would that be the integra dc2 in the DP. They are absolute cracking cars. Why would you b upset about not having a starlet when you have one of my all time favourite cars. The Japs are something special. There is something about their cars that just make me all giddy inside I do like the power delivery of a V-Tec engine. You can turbo a V-Tec, can't V-Tec a turbo. On that note the new civic looks sweet. Turbo V-tec 28

I agree with the screamer pipe. I love engines and noise but for just commuting and driving about it's fecking annoying as hell lmao. Nothing wrong with Hondata's! lol. Do love Honda cars. Still very much Jap mobile. And lmao is that a window breaker?? I hope you never need to use it lol.

Very nice mate. Love the body work repairs. Something I'd like to have a crack at actually. I think you've inspired me to do some DIY repairs to my motor. Got two weeks off soon so will get it all prepped before winter comes. Ultimately want it done professionally but my first priority is to get myself a GT turbo. To be honest I don't blame you for being pissed off. Stuff as obvious as that should have been mentioned. Guttering I know. I bought a Fiat Punto GT 1.4 8V turbo. Had it a week before the wheel flew off as I was driving round town. I was lucky I didn't kill anyone! Turns out

Wossner pistons are 'OK'! Lol talk about premium brand. I run engines that push twice the original power on Wossners, they're more than okay! Well at least that's what I'm led to believe. I also run Wossner Con Rods. These tend to be marginely more expensive than other brands I've looked at. I don't know for sure which is why I'm posting because I'm surprised. Just saying engines I've built run Wossner wherever I can.

The interior is hidious! That body on the otherhand! Wow, I like that. Reminds me of Nigella Lawson: Oldish, Smokes, Drinks, Eats, Drugs -> Probably ruined inside BUT on the outside Yeah buddy! Nah that looks smart I like that. What are the plans?

To be fair it's got to be something. What fluids go through the exhaust. It's only going to be one or the other. I believe the transmission fluid is stored separately (funnily enough in the transmission) and if it's smoking then it's got to be something. As to where to post, at a guess Engines and not Newbies. This place is a community not a free garage lol. Either scroll through the many many pages of information and try and figure it out, or hope that somebody more knowledgable than me answers your questions. I will, but I ain't yet, become a Starlet Guru. But I'm planting my seeds to

Probably not going to get much help since you're posting in the wrong section. White smoke out the exhaust? Could be turbo seals? Piston rings? If oil is low and being burned it may increase the temperature of the engine with increase friction wear. Either way I wouldn't drive it until the problem is sorted....

Well that explains it then haha!