So, what's the status of the K motor? Been couple months and many pages since any comment?
Mornin', Jack -
Steve Demirjian still has it. He works for Darton, and was willing to take it on as a side project. I understand he's the guy who did the Hondata block set-up.
He's been waylaid by an increased workload from Darton. I get it - you make hay when the sun shines.
After that, it gets shipped off to one of his compadres for align honing of the crank journals. He's got everything to do it - block, girdle, deck plate, studs.
But again, the damned thing is an orphan - I can't call Summit and order the parts off the shelf, and what we're looking to do is bulletproof the thing. I'm seeing nowhere - be it turbo 2 liter versions in Great Britain, or even Andy Green's Factory backed EX 255 in the late 90's - where they've gone as far as we're going to assure reliability.
If it's worth killing, it's worth overkilling.
As it was with the crank, it's a waiting game on my end. The most irritating thing to me at this point is that I'd like to lock in rod and piston height, but until the block comes back and I have exact measurements to work with, I'm kinda like a buoy - still afloat, drifting a little bit, but still anchored and on the horizon.
In other news, I did a 40 mile excursion in the Frankensprite on Saturday, without having to call a tow truck or an ambulance. Finally got it into 5th gear - 60 mph = 1800 RPM - just off of fast idle. But the front tires are out-of-round to the point that they're not able to balance them. New skins are on order, and I need to figure out some sort of axle retaining strap. At full excursion - and please, don't ask how I discovered this - the drive shaft, which is boxed, hits on the bottom of the drive shaft tunnel.
This is why they call it a "shake down".
I DID surprise a Panamera owner who thought he could outpace me on the on-ramp to I-94 in Waukesha. I don't think he actually saw me until I was in front of him, but I'm reasonabley certain he heard me comin'.
Once it's sorted, this is likely going to be a fun little turd.