Atom without the engine

Atom without the engine

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toozious

Original Poster:

44 posts

236 months

Friday 1st April 2005
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Hi all,

Does anyone know if the factory would supply an Atom without the engine?

Also, following on from the question above, does anyone know if it's possible to shoe-horn a B-series into where the 2.0 iVTEC beast sits? What series is the new Honda engine - anyone know?

I'm just thinking about ways to get more power for cheap - I had a B series running at ~200bhp in my CR-X del Sol, and that was fairly cheap to do. These B Series (B16A) are so cheap these days - around £1K and pump out 160bhp as standard - could possibly be a good cost saver.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Jonny

G Man

4,053 posts

267 months

Friday 1st April 2005
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toozious said:
Hi all,

Also, following on from the question above, does anyone know if it's possible to shoe-horn a B-series into where the 2.0 iVTEC beast sits? What series is the new Honda engine - anyone know?


Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Jonny


The engine is a K20a from a civic typeR/ Acura RSX...

It even turns the correct way ...

G Man

fir stapril

3 posts

235 months

Friday 1st April 2005
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Yes, but Jonny, you could buy Barry's car off our website for 15ish and that's 140bhp and barely run in... Then you could play with the spec later...

coxm

174 posts

242 months

Friday 1st April 2005
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Don't bother. Buy a standard one and let rip. Then flog it and upgrade to a more powerful one.

It will take forever and resale will be weak, while the rest of us enjoy our Atoms.

MC

toozious

Original Poster:

44 posts

236 months

Saturday 2nd April 2005
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fir stapril said:
Yes, but Jonny, you could buy Barry's car off our website for 15ish and that's 140bhp and barely run in... Then you could play with the spec later...


15K is my budget and I'm looking to buy next month. If he can go that low then I might need to talk with him.

Cheers,
Jonny

badge70

93 posts

249 months

Monday 4th April 2005
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Simon sold us our Atom 1 without an engine in as we knew better than him about building a K to a high spec.!!!!!

Don't do it, ended up costing loads of money, time, hassel and us selling it and getting a Mark 2!!!!

There are people coming to track days in the early Atom 120's that can still kill most things out there and have loads of fun!!!!!

I can remember struggling to keep up with Brice in his 160 Ver 1.5!!!!