V6 Honda Mk1

That's shaping up nicely, I especially like the intake. Are the red bits on the subframe engine mounts? If so, that's a good change from the old type

Russell

Flywheel was being lightened last week. One of the criticisms of the kit was a heavy feeling rotating mass there. So hopefully mine will spin up more freely. Hopefully our upgraded flywheel spacer will be back as well.

I think the parts which could have been upgraded will all have been identified and done. Makes sense while it's all in bits.

I won't say never, but hopefully it will be right first time. The "only" parts I could improve would be the transmission. Gearbox, shafts, hubs at high cost. All import only too. So will wait. Only to be done if I decide I want crazy power down the line. Although I can't see why anyone would need more than 300.

The doors alone were a mission. Stripped, zinced, made thin birch varnished plywood panels, coated in premo leather, speakers and radio junk gone, replaced by 0.5kg JBL Bluetooth speaker (for satnav and background tunes)

Loads of there missions happened. But it's too many pics to ask Wannabe to upload. Details like custom zoom indicators with stainless steel c clamps (not adhesive pads) and proper old school mazda bulbs (not bin when they die LED).

Etc. Been a bit busy on details like that while I was saving up. Did things like Garagestar wing braces, bumper cut, flipping numberplate, tons of stuff. 100+ photos

It looks cleaner in small online photos. The reality is, I'm not really a car polisher. It would benefit from a full restoration in years down the line. For now I've been focused on the mechanics. The Enkei are only clean and dust free in the snap above as they had only just come back from Lepsons powder coaters. Now they can revert to being matt and dusty.

Interior mods were mainly to save mass. But I got carried away on details.

Outside I did some basics like adding more cooling to the bonnet. I will add my ducktail soon, which I've had and modified since over a year ago. Then that will do for the outside for the time being.

In the future, once its all been tested and I save for ages... I'd love to have: Full front cage, half dash cut, remove heater system, add scratch resistant plastic window kit to the side and rear, bare metal respray in a different colour, powder coated all items like suspension. Then rebuild with new rubbers, nuts, bolts.

Way, way down the line. But an end goal.

NA tuning potential is more than enough, with drop in Honda parts and good breathing mods

I was toying with the idea of a mild tune up via cams later on. As you suggest that rough target would be good. Alternatively I could effectively increase the cc with different drop in Honda parts. So go to 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 etc.

Going for a supercharger would be a LOT more power, so everything would need upgrading: gearbox, shafts, hubs etc.