Project Steph's 1978 Honda Civic 1200

[bob78cvcc]

That car would never see daylight if it were mine.
Up on jack stands, roped off and viewable by paid admissionly!

[Steph]

That car would never see daylight if it were mine.
Up on jack stands, roped off and view-able by paid admissionly!

Well actually, there's a distinct possibility that sometime in the near future (12 months from now), it will be sitting in a showroom constantly on display as a CV of sorts.

...and yes, roped off, no food and beverages allowed, play pen (cage) out front for children, etc, etc!

I really am lazy when it comes to my photographs of late, mainly because I'm tired from working when I take them. I made the effort to walk outside for these...

[Steph]

Last photo...

[Blackbullet]

Great work and dedication 8)

[Steph]

Great work and dedication 8)

Cheers for that Jay

[Blackbullet]

Great work and dedication 8)

Cheers for that Jay

I wish i had the time to get on with some stuff, ive spent a good portion of this year working overseas. I haven't touched my civic since May :(

[Steph]

I came up with a solution to that, open an auto restoration business, then you can earn money, and restore cars at the same time.

Workshop equipment has never been cheaper, and the industrial real estate deals that are available, are insane.

Lengthy interest free periods, rooms built to accommodate office space and kitchen, new bathrooms with showers... you name it, they'll bend over backwards (or forwards, if need be), to get people to lease their empty buildings.

just saying...

[Kurt]

Very nice indeed. I have found the better quality aluminum tends to polish up better and retain the shine. The cheaper cast stuff seems to dull faster especially with some heat. You may find that with the actual engine block once its all running. Fortunately once its all sanded a bit of aluminum polish brings it back fairly easy.

[Steph]

Very nice indeed. I have found the better quality aluminum tends to polish up better and retain the shine. The cheaper cast stuff seems to dull faster especially with some heat. You may find that with the actual engine block once its all running. Fortunately once its all sanded a bit of aluminum polish brings it back fairly easy.

It's the same with old motorcycle cases, you need to polish them occasionally, but they come back easily enough. Even if you leave it for a while, a little Autosol or equivalent is still all you need to bring them back like new. I remember my brother rode his Ducati 900SS from Adelaide to Perth, and back again (5000klms) and we still managed to polish it back up like new again. Even the discolouration in the exhaust pipes comes out with Autosol... as good as new.

[Steph]

I found some very interesting numbers on carburetor and their CFM ratings today. It seems Dellorto carburetor have higher CFM ratings than their Weber counterparts, which would explain why the 35mm Dellorto don't seem to run much better than the 40mm Webers do on the 1200.

Source: CB Performance 1991 catalog- no flow specs or venturi sizes
I assume these numbers are @28" H2O per venturi

Dell'Orto 48mm DRLA 388.5cfm
Weber 48mm IDA 372.1cfm
Dell'Orto 45mm DRLA 329.3cfm
Weber 44mm IDF 292.3cfm
Dell'Orto 40mm DRLA 266.4cfm
Weber 40mm IDF 212.8cfm
Dell'Orto 36mm 205.8cfm

I would assume a 32mm Dellorto would have a rating of ~150cfm working from this table, giving a 25% reduction over the Dellorto 35s and Weber 40s,

and that fitting 32mm Dellortos would net the same flow rates as fitting a 36mm Weber, if one existed.