Rush2112

Older picture of my Frankenbike project... I'm calling it my RVF800. There used to be a build thread but I can't find it. ... and I picked up a new drive. I wanted a used 2 seater convertible hard top with a manual transmission and this is one of the few ones I could find. When I bought it there were only 3 SLK350's for sale in the U.S. with manual trannys. Nobody in U.S. buys a MB with a manual shift. Needed a little work and I paid half what I paid for my wife's Civic.... and it's versatile too!

Damn!!! That is one sexy ride... I’ll grab some pics when I get on my laptop

+1, couldn’t agree more I’ve got a Y2K pushing through ceramic coated 99 headers with polished welds and a PCII and I never got the ignition table to run well... I didn’t spend to much time on it because I didn’t have access to a Dyno and I didn’t want to risk engine damage. To be safe you need knock sensors on the engine that pick up detonation before you start hearing it when advancing timing. I used crowd logic and averaged all the corresponding cells of every available table from the company for a 5th gen PCII then smoothed all the transitions from neighboring cells for my map. Runs really well on my bike, only issue is some subtle surging and adjusting at the flapper valve transition rpms (mine is de-flappered). I also have a RB Race with wide band O2 NIB that I was planning on installing with new performance headers... planning on welding on an O2 bung this Spring on my current headers. I’ll post up if I get some dyno runs.

A super single for the street would be a blast!!!

Did you try a Mity-Vac or another vacuum brake bleeding device? I did my LBS with new braided SS lines and it came out great. Patience and systematic approach and everything worked well. Trick was to vacuum bleed the upper valve under the seat. Brake performance was greatly improved.

+1... rubbing is racing... The kid made a couple of bad split second racing decisions...

I guess I'll answer my own question... looks like they spread the front primary pipes to make room for the 8th gen fan.

Looks pretty similar to the old VTEC Delkevic headers... what's the difference?

Either you or me is finishing it, Man! If I don’t have it running by this time next year, and I earn a bonus at work, it gets boxed up to you for completion ... I’ll even include my spreadsheets No doubt it will turn out better that way!

Thanks Man! Tough to argue with that logic... Good to be back... haven't gone for a ride yet this year, last ride was with KD last year. Weather has been crazy, 91°F yesterday and it's going to have a high of 40°F on Sunday. I need to get some new rubber for the ol' girl & I need to get back wrenching on the project bike, I need to make time for that. Thanks Duc! You're right, it's funny...some things don't change! BTW... I need tires, what's the best combination? I'm thinking of sticking with my Angel GTs... LOL Thanks! Pleasure to meet you! That's Carl Fogarty's ("Foggy") RC45 from World Superbike, I'm not sure of the year... maybe 1996. ... you're in Vista? I was in Oceanside 2 weeks ago and I'll be back in San Marcos & Oceanside the beginning of next month.

Thanks Folks! I'm thinking of buying a TIG welder, teaching myself how to weld, and making the headers myself... If I'd thought of that 4 years ago we would all have headers by now

Hello to old friends and new! I wanted to properly say hello after a prolonged absence…. It has been almost two years since I contributed to the forum. I had a lot of issues develop over that time, took 6 months for my thumb to heal from TMAC (my ego is still bruised…), survived two re-orgs at work, couple of surgeries, wife, house, kids, school, dog, you name it… and the frustration of the Tyga header project blowing-up in the 11th hour after putting $5k of my own money up and two years of work to try to make it happen… I had to step back for a bit. I want to thank Griff, Kyle, and Mark for reminding me of why I ride and what makes VFRD such an amazing forum! … and to HS, BR, CC, TTC, Seb, KK, ZZ, Dutchy, Mohawk, BLS, Veefer, CRRC, RS, Yokel, and the rest of the gang… Thanks for everything! I hope you’ll forgive me for dropping out and don’t mind if I crash the party! Words of wisdom... Have to post a bike picture... One for Dutchy

Hey Dutchy! Thanks for the lol... can always count on you for the double entendre Love the look of your SP2... that's my favorite Honda race livery scheme!

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Wow! It's like looking in a mirror... that sounds just like me

PS: ... if the ambient temperature is above the dew point you probably won't see any milkiness when you start the bike.

Not to worry... all internal combustion engines have moisture in the oil until it gets up to temperature. Water is one of the byproducts of combustion and the last time you rode your bike the moisture still left in the crankcase cooled and condensed. When you next started the engine the water gives the oil a milky look until the oil temp rises enough to boil it off. It does give you a visual reminder of one of the reasons why you should warm your bike up before revving it hard.

Well done, Griff! Best looking 5th gen out there just got even better! You'll leave me in the dust in the twisties on my porker

If it was a full TBR system the seller would have bragged about it. The TBR header will discharge from a slightly different location so the mid-pipe needs to be different... it wouldn't be a standard slip-on that fits the OEM discharge location. Measure the primary pipe diameters and post a few pics... owners of TBR systems will be able to spot if it is the real deal.

Might be a stupid question... but is the bank angle sensor mounted with the right orientation?

That would be a ride out that I would love be on... ... and if I couldn't be on it I would LOVE to hear the group of them pull out!