I don’t think I’m in the right forum but it looks like you guys know your Hondas!
A little background. I am in my 60s. All I ever had that is a Honda is motorcycles. I still ride my ST1300.
I am wanting to build a mid engine 73 Beetle. I see all these high powered Hondas and since they are abundant and built so dependable I have decided to use a Honda for this. I built a 51 Chevy and put an LS engine in it by myself so I am somewhat capable but I followed LS1.com which had some great articles and information on doing it.
So basically I won’t have any kind of wiring in the car to start with.Is there any infro that can guide me in acquiring a Honda engine and hopefully a manual transmission to do such a thing. I know GM has Vats to lock the computer. I don’t know one thing about Hondas but I don’t want to read 500 posts and just get confused.I will read what I need too tho if directed to it. Like I said I’m kinda old but havnt grew up yet. Lol.. I would like to have 250-300 hp. I was gonna do a GM ecotec turbo 2.0 but they are too expensive to buy a wrecked car to get everything I will need. Pullapart is available so I would think I could gather up parts.
So.. can I have any help on selecting a engine and trans and control system? Should be a cool project but it looks like you guys are more in swapping from Honda to Honda. Ps. I am a machinist and have a nice selection of tools to use so I can modify as needed. Thanks Jim
A little background. I am in my 60s. All I ever had that is a Honda is motorcycles. I still ride my ST1300.
I am wanting to build a mid engine 73 Beetle. I see all these high powered Hondas and since they are abundant and built so dependable I have decided to use a Honda for this. I built a 51 Chevy and put an LS engine in it by myself so I am somewhat capable but I followed LS1.com which had some great articles and information on doing it.
So basically I won’t have any kind of wiring in the car to start with.Is there any infro that can guide me in acquiring a Honda engine and hopefully a manual transmission to do such a thing. I know GM has Vats to lock the computer. I don’t know one thing about Hondas but I don’t want to read 500 posts and just get confused.I will read what I need too tho if directed to it. Like I said I’m kinda old but havnt grew up yet. Lol.. I would like to have 250-300 hp. I was gonna do a GM ecotec turbo 2.0 but they are too expensive to buy a wrecked car to get everything I will need. Pullapart is available so I would think I could gather up parts.
So.. can I have any help on selecting a engine and trans and control system? Should be a cool project but it looks like you guys are more in swapping from Honda to Honda. Ps. I am a machinist and have a nice selection of tools to use so I can modify as needed. Thanks Jim