v6 prelude

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:54 pm

The torque on the j35a8 at the start of the thread was 234 lb/ft at the wheels in a broad power band

oh and it gets a 6speed box then too

Sir si turbo h22 was pushing 210 lb/ft at the fly wheel.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:19 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:One would assume it doesn't fit quite as well in a 4th ...

That prelude looks really nice but hate the engine poking out. Looks wrong.

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:46 pm

no nitin, its a speed hole, he just didnt have a round cutter, only square

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:15 pm

If someone asks what a square cutter is I'll facepalm them!!

Though I've seen some brilliant engine poke throughs, but that just looks lazy to me.

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:42 pm

yeh its not even trying. looks like it needs a big supercharger scoop, but then thats just me being biast after many years of drag racing.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:13 am

no it is lazy you only need to cut enough to go around the bit that pokes through

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:09 am

If he had to do it like he did it, he could have at least made the hole central/symmetrical

Just noticed the LEDs in his full beams though

Supermarine Blues · Post by **Supermarine Blues** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:59 am

Crazy_C wrote:I have done massive amounts of research into the J series swaps as I was looking to do a J35 swap into my old 4th gen, and at that point, a J series swap had never been done in a Prelude before. I actually got someone to run a simulation with data entry, and the handling would have been off not so much due to the weight involved, but from the movement and weight transfer in the engine. Part of the design of the Preludes is that the H22 leans back, so that you can accelerate in corners as the rock of the engine will actually transfer more weight and traction onto the front tyres under acceleration, which you don't get with the V6. The geometry in the Prelude was never designed that way.

In America, it's fine as they're mostly straight roads, but on our twisty roads, you'd be varying between understeer and lift off oversteer like mad.

Basically, great for straight lines, crap for cornering.

Actually, I'd always been impressed by how neatly back-set the H22 was and I'd not considered that. I guess the 4WS would be acting as a band-aid rather than an enhancement.

Not as if a red-top's exactly too slow, anyway. Guess V6s are for mid-mounting only and that makes most sense.