I have recently converted my S1 Elise with the Link-Up Honda conversion.
I put the car on the cornerweight scales both before and after.
Here are the results.
Weights Pre-Honda (kg)
LF - 133.0
LR - 220.5
RF - 149.5
RR - 216.0
Rear - 436.5 (61%)
Left - 353.5 (49%)
Total - 719.0
Weights Post-Honda (kg)
LF - 134.0
LR - 227.5
RF - 151.0
RR - 222.5
Rear - 450.0 (61%)
Left - 361.5 (49%)
Total - 735.0
These were both done with a drained tank and no roof, on the same Longacre scales on a level floor. The only other difference was changing from the Janspeed Supersport exhaust to the Eliseparts 6" version. The Eliseparts exhaust is 1.2 kg heavier than the Janspeed due to it being somewhat larger. I weighed them both.
Nothing else was changed during the conversion and nothing else removed or added so this is a true representation of the weight difference the Honda conversion makes.
I was a little surprised. I expected it to be between 20kg and 25kg. I wanted to make sure nothing else was changed so I could get a true reperesentation of the difference. That’s why I went to the trouble of weighing the exhausts.
Why does this upset you so much? Can’t you just accept the figues and the fact that some people want a Honda conversion and move on? Get on with whatever it is that you do and leave others to their work. Dan’s figure are correct and the coresponf to weights that I have taken and published here before. Why does it worry you so much?
So you are saying they don’t add up because Simon Scuffham stated the weight of a Honda K20a engine/box but you have no idea what that weight included and you don’t have a Honda engine to weigh yourself. Despite the fact the at least 2 compitent people on here have weighed the complete car before and after conversion. Strange attitute to adopt.
Personally I would not believe a word that comes out of Erlands mouth - he is not above doctoring the results at the very least. He has been caught lying in the past.
So now we have multiple results of before and after, lots of after results, from lots of different places, witnessed by lots of interested and disinterested parties.
I love the scientific approach of “it feels porky to move” - I can move a K20 block around without problem but add a more Kgs and I can’t; but once I can’t lift it then it may as well be 200kgs, or 300kgs.
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