They are still ‘lower motorsport series’, lower than F1 in the case of F3 and DTM in the case of BTCC… You are just picking at small details because Simon obviously rubs you up the wrong way!
As for any of this being detrimental… How could it be? Does any of it damage an engine? Detrimental in that it stops people spending 10k on a Honda engine? How can this article actually effect people in a negative way?
Yes, Simon does rub me up the wrong way and began to do so the first time he decided to pick up the phone, out of the blue, to spend half an hour persuading me that I was a complete buffoon for replacing the Rover engine I never liked with a rice cooker (or did he say boat anchor?). Maybe he was right, but then maybe 12000 trouble free and massively enjoyable miles with the rice bubbling away in the back proves him wrong? Not that I want to get into a Honda versus Rover debate because that�s been done to death and both engines have a track record that can be scrutinised to find the answer.
Of course his preachings can be detrimental. If somebody invests in engine work under the belief that he is offering some sort of miracle cure that turns their clunky VHPD into a silky smooth road rocket they may well get badly stung.
I can understand why some people are put off this article by the gushing praise for the K series, and the way it dismisses other engines as poor imitations, but if you’re prepared to look past all that at the real content, it’s obvious there’s a lot of good info in there.
What good info? All he has done is outlined a couple of well known design flaws in the Rover engine, criticised a couple of ill thought out modifications done by less reputable tuning shops and then suggested that a couple of basic performance engine building techniques. Not really cutting edge stuff.
If Simon wants to help people to make their engines more powerful and more reliable then good on him.
He was unbelievably friendly and helpful towards me during my recent rebuild, although I opted not to do anything special with mine, other than balancing and careful rebuilding.
I�m all for helping people out with their Rover engines and there are plenty of people that want to enjoy the benefits they give, it�s the way Simon goes about it that irritates me and also the fact that he doesn�t seem to have any results to back up his claims.
It does seem that some people here have decided after some teething troubles with their K series that they must change to a Honda, and then they feel they must defend this decision very aggressively. I respect their decisions, but I don’t feel they need to slag off the K series in such a way.
Surely Simons input is the sort of thing a site like this can really benefit from. Please give him a little respect even if you don’t like everything he says.
I hated my VHPD well before I heard about Honda conversions and unfortunately I had more than just a few teething problems, as have many people. Whilst I�m happy to convey the virtues of Honda engine conversions to people I�m not bothered about justifying my decision to buy one. If you want to know why I did it you can borrow the keys�
Anyway, the bottom line is that everyone can and will have there own opinions. Lets put a balanced view across though?