TurboBird Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Here's my story: I imported a F27 Superblade kit from Steve Porter in the UK in 2001. It was a complete kit including all of the donor parts, wheels and tires to build a complete car. I also purchased a used '99 FI Honda Blackbird (CBR 1100XX) motor from Steve that was shipped in the crate along with the kit. Here are some specifics - IRS with Quaife LSD, rear disc brakes Quaife reverse box 205/50R15 Falken Azenis Sport Stock '99 Fuel Injected Honda Blackbird Hahn Racecraft Turbo kit Aquamist Water Injection System Davies-Craig electric water pump Klicktronic Solenoid Shifter with shift buttons on steering wheel Performance? Astounding! Importation of the kit was a little complicated but doable. Best to higher a broker to handle the paperwork. Took about 6 or 7 months to complete the kit. Getting it titled and licensed in Illinois was not too difficult, but took about 2 months to get through the paperwork and the onsite (at my home!) inspection. A special Illinois Secretary of State VIN was assinged and fixed to the engine bay area by the state officials who inspected the car. On the road since 2002 Had a scare from the Illinois EPA in 2004 who sent me an emissions test notice. Took a while but I finally convinced them that for emissions purposes the vehicle should be classified as a motorcyle; which are not tested in Illinois. Basically a street car and yes, it has the typical driveability quirks of BEC. Still, a blast to drive and blow by the unsuspecting at 11k RPM. [/img][img]http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/741622781_0190.RA2005R1JPG.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandurath Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Nice looking BEC! Arrest Me Red too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 VERY nice... do you have a closeup of your hood/nose area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboBird Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Should have, let me dig around in my pic folders. Hood/nose is one piece - pivots from the front. This is circa 2002 - pre-larger tires, pre-turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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