@@Clio_trackcar_project dankjewel! De MR2 moet nog wel wat upgrades krijgen, maar is al best leuk zo. Met mn Elise reed ik 2:01, dus 11s sneller per rondje haha! Op jouw filmpje die 114i is mijn broer trouwens! Is een 130i 🤫

@@benniekerkhof haha, die maat van mij zegt ook nog 114i. mooi. Goeie keuzes hoor elise en nu dus een mr2. zijn ook lekker licht, dat scheelt een hoop.

@@asrarfazli7768 it's not my daily or holiday car 😂

Nice! Yes it was a beautiful evening. Thank you! I still don't know what the 007 smoke screen was tho 😂 it didn't smoke the rest of the day..

@@benniekerkhof i was wondering too but those toyota are solid haha

A lot of fun for a lot less money haha! Elise is obviously quicker but pricewise the MR2 is just more fun, less risk so driving on the limit is more fun to do

@@benniekerkhof I was thinking of buying the MR2 Spider for that exact reason and of course K swapping it . And it seems more practical a day to day run about with an actual interior with aircon and radio lol . If you can get a hard top even better .

@@johnnystoka6625 Well it's like an Elise with the things you miss in an Elise indeed haha! Electric windows, ABS, power steering, good lightning, better isolation, more reliable. Only the luggage space is very minimal on the MR2. But for now I'm very happy with the car! A 2ZZ swap is on it's way so the lack of power will be solved soon too :)

Ja daar wordt wat aan gedaan hahs motorswap komt er nu aan. Nee schrapen is het plastic scherm voor, dat wordt vanzelf minder hahaha

@@benniekerkhof wordt HONDA powered? K-blok?

@@ACCORDriver_NL Toyota 2zz, de B18 concurrent

Thanks man! Yes I want to but life has changed a bit haha I still own it though so maybe in the future I'll have some more time for it 😊

Everything is Honda, also the 6 speed gearbox

@@benniekerkhof Ah! I guess AutoTopNL was confused when he test drove it. Nice job BTW. hope to do that to mine in the future.

@@GaryNMorgan indeed! He thought the gearbox was Lotus, but only the shifter is Lotus, the rest Honda/Stark conversion parts. Do it! It'll be the best waste of money ever haha

@@benniekerkhof I’ll have to buy some brown trousers first! Did you build the engine, or just swap?

@@GaryNMorgan just a swap with full bolt ons and a tune, 251hp 240Nm. Fast enough and very reliable 👌

Thanks man! Yes I own the car sice 2009 🙂

I'd go for the AWD setup haha far less work, everything is done already and you can buy everything. For a mid engine conversion there is much more work involved (think about cutting the chassis, coolant lines, fuel lines, fuel tank, braking system/bias, shifter linkage, wiring loom) and you need to think yourself about bumpsteer and handling and how to make everything work. If I would do it all over again, I'd go for a far more easy swap like an AWD conversion, mid engine is not worth the time and money or just buy an MR2 and kswap it

​@@benniekerkhof True true, I have tried to look for info on mid engine swaps on del sols and there is not that much info about it and it seems most people who start doing it gives up before it's even half way done. The AWD has been done so much that you can buy kits to fit drive shafts and differentials etc, I don't really understand suspension geometry and how to calculate it so it scares me to screw it up going the mid engine route when there is not that much info about it, All it takes is that one detail missed out on and then you are stuck. I could buy and mr2, Would love to have one but the Del Sol I just fell in love with I have spent more time and money on it than all my other cars combined, It's my first car that I am actually building on, Coilovers instead of cut springs etc etc no shortcuts or hack jobs😅 Either way good job on your Sol, It is one of if not the most impressive Del Sol build I have seen it's also impressive to see that you still have it and didn't sell it off once it was built.

Hello! Thanks a lot! It's a great car, the swap completely transformed the car 😍 the swap costed around 10.000 euro

@@benniekerkhofnot bad at all (might cost a little more now do to inflation and material costs) but that really isn’t bad at all! That gives me a lot of hope!

@@benniekerkhof I was also going to ask you if there’s enough space for a turbo or if the engine barely fits as is.

@@cameronrodriguez2863 in an Elise there is not much room, unless you want to remove the luggage compartment. In an Exige/motorsport body there is much more room. That's why they choose a compressor like Jackson Racing more often in an Elise instead of a turbo. Also there is very little room in the compartment for an intercooler setup, especially if you have already a catchcan, oil cooler and a fuel surge tank.

I'm pretty positive it's from "spoilerking"

Yes 😊

Haha yes but very light

Do you have suggestions?

No I quite like how they fit, is it standard body or is it widened?@@benniekerkhof

No! It's a Lotus Elise

It's from 1984

@@benniekerkhofsweet man. What kinda mods you got on there?

These are from Aerie Performance. Sound great indeed!

Hi, did you have any engine light after install? or tune? how is it holding up after half a year?

I did myself :)

cost + honda. See the cost difference between the del sol and NSX and it will not longer be a mystery to you.

@@zydomason this car could’ve been a MR2 competitor. I can’t imagine it would’ve taken away sales from the NSX the much if it just had a B16 in it. Light and nimble but the NSX would’ve been for real “power”

Because it's a Civic...a CRX specifically, ppl seem to forget that. The Del Sol is essentially a CRX roadster.

@@Aleiza_49 it looks more like it would be a successor to the Honda Beat rather than a CRX.

@@omarawilson2853 The platform used, parts source and the engine placement makes it closer to a CRX.

Works perfect like this 😊 it's running for 7 years already. Also added some fans in the engine bay

@@benniekerkhof awesome

@@benniekerkhofyou should do a video on all you did to it to make that work, I wonder how the cars weight bias is

@@jacobadair4354 buildthreads made a vid of it! Search for it :)

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