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OK, so I did my first road test yesterday evening with my 2cyl Honda Accord.
Recap of the mods thus far - removed 2 pistons, removed rocker arms, plugged fuel rail, and removed the A/C compressor (needed to buy a shorter alternator belt - $30).
I still need to modify the throttle body and the idle circuits so that the ECU mapping will still work properly as right now as soon as I give it any kind of real throttle (more than 10-15% throttle) I effectively get twice the O2 that the ECU/engine can handle...
This is reported by the ECU going out of closed-loop.
So my road tests were all done at as close to closed throttle as possible, meaning in the bottom of my 4th and 5th gears.
Results - with the present limitations of the throttle body/ECU mapping I can only utilise the first 1/4 of my throttle so acceleration is not ideal.
And, at highway speeds (100km/h) I can maintain even on the cruise in 5th gear.
**Good news** according to my data logger I averaged around 6l/100km - which is even better than I originally estimated.
I'll let you know how the throttle body mods go. Gotta try to do this as cheaply as possible too.
Accord_Guy
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