[gotovato]

Dude, that's awesome!! I subscribed to your channel! Nice driving! Makes me want to go out for a drive here. We have no track but we do have nice winding roads around. How do you record with all the speed, lap, and Gs, on there?

thanks for the sub!

I do enjoy a good back road cruise as well!! Being winter here now for the next 4 months I won’t be driving much. Just waiting impatiently for spring lol.

the data overlay you see on that video is actually footage from my buddies veloster N. He is using the garmin catalyst which is a lap timer/data collection unit that includes a camera.

the other overlays on some of my other videos are from my GoPro using the internal gps for some telemetry data.

I have a lap timer I use for myself but it’s nothing fancy.

 

[gotovato]

Well lately I’ve literally been weighing the options. Full race 3” exhaust? Or custom titanium exhaust. Price difference is about double but the weight savings with titanium is significant. With my other minor weight savings, if I went Ti for exhaust it would put the car down into the 2700’s. Wouldn’t take much more past that to get it into the 2600’s. Maybe I’m crazy but I think titanium exhaust will be happening this season!!

really wanna get rid of the crappy stock cat back.

 

[MauiSI]

If you do decide to go that route, I cannot wait to see the pics and how it affects your lap times!

 

[gotovato]

If you do decide to go that route, I cannot wait to see the pics and how it affects your lap times!

Yea I really think I’m going to go with the titanium exhaust. To hit the weight I want to with the car, without gutting the interior the Ti exhaust helps shave some good weight.

 

[MauiSI]

Yea I really think I’m going to go with the titanium exhaust. To hit the weight I want to with the car, without gutting the interior the Ti exhaust helps shave some good weight.

Sounds awesome! Full interior while still hitting your weight goals!

 

[gotovato]

Probably one of the nicest parts I’ve ever purchased.

Very very excited for these. The build quality is unreal. I was not expecting this.
Fortune auto 510 series with swift springs
10k front 16k rear

they include shock dyno graphs for front and rear. Build certificate is signed by the builder once, then the QA guy, then the final QA guy. These look amazing.

they are hand built to order in the USA. The valving and internal pistons are also built in the USA. Not just over seas crappy shim stacks.

Now just for my crazy stoptech kit to show up…

 

[MauiSI]

Damn those are nice! What made you choose those spring rates?

 

[gotovato]

Damn those are nice! What made you choose those spring rates?

Spring rates were decided based on the weight of the car, and the tire I’ll be running. The staggered rate will allow the car to rotate easier and it will help eliminate understeer but it will be very oversteer heavy. Going to take me sometime to adjust to the new setup that’s for sure.

 

[gotovato]

Couple of updates here as of late,


5.5 hour round trip for this great deal.

K20z3 long block with 70k miles on it. That’s like brand new for one of these fuckers. This is a spare for my car. It’s going to be getting some 9000rpm+ mods and some “it might see boost” prep but otherwise it’ll be stock.

SO clean lol. The valve cover underside is also CLEAN. This thing did not miss and oil change.

It’ll be getting valve train, ported type R oil pump, and arp head studs. That’ll support 9000rpm+ and a couple psi should that day come…

 

[gotovato]

Little update on this “spare motor”.

my Honda guy has more or less complied a list for me, most of which is on order currently.

arp head studs
Gasket kit
King bearings
Super tech springs and retainers
Type R oil pump
…
Forged rods and pistons…

it’s about to get exciting. He’s hooking me up on the engine internals so yea…it’s escalating. I’ll be starting to tear this motor down ASAP to determine the condition of the cylinder walls…if it’s in good shape we’ll hone it and send it with 86mm pistons and good to go.

forged rods and pistons will mean I can spin the motor well into 9000rpm land reliably…I cannot wait.

 

[MauiSI]

Damn bro! How did you score finding that motor?! Congrats man!! Excited to see this as I have the same goal to get a spare motor and build it. Looking forward to seeing more updates!

 

[gotovato]

Damn bro! How did you score finding that motor?! Congrats man!! Excited to see this as I have the same goal to get a spare motor and build it. Looking forward to seeing more updates!

Haha so it was listed on Facebook market place but the guy was way out of the city. Figured most wouldn’t be willing to make the drive so I did and it looks like I got a pretty good deal!
I’m going to pick up one more of these motors and just leave it assembled stock as another spare. Since I’ll be tracking the car heavily spare motors are great peace of mind lol.

 

[MauiSI]

Haha so it was listed on Facebook market place but the guy was way out of the city. Figured most wouldn’t be willing to make the drive so I did and it looks like I got a pretty good deal!
I’m going to pick up one more of these motors and just leave it assembled stock as another spare. Since I’ll be tracking the car heavily spare motors are great peace of mind lol.

LOL that's awesome dude! Being in Hawaii, good deals like that are less likely to come by haha!

 

[gotovato]

LOL that's awesome dude! Being in Hawaii, good deals like that are less likely to come by haha!

Yea I’m very lucky. It seems there are a ton of these cars around locally, and a ton of guys modding them/parting them out. Need to pick up a spare transmission still but those are going for more then the engines $$$$ wise lol. Crazy

 

[MauiSI]

Yea I’m very lucky. It seems there are a ton of these cars around locally, and a ton of guys modding them/parting them out. Need to pick up a spare transmission still but those are going for more then the engines $$$$ wise lol. Crazy

Ship one to me! 😜

 

[gotovato]

Ship one to me! 😜

If it was reasonable too I would! There are a few for sale locally right now. Must grab another lol!

 

[MauiSI]

Lol what are the price ranges over there? Looking online for one looks like 4-5k for completed with trans. That's almost as much as I bought my entire car lol

 

[gotovato]

Lol what are the price ranges over there? Looking online for one looks like 4-5k for completed with trans. That's almost as much as I bought my entire car lol

The motor I just picked up was $800cad. They are 800-1100cad for complete long blocks.
The transmissions are going for 1100-1500cad around here. Little steep I think lol.

 

[MauiSI]

No way! I wonder what shipping would be lol? I think you are a ways away from Hawaii though. Last I checked it was around $4k to ship an integra from the east coast of the US. Maybe $1-2 to get it to Hawaii? Not worth it if shipping is more than the motor but if it's cheaper than anywhere else I'm looking than it may be worth it 😂.

 

[gotovato]

No way! I wonder what shipping would be lol? I think you are a ways away from Hawaii though. Last I checked it was around $4k to ship an integra from the east coast of the US. Maybe $1-2 to get it to Hawaii? Not worth it if shipping is more than the motor but if it's cheaper than anywhere else I'm looking than it may be worth it 😂.

Shipping definitely won’t be cheap. I’m in Canada lol!! I mean we can look into it worst case sure but yea it’ll be a little money for sure haha