A Newer, Better Engine For My Motorcycle Powered Car 

the welding through a fuel line and brake line is great. "if i can do this without dying anyone can build a car"

Unlike all the other commenters, I am not an engineer and have no valuable comment to make. All Hail

"It's good enough for now, but fortunately not that good, so I will want to change it at some point." Words to live by, right there.

That "I'm a smart man" Forrest edit got me more than one might expect.

"on brand" is why I'm here, and my reason for coming back for more

You've got 3 project cars in your garage! Most guys with midlife crises only have one half-finished car. But that means 3x the superfastmatt to watch so its cool

Just an idea, I replaced my Oil pressure switch with the Dual Bosch sensor, Gives oil pressure and Temp, that way at least you can keep an eye on things for the oil cooler.

For the VR crank sensor, since you wired it in parallel, you'll want to downsize the resistor to make it attenuate the signal more. You can also wire it in series, in which case you'll want to increase its resistance.

All these engineering insights are why we all keep coming back to your channel. All hail the engineering! Outstanding!

"I will also add a museum card explaining 'accurately' what the part does." It does nothing. That engine grenaded itself.

I love this build. I can’t click fast enough onto these videos

My grandpa used the same "engine hoist" in his garage for decades. If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid. AHTA.

My apologies if you already know this, but be sure to run a high quality motorcycle oil in the crankcase, not regular car oil. Your clutch engagement will be 100% better with motorcycle oil vs. car oil. All hail the algorithm!

You might want to add a "Certificate of Authenticity" with those parts like all the best late-night products do.

So many quotes for new shirts in this one. "I did it anyway because I like to have FUN. "Seems Sketchy but it works" front "that is pretty much how I live my life" back I so may more.

3:23 you need an Uncle Tony T-shirt -- "This is sketchy even by my standards..."

The Petersen is a great museum worth a very long visit, I can recommend buying an ice cream and wandering around the cool parking decks for a while. Finally a department store put to good use.

I like how you include the smallish did-I-just-do-that parts in the videos makes me relate a bit better.

I first saw this car on a Jay Leno show and I was impressed and to be honest I still am, I love that little car. You are the spitting image of a friend that I have who lives in Florida, his name is Dave Hofmeister and you could be his brother. Voice, face and mannerisms. Just uncanny....... Thanks Bob from Virginia USA

The algorithm didn't like my longer comment. I believe the connector for the speed sensor is a Sumitomo HX series, 3 position, top rib, likely 090" pins. It's very cheap and no harness needed.

Didn't you have a pretty busy schedule with the land speed car? Weeell might as well mess around with the motorcycle car and make a steering wheel for Robin.

As I'm watching this channel I'm more, and more convinced that I need stupid space frame car with front mounted bike engine in it.

3 wires for the charging system almost certainly don’t care which away round they are.

Dear Matt, I just saw this video, having watched about 50 of your videos, and the fact that you said "turned" rather than "lathed" got you a thumbs up and a bell

Smoking braided lines. Style points for sure.

I lost it at the forest gump scene lol! Live your life man, I'm glad there are others out there like me 🍻

"I just" ... repeat for Robins steering wheel, the Honda ... I can't help feeling the too do list for the land speed car is even longer. When is the first event ? A big push next weekend should have it covered, or ? . Love this channel. All hail

I love the honest narration style. "I screwed up this and this" "This is close enough good enough for now". 👍Just like the rest of us.

This car got me hooked on Matt. This car keeps me coming back to Matt.

Never stop doing what you're doing Matt! Your videos are the highlight of my week and always makes me smile and feel warm and fuzzy inside, just like what I imagine a a grilled marshmallow feels like.

haha ...I like the engine hoist in the end ...reminded me of my youth; we used to use a weight lifting bar(which was already hella heavy) to lift up the mini cooper engine and gearbox to install it into the car ...2 of us had to stand there holding the assembly up in the air while someone(usually my dad), yelled profanities while trying to align the mounts for bolting up ...hahaha, the good old days!

Based on the teaser at the end, it looks like that engine crane might have been a good idea...

Woohooa! Folks click that notification bell! We like those fast uploads SuperFastMatt 😎! Cheers!

Don't have anything smart to smart so I'll just feed the algorithm some engagement, keep up the great work, absolutely adore the content and all hail the algorithm!

LOL, this almost became a SuperfastMatt in space episode.

It must be something about Honda 600s. I torched through the fuel line in the engine compartment while modifying the inner fender so I could access the starter motor bolts. Fun times.

"Fat guys" when i was a kid, a motorcycle went by with a big guy on it. It was making a metallic whooshing noise. My dad said, "that guy's chain is stretched out". I never forgot that lol i always listened for it after that, and actually hear it out in the wild still.

My man, you're building one of my dream cars! I don't know why it took the algorithm so long to bring me here, but it finally did!

you should look at a quick shifter, allows you to not use the clutch every time you shift

I had a similar issue on my Honda motorcycle when I changed the CDI. Mine is an old CBR400RR so may be different but idk. Turns out there's a speed sensor wire which needs a voltage or else the bike thinks it's doing 112mph all the time and cuts the ignition at around 6000rpm. I spliced a live wire into it and it worked. Don't know if this is a similar issue to what you're having but might be worth a look.

For missing connectors, get some insulated spade connectors of the right size. Use a thin coat of Vaseline or silicone brake lubricant in the sensor hole, install the spade connectors then form a connector shape out of some tape. Now pour in some Dow Corning 733 silicone or G2 flexible epoxy to make yourself a handy DIY connector. Do let it properly cure first. G2 takes 3 days. You did crimp the wires onto the spade connectors first, riiiight?

All hail the algorithm. Thanks for the post Matt.

13:12. That’s a sweet yellow CVCC Civic! It looks like your old hood-hole worked out eh?

those three yellow wires have no order, they're three phase power from the stator and go more or less straight into a bridge rectifier in the reg/rect to be turned into DC

Damn, I'm glad I'm not the only one that is crazy about this car

If anyone doubts that your chain hoist attached to your garage rafters is a bad idea, I have a worse one. Back around 1972, I put a 327 small block Chevy V8 into my Mum's 1963 Chevy II wagon. I did almost exactly what you did but the 2x4 supports were just an afterthought. And I only used one. I put that that engine in and took it out far too many times. So many in fact that I could do it by myself in just a few minutes. The tranny was attached and I got the angle just about right until the engine was most of the way in at which time I'd stand with one foot on the front bumper and the other on the top of the crank pulley to lift the rear of the tranny up a bit to land it on top of its mount. 50 years later I'm still here. So, maybe your hoist wasn't such a bad idea after all Matt.

Randomly came across this channel recently and I've been binging ever since. I love the engineering technicals coupled with the "fuck it I'm lazy" methods. Plus your narration is on point. Gimme more!

Congrats on getting the new engine in! All hail the algorithm!

The stator wires can go any which way. They are AC current. The R/R changes AC to DC and regulates the voltage.

Looks like some Mad Max engineering for the guy that dies before the opening credits start in a spectacular fire caused by a big rig with huge spiked wheels.

This has become my favorite channel

Good to see the circles and ovals are working 👍

Supperrr late, that sensor on the diff is a speed sensor. Can use that for a speedometer.

Love the fastest powered slow car teaser at the end!

You have the most reasonable number of projects of any other Cartuber I watch.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one forgetting to clamp back the ground of my welder. I feel your pain brother.

Probably someone has already commented but if that isn't the case, the three yellow wires from the rectifier come from a star or delta configuration where either way you connect them you'll get the same output. I had the same question when building my first wiring on a bike and marked everything so I wouldn't mix them only to later find out it didn't matter.

I love this car so much, I always wanted to find an old Triumph TR6 and throw a Triumph Rocket Motor in it… keep up the good work!

Next engine should be a ktm 1290 it has a dry sump systems built in. Or a Motus v4 1650 cc 180 bhp and 160 Nm torque 123 lb.ft hydraulic lifters.

All haill the Superfastness of Matt.

Don't tell any of the other channels I am subbed to, but you're my favorite RU-vid channel.

I can finally click the like button on your videos now that you have correctly used the term turned instead of that other f'ing word.

RU-vidrs who publish their mistakes, then solve them and move on are the real heroes.

Matt here. Thank you for keeping our name strong.

Another riveting episode, safer than welding apparently :¬) keep up the good work.

It doesn't really matter in what order the three yellow wires from the stator to the regulator are connected. A common fix on older Hondas (and a lot of other bikes too) is the "3 yellow wire fix" where the connectors are cut off and the wires soldered directly together. The connectors there are a common failure point, they melt and burn due to corrosion from not being as watertight as they should be. Another fairly common thing is to replace the stock regulator with something like a Shindengen FH020AA or SH847 as they run cooler, can handle higher loads, have watertight connectors and just perform better and more reliably overall.

All hail the algorithm

Off road guys use suspension limit straps for drive shaft loops. Cheap, easy, works good.

I can't wait until the next slow car fast episode

Matt is literally the guy in the Honda with a laptop on the passenger seat

Life is good. All Hail!

you are a madman in the best kind of way.

That was a Good Enough™ episode.

"I'ts ALIVE!" yaays!

What a mighty pork sword at 7:10!

"actual, Hot garbage.." LOL! killed me.

Ahhh, welding with a bad ground... I've seen arc flash going through crank bearings. It's very... sad. 😬

The oil pressure tensor, use a extension, don’t bolt it directly to the engine, the vibration is going to kill the sensor. We do that for Hayabusa engine

i just recently found out what a coolant bypass is since im removing the factory pump assembly and going to a complete custom setup. the fact that you brushed over it like nothing made me giggle since 90% of the rest of car guys probably have NO CLUE why you even mentioned it. You make everything look so easy!

12:43 peep that beautiful W124 Estate

On the welding ground wire, you can connect it to a magnet and it'll attach itself almost anywhere. Look good, God bless.

Hooray, my favourite internet car is on the road again. Well done

In the voltage rectifyer because the AC voltage is filtered through the diodes and the diodes are all going the same direction I wouldn’t assume there would be any issue with how ever it gets hooked up.

Finally the Honda is fixed...kinda!👍

Back on the road. Nice. All hail the algorithm.

I seem to buy and then sell an engine crane every few years when I need one. I did end up holding on to the most recent one as my garage is currently so packed with crap it doesn't meaningfully impact its lack of space. #logic Rafter-winch-hoist works as long as you can roll the vehicle out from under it!

Yes, it’s turning not lathing. Thank you for teaching your fellow countrymen how to talk correct engineering speak. Loving this project. I always think I could do that - easily, until you quickly brush over how you solved an issue I hadn’t even considered, and still don’t fully comprehend. The rev limit thing is indeed odd. But congratulations on fitting your new engine and making the show.

Motorcycle charging systems (on remotely modern streetbikes) are 3 phase and order of the phases doesn't matter.

Just noticed the license plate… awesome. All hail the algorithm.

So … is there still any BMW parts in the car? I ask because that would explain turn signal technique when changing lanes.

Original Toshiba headlights circa late 60's are rare as hen's teeth. I bagged mine and run modern Sylvania halogens for daily driving. Brighter, too. Mount the old ones for show only.

It's alive... Tiny car back at it. You have done more on you 4-5-10? projects in the past 3 weeks, than I have on my one project in the past 3 years. I now feel more lame than usual. Thanks, thanks alot. LOL

Electrical current went through the rear brake line... And this FUEL LINE😂

The whole concept is cool and the way you achieve things, The crazy thing is how much people spend to have hand clutches etc installed if you have a disability .....its all about the fun :)

you can buy a drive shaft adapter for that engine, they are used in mod lite race cars.

I like the little slap bass riffs.

Yeah, done that with the mass of the welder going through a braided hose! Does cause some fires🔥, but as long as you do the welding outside, you don't die🤪 (too much).

7:57 that's the stator plug, it doesn't need to be correct, you can wire it anyhow on the harness

Your videos are always worth the wait Matt!

I recently pulled a 4 cylinder 3 liter solid iron boat motor out by a rafter. So your bike engine isn’t even close to sketchy! SN: it held just fine but it was way harder than just buying a lift, which is what I did to put the motor back in.