Conover Motor Sports build, 1990 ITA Civic EX Sedan

[Xian]

Figured that some of you over here hadn't seen/heard about the new car build that Conover Motor Sports http://www.raceconover.com is doing for me. CMS was also instrumental in the build of Kirk Knestis' ITB VW Golf... anyone who has seen that car understands the level of prep they deliver.

The car is being built for ITA as the chassis is spec'd at the same weight at the 88-91 Civic/CRX Si.

Before gutting/cage/etc but with a test fit of the suspension and race wheels/tires



Out comes all the interior, glass, engine, tranny, and most of the body panels





Test fit of the race seat and mounts

[Xian]

Custom cage courtesy of Chris Schimmel with Competition Cages http://www.competitioncages.com/





It'll have a Speedway style rear bar... here Chris is welding in the custom mounts



Dry-break fitting for the 22 Gallon Enduro style fuel cell

[Xian]

Wiring will be inspected re-installed per IT Rules



The engine bay, wheel wells, and underside of the car are all being cleaned up





The chassis will be painted with a white epoxy base paint on a rotisserie ("body in white"). The body panels will then go on and the exterior painted Laguna Blue. The car is currently at with the painter. Feel free to check the build site here for updates: http://www.raceconover.com/buildcivic.htm

Christian

[JeffYoung]

That's gonna be a NICE race car. Down to the tub and build it back up.

[Ron Earp]

Christian, that is going to be one heck of a nice car. Chris Schimmel at Competition Cages does great cage work. I'm looking forward to the day when I get to do a car the way yours is getting done now - ground up.

Now when you put it back together be sure to get the motor pointed the right way and connect it to the right set of wheels!

R

[Xian]

Thanks!

After racing a pre-built car (Richy Gonalez's old CRX) for a couple of seasons, I realized that there were some things that I wanted to do "differently" on the cage... after juggling figures on freshening the entire car and changing some of the cage design, it turned out to not be not much more expensive to sell the existing car as a roller and build new.

Ron, I'll see if I can get the rear end mini-tubbed and turn the engine 90*... that's IT legal right?

Christian

PS
If either of you guys get interested in running the longer 13-24hr enduro's, let me know... going to have some rental seats available next year...