Conover Motor Sports build, 1990 ITA Civic EX Sedan

[lateapex911]

At first I thought that RARB mount wasn't really tied in well, then I looked at the second picture, and heh heh heh, it's tied in...oh yea, no issues there!

[Xian]

So with the 20-30 pounds of expoy paint, how heavy will the car be?

What FD will be needed to move that slug???? 6.0:1



Oh yeah, I've been eyeballin a 88-89 Sedan locally, hrm. VIN rule?

:middlefinger:

4.7 FD will work fine. The car is weighted the same as the "regular" 88-91 Civic and CRX Si. The bare shell and cage before paint weighed in at 733#'s. With all the parts back on the car and a little fuel, it should weigh in right at or just under the min weight of 2250. Figure it this way, my CRX had all it's undercoating and needed 50lbs of lead, 20lbs of spare tire, and about 5 gallons (35lbs) of fuel to meet min weight. That's a total of something like 120-125#'s of weight that the Sedan won't need.

I believe that the VIN rule is set to go into effect for 2009. The chassis would be fine with the exception of bolt on parts like the master cylinder, front spindles, proportioning valve, front calipers. I know some others have looked at taking advantage of the VIN rule and building a similar car.

At first I thought that RARB mount wasn't really tied in well, then I looked at the second picture, and heh heh heh, it's tied in...oh yea, no issues there!

Yeah, Schimmel did a good job fitting it in there and making sure it wouldn't go anywhere.

[Xian]

Well, slight delay with the painter (death in the family). The base white is done and the suspension is starting to go back on. Should be a roller in the next couple days.









Good news is that everything looks great so far! Bad news is that it won't be ready for the SIC test day. A simple case of not enough time to have it all done right. At this point it makes much more sense to take a couple weeks more and have the car 100% for it's first outing. I'd hate to rush and miss something then have problems on track.

Christian

[bonespec]

"Great White Hope"

I'm loving the build!

[iambhooper]

perhaps it will be at the VIR test day in another month? looking great! i cant wait to see how the final producat turns out.

[raffaelli]

loooks great! all suspension parts new or just painted?

[Xian]

"Great White Hope"

I'm loving the build!

Thanks Bone!

perhaps it will be at the VIR test day in another month? looking great! i cant wait to see how the final producat turns out.

Possibly... VIR is a serious haul for me. I'm down in FL but the car is in NC.

loooks great! all suspension parts new or just painted?

A combination of new and painted. The uprights, hubs, bearings, upper control arm/balljoint assembly, and tie rods are all new. The radius rod, subframe, lower shock fork, and LCA have all been stripped and painted.