Building the ultimate 1st Gen CRX...
06-25-2004, 01:52 PM
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Building the ultimate 1st Gen CRX...
Well, after a long and very difficult journey, this car has gone from something already truly awesome, to something that defies all words... everyone who has seen it in person usually says something along the lines of 'Holy ----!'... but needless to say, everyone loves it.
Of course there is still come clean-up and stuff to do to it before its owner picks it up, but with the header panel and bumper on the car, you can't really see much of it at all.
This car will be at N10 as well, so all of you going to N10 will get a chance to see the car in person... the pictures really don't do this car any justice whatsoever... it must be seen
By the way, there is a complete photo-journal on our website of this project, from start-to-finish... check it out: http://www.rpiracing.com/RPI_Picture...1G/default.htm
I'm going to be sad to see this car go back home. Its been a lot of fun
Of course there is still come clean-up and stuff to do to it before its owner picks it up, but with the header panel and bumper on the car, you can't really see much of it at all.
This car will be at N10 as well, so all of you going to N10 will get a chance to see the car in person... the pictures really don't do this car any justice whatsoever... it must be seen
By the way, there is a complete photo-journal on our website of this project, from start-to-finish... check it out: http://www.rpiracing.com/RPI_Picture...1G/default.htm
I'm going to be sad to see this car go back home. Its been a lot of fun
Take a vid. of it at the track if you can. I would really like to see what it hits.
06-25-2004, 03:20 PM
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Re:Building the ultimate 1st Gen CRX...
LoL.... hey Jeff.. yea, that didn't last too long. Amazingly enough, as soon as i 'shut down', everyone started wanting things, and it wound up that it kept doing better than the other deal. So, i'm gonna stick with what i do best and love, and hopefully it'll work out for the better in the end.... lots of things in the pipeline though As for the CNC, the rumors are true... probably won't see anything come from it for a little while though. I am still learning a lot on it, and i don't want to start up any production runs from it until i have a better grasp with it.
I'll try to take a vid at the track if my battery doesn't go dead... we'll see what happens
Shortyz... the valve cover isn't a real Mugen cover. Its _really_ close to it though. I'd buy it, shave off the Mugen stuff, and use that as a regular cover.... it looks very nice.
As for the CNC, the rumors are true... probably won't see anything come from it for a little while though. I am still learning a lot on it, and i don't want to start up any production runs from it until i have a better grasp with it.I'll try to take a vid at the track if my battery doesn't go dead... we'll see what happens
Shortyz... the valve cover isn't a real Mugen cover. Its _really_ close to it though. I'd buy it, shave off the Mugen stuff, and use that as a regular cover.... it looks very nice.
06-25-2004, 10:32 PM
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Re:Building the ultimate 1st Gen CRX...
Woo Hoo! My username works again! hehe...
Well, just got back from the track, and as expected, the car ran beautifully!
At only 10lbs of boost, the car hit a trap speed of 112mph... We weren't going for any kind of an actual ET though, because i didn't want to break the car the day before its owner picks it up
ol:, but the fastest ET was only a 14.07, with a 2.4 '60... haha..It was fun though.
Anyway, 1st through halfway through 3rd is basically completely useless... we need to get this car some slicks and some racing axles, and see what she'll do... its making a bit more power than it did earlier in the day on the dyno also because of the fixed ignition...
As for the dyno session today, we went to a local shop here that builds and tunes some VERY fast Grand Nationals.. its pretty much all they do, and thanks to our new mechanic/shop manager here at RPI (i'll formally introduce him a bit later ) who knew them from his previous job down here, we were able to get an import onto their dyno (they didn't know what to do... "ya mean you gotta run the car facing the other way
" bwah ha ha haaaa).. but they were good sports about it. The dyno they use is a 'Superflow' dyno, and is comparable (numbers-wise) to a Mustang dyno from what i'm told, so the numbers it puts out are about 10-15% lower numbers than what your average Dynojet dyno (whcih is what 90% of people use it seems) would read...
Anyway, the car was able to put down an amazing 285 to the wheels at only 10psi! (which if my math is right, on a Dynojet would mean roughly around 300-315 or so) We then bumped the boost up to 12, and exposed a huge weakness in this car... the stock rods... LoL... just kidding.... nah, the ignition began to cut out on us, and wouldn't rev past 6k, even when we moved the boost back to 10psi... so, we fine tuned the maps based on the data from the good runs at 10psi, and took the car back off to take to the shop and replace pretty much the entire ignition system... it was then, that we decided to take it to the track with the intention of duplicating the 4th gear pulls, to see if the ignition would break up again.... it didn't.. :twisted:
This car has a LOT more in it. Its unfortunate that i just don't have more time to mess with it. The car is back together though, and i'll post up some pics tomorrow of the car in its final form. Its been a hell of a trip from stock to shock, but the end product is more than we could have ever hoped for!
Well, just got back from the track, and as expected, the car ran beautifully!
At only 10lbs of boost, the car hit a trap speed of 112mph... We weren't going for any kind of an actual ET though, because i didn't want to break the car the day before its owner picks it up
ol:, but the fastest ET was only a 14.07, with a 2.4 '60... haha..It was fun though.Anyway, 1st through halfway through 3rd is basically completely useless... we need to get this car some slicks and some racing axles, and see what she'll do... its making a bit more power than it did earlier in the day on the dyno also because of the fixed ignition...
As for the dyno session today, we went to a local shop here that builds and tunes some VERY fast Grand Nationals.. its pretty much all they do, and thanks to our new mechanic/shop manager here at RPI (i'll formally introduce him a bit later
) who knew them from his previous job down here, we were able to get an import onto their dyno (they didn't know what to do... "ya mean you gotta run the car facing the other way" bwah ha ha haaaa).. but they were good sports about it. The dyno they use is a 'Superflow' dyno, and is comparable (numbers-wise) to a Mustang dyno from what i'm told, so the numbers it puts out are about 10-15% lower numbers than what your average Dynojet dyno (whcih is what 90% of people use it seems) would read... Anyway, the car was able to put down an amazing 285 to the wheels at only 10psi! (which if my math is right, on a Dynojet would mean roughly around 300-315 or so) We then bumped the boost up to 12, and exposed a huge weakness in this car... the stock rods... LoL... just kidding.... nah, the ignition began to cut out on us, and wouldn't rev past 6k, even when we moved the boost back to 10psi... so, we fine tuned the maps based on the data from the good runs at 10psi, and took the car back off to take to the shop and replace pretty much the entire ignition system... it was then, that we decided to take it to the track with the intention of duplicating the 4th gear pulls, to see if the ignition would break up again.... it didn't.. :twisted:
This car has a LOT more in it. Its unfortunate that i just don't have more time to mess with it. The car is back together though, and i'll post up some pics tomorrow of the car in its final form. Its been a hell of a trip from stock to shock, but the end product is more than we could have ever hoped for!
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