you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07102.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07101.jpg

second pic is the driver's side tow hook mount. the whole bottom two bolts have broken away from the weld and are loose inside the frame. i'm re-thinking building another traction bar using the stock crossmember mount locations as the only mounting points. the tow hook locations aren't meant to take a beating, only to pull the load of the car on occasion. glad i decided to pull my motor this winter!

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

Good Stuff Aaron!

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

What car is that on?

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

who made the bars?

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

i made the bars. they are on my crx. here are a couple pics of the last bar that i bent and the one that just came off the car.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC05659.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC05660.jpg

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

Owned? Damn Aaron, that could have been really bad if you hadn't found it.

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damn, thats intense!!

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Pshht...thats the way its supposed to look! :P

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If you're laying down that sort of power and launching that hard in an ED chassis, take a look at the OEM spot welds holding the passenger's side trans bracket to the frame rail. It should be mostly torn free by now... be a good egg and go stitch that up with the welder.

I think you're making a big deal out of nothing, I've seen seat mounting points that look like that. These are econoboxes, guys... while Honduh took the view that overengineering their drivetrains made them 300000 miles reliable, they are laid into a lightweight throw away shell for top notch fuel economy. Nothing about these cars was intended to hold any real power, even if the engines do take it so well.

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Glad I chose the oem mount spot for mine

That coulda been a horrible accident

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

I was actually debating on welding my tracion bar in. :)

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Don't do that.


I ran an intersection on a unfamilar back road and jumped it and bottom out on my traction bars. They saved my motor and bent right in the middle, but thank God they're still intact and haven't changed the overall angles and my bushing still aren't ripped out so I assume it's all good.


Hard launches cause the breakage?


JP

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

I was going to do it because the nuts that are welded to the inside of the frame rail that the bolts go into are non existant in my car. They broke loose and are just free floating in the general area. :)

Re: you know your traction bar is stronger than your frame when...
 

Bolt right through to a nut on the other side. Sheesh. ::) (That's what I did ;) ;D)


JP