4drsedaneg

does anyone make a race tie rod end that uses sphearical bearings ??

jdm civic 2000

SRR use too.

Lo-Buck EF

you can have them made

Phoenix_ITR

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does anyone know if the competition engineering kits are still available?

.:Made in OC:.

are you asking about these?

slammed_93_hatch

for the hondas you need to has have a cone shape like this, \ /, as that is how the casting in the knuckle is done.

thawley

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Not if you drill out the taper.

Or change the taper to the GM size the stock car guys use and run one of these:

slammed_93_hatch

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Not if you drill out the taper.

Or change the taper to the GM size the stock car guys use and run one of these:
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True.

Justin Jones

i have the competition engineering kit. You need to drill the taper out to 1/2" to use the kit.

It replaces the whole tie rod assembly with lightweight aluminum pieces, not just the tie rod ends so it saves some weight which is nice I guess.

edit: i can't find it anywhere on the Jegs website or Competition Engineering's website... Which is funny since I just bought it this summer.... They must have discontinued it really recently.

thawley

I've thought about going that route as well, but its a grey area in the HC rules. Not sure its a fight I could win...

vtecjj

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I thought about using them too. It's not in the rules????

several HC guys use them.

slammed_93_hatch

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I thought about using them too. It's not in the rules????

several HC guys use them.

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eh i'd through them on, considering suspension bushings are free. I'd make the argument that a ball joint is a suspension bushing.

It is just the drilling of the knuckle that, puts it out of the legal realm for me.

jdm civic 2000

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It replaces the whole tie rod assembly with lightweight aluminum pieces, not just the tie rod ends so it saves some weight which is nice I guess.

edit: i can't find it anywhere on the Jegs website or Competition Engineering's website... Which is funny since I just bought it this summer.... They must have discontinued it really recently.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you have this kit?its listed but for mustangs only. did they have a honda kit before?
No. C2418

Justin Jones

Yes, they did have a kit before. Totally different than the Mustang kit.

jdm civic 2000

huh, welp back to me piecing something together.. thanks for the confirmation thoe.

vietjdmboi

Found it.

http://store.summitracing.com/...w=sku

Jaker

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Your car wouldn't happen to be an EF, would it? I see the kit is intended for the EG and EK, but I want it for the EF. If your car is EG/EK, could you please take a measurement for me? I'm looking to get the overall length of the inner/outer tie rod assembly; similar to the measurement that Competition Engineering asks you to take during the installation of the kit.

Step 3 from "Disassembly": http://static.summitracing.com...0.pdf

Thanks

Jacques

Justin Jones

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Your car wouldn't happen to be an EF, would it? I see the kit is intended for the EG and EK, but I want it for the EF. If your car is EG/EK, could you please take a measurement for me? I'm looking to get the overall length of the inner/outer tie rod assembly; similar to the measurement that Competition Engineering asks you to take during the installation of the kit.

Step 3 from "Disassembly": http://static.summitracing.com...0.pdf

Thanks

Jacques</TD></TR></TABLE>

competition engineering tie rod tube = roughly 8.5" long

Jaker

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competition engineering tie rod tube = roughly 8.5" long </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks, but I was after the overall length of the tie rod assembly so I could see if they are long enough or too long for the EF.

slammed_93_hatch

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Thanks, but I was after the overall length of the tie rod assembly so I could see if they are long enough or too long for the EF.</TD></TR></TABLE>

cut and re-thread if its too long.


Too short would be the only issue

Jaker

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cut and re-thread if its too long.
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From the looks of things, the tubing has a threaded stub welded into either end. This probably wouldn't work.

slammed_93_hatch

even easier, cut and re-weld!!!

Jaker

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Either way, I could lengthen (add tubing) or shorten. I was hoping to avoid any fab at all. I'm pressed for time. If I'm going to fab, I'll fab it 100%.

spAdam

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Semi-on-topic question:

Can kits like the CE ones be used to flip the tie rod end to the bottom of the knuckle arm to help fix bump steer?

Justin Jones

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Can kits like the CE ones be used to flip the tie rod end to the bottom of the knuckle arm to help fix bump steer?</TD></TR></TABLE>

absolutely.