Badass man, looks great. Anxious to see the results.

 

This thread is officially subscribed to!!!!!
I have one complaint though...I got to the end of the 6 pages to this thread and its not done yet!!!! DAMN!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by revhardracing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the axle location is as was taken directly from where the hcp mounts put the h22 and axles in the front. it worked fine at that angle in the front, dont see any reason to think it will work any different in the rear. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yah, we all know how reliable axles are on h22 swaps

 

I put 5k miles on my stock ones, seemed to work just fine, and the car was dumped. I figure get a set of Gator S3's and be good for quite a long time. PLUS, the wheels in the back are never going to turn, so a little angle is probably just fine.

I will be using stock idler arms(steering things for the simpletons), with Heim joints and a custom tie rod to join the two.
Not sure how long its going to be, I need to sit down and actually do some math on it to find the best location. Basically, Ill be mimicing the front suspension as closely as possible, because we all know how well that works.

The reason I am even bothering is because Ive driven one high power FWD car before, and I was utterly dissappointed. Ya, its cool doing a burnout at 80mph, but jesus christ, youre getting smoked by a stock Cobra at that speed. Hit boost...modulate the hell out of the throttle, and you finally hook up when youre above 80 mph. I want to dump the clutch at 5-6k rpm, take off, and NOT spin at all if I can help it. 345/35/15s will help with this, thats why Im going as large as I am, I HATE spinning my wheels...

 

are you goin to be designing any type of traction bar to keep the lower control arms from deflecting under load? wheel hop is a bitch.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tinker219 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I HATE spinning my wheels...</TD></TR></TABLE>

We all do, FWD owns us

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2.2Lcivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you goin to be designing any type of traction bar to keep the lower control arms from deflecting under load? wheel hop is a bitch.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yep, and yes it is. Should be similar to the Jimfabs/z10 styles, except w/out the crossmember in the front. The Heim joints will be fastened right to the body of the car, after I find the best placement for them, etc. The cool thing is, I can go STRAIGHT off the LCA w/them because I dont have to worry about turning radius, so it should work even better.

 

good deal...we shouldnt even be asking you these questions, ya got it all covered already...lol


good luck, i cant wait to see the finished project.

 

damm nice man. looks bettr than i tought

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2.2Lcivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good deal...we shouldnt even be asking you these questions, ya got it all covered already...lol
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If it isnt installed on the car yet, it isnt covered. All these lil insights help me during the process..."Hmm...2.2Lcivic said this will happen if I do this. Should I try it? Ya, I can always cut it out of it doesnt work."
Stuff like that

 

Good luck on your Project Del Sol. Mad Props. Keep us posted on pictures and updates on whats going on with the project. Its just starting to get better and better every time.


Modified by Natural Aspirated at 6:33 PM 1/27/2004

 

cant wait to see some moving pics. this car is going to be sick!!!

 

Drool..... That is so awsome! Keep it up and keep us posted.

Blaze

 

Got the passenger side UCA/strut mount all finished up over lunch today. Think itll be strong enough? Honestly....




Im going to run a bunch of X braces along the upper and lower frame members, along with 2 X braces from left to right side. I DONT want any flex if possible in this thing...

 

nice...why is your rear tire/wheel so tucked in? Keep us updated..

 

wow...getting there...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by brryder &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice...why is your rear tire/wheel so tucked in? Keep us updated.. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Custom suspension mounting= body drop y0! Actually, seriously. Prolly 4" lower than stock with full travel!

 

still so nice...keep this thing at the top...it is coming along so nicely

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hybrid93SIvic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">still so nice...keep this thing at the top...it is coming along so nicely </TD></TR></TABLE>

it looks like its soo tucked in because its being held up on the jack. i beleive anyways

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tinker219 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Custom suspension mounting= body drop y0! Actually, seriously. Prolly 4" lower than stock with full travel!</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wouldnt say full travel, the chassis will bottom out b4 the suspention will.

 

Looks good, why square tube?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TREVER &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks good, why square tube?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Because I have 144 feet of it laying here(got it ALL for $40 last summer in a warehouse clearance), and I see NO sense in ordering up round tube to take up more space. Im still undecided if I want to use round in the passenger compartment for the cage.
From what people are telling me, I wont get to run the 1/4 if I use square tubing for a cage. I might just bite the bullet and get 40ft of 1.5" round tubing. Ill still use square for the front end, because it was REALLY easy to work with(no notching and ****).

Well, I set the rear wheels on some blocks, crossed my fingers, and let the jack down. It sits ALOT higher than I anticipated. Im assuming because there isnt really any REAL weight(its an empty engine/trans), but I think I didnt put the UCA/strut mount high enough to set the body as low as I wanted it to. Its good, because the chassis wont bottom as easily, and when you have a coil thats half as short with a stock setup, the coil just flops there when there isnt any load. Now, the coil is under tension the entire time, so no worries about them falling off the perch.
Its bad because I wanted it to be slammed. Overall, Id say its right where it used to be w/the lowering springs that were on there before(and are on there now).
After I get adj. coilovers for all 4 corners, it should be easy to dial in the correct height.

 

I think the square tubing is nice, somthing different.

I WANT VIDS......

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hulkhb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think the square tubing is nice, somthing different.

I WANT VIDS...... </TD></TR></TABLE>
Lol, I just walked outside from being in the shop since 4pm, and the Peon is COMPLETELY burried. Only vids youll see is of me rolling out the door, and dissappearing into a snow bank taller than the car.
Plus, I dont have a working engine yet either. Jen(my gf) owes me a sleeve job and some rods, so as soon as she coughs up the $, Ill have a running RWD del sol

 

Ill prolly leave them. softer in the back for killer launches. Now I WANT weight to transfer backwards, over the drive wheels