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Re: DA Integra's Only (xtrac1)
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I've seen the Place Racing crossmember and its a nice piece. It looks a lot lighter than the factory unit. But under HEAVY braking, it seems it might flex a little. I think most of the braking load is transfered into the front trailing arms/crossmember. If I do decide to use it, I might have to beef it up a bit. Whats your opinion on the crossmember and do they still sell it?
IMO, braking is more important than power/handling for a road racer and I didn't want to compromise the braking performance. It should be Ok for a street car that will visit the track once in a while. I may be completely wrong but I'm gonna go with gut instinct
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I'm not really sure this made sense, The OPM spherical bearing kit was developed with full time road racing in mind. I think the weekend tracker would be a hard bushing kit. The placeracing X member/ OPM bearing kit is an excellent addition to a track car. You would be surprised at the room it affords in the front of your DA, you should have come to some of our so cal DA/DB2 meets to see some in person. How have you addressed the high weight bias that is associated with such a huge swap? the 18 swap is a more friendly in as far as the weight distribution, but the H's are big motors. This does not effect drag car as much as a road race car.
I've seen the Place Racing crossmember and its a nice piece. It looks a lot lighter than the factory unit. But under HEAVY braking, it seems it might flex a little. I think most of the braking load is transfered into the front trailing arms/crossmember. If I do decide to use it, I might have to beef it up a bit. Whats your opinion on the crossmember and do they still sell it?
IMO, braking is more important than power/handling for a road racer and I didn't want to compromise the braking performance. It should be Ok for a street car that will visit the track once in a while. I may be completely wrong but I'm gonna go with gut instinct
</TD></TR></TABLE>I'm not really sure this made sense, The OPM spherical bearing kit was developed with full time road racing in mind. I think the weekend tracker would be a hard bushing kit. The placeracing X member/ OPM bearing kit is an excellent addition to a track car. You would be surprised at the room it affords in the front of your DA, you should have come to some of our so cal DA/DB2 meets to see some in person. How have you addressed the high weight bias that is associated with such a huge swap? the 18 swap is a more friendly in as far as the weight distribution, but the H's are big motors. This does not effect drag car as much as a road race car.
Re: DA Integra's Only (MSchu)
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I'm not really sure this made sense, The OPM spherical bearing kit was developed with full time road racing in mind. I think the weekend tracker would be a hard bushing kit. The placeracing X member/ OPM bearing kit is an excellent addition to a track car. You would be surprised at the room it affords in the front of your DA, you should have come to some of our so cal DA/DB2 meets to see some in person. How have you addressed the high weight bias that is associated with such a huge swap? the 18 swap is a more friendly in as far as the weight distribution, but the H's are big motors. This does not effect drag car as much as a road race car.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Im not questioning the bearing kit. My main concern was the strength of the Place Racing crossmember. I haven't seen them upclose, only pictures. I've seen the extra room they provide, but it just doesn't seem strong enough to take the load from extreme braking. If they are still available, I might pick one up and modify it to make it stronger.
As far as the weight distribution, I'm doing whatever I can to take out the weight up front. Since the car is being built strictly for road racing, I've removed the front bumper, headlights, ac/heater/cruise, etc.........
The brakes I plan on using will require a different master cylinder. I will install a Tilton pedal set, extend the steering shaft and move the seat back as far as I can(touring car style).
This car was a street car project about 7-8 years ago. If I was building a DA track car from scratch, I would not have chosen the H22. Since my car was already setup for the H22, I didn't want to redo everything to accept a B-series.
I'm not really sure this made sense, The OPM spherical bearing kit was developed with full time road racing in mind. I think the weekend tracker would be a hard bushing kit. The placeracing X member/ OPM bearing kit is an excellent addition to a track car. You would be surprised at the room it affords in the front of your DA, you should have come to some of our so cal DA/DB2 meets to see some in person. How have you addressed the high weight bias that is associated with such a huge swap? the 18 swap is a more friendly in as far as the weight distribution, but the H's are big motors. This does not effect drag car as much as a road race car.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Im not questioning the bearing kit. My main concern was the strength of the Place Racing crossmember. I haven't seen them upclose, only pictures. I've seen the extra room they provide, but it just doesn't seem strong enough to take the load from extreme braking. If they are still available, I might pick one up and modify it to make it stronger.
As far as the weight distribution, I'm doing whatever I can to take out the weight up front. Since the car is being built strictly for road racing, I've removed the front bumper, headlights, ac/heater/cruise, etc.........
The brakes I plan on using will require a different master cylinder. I will install a Tilton pedal set, extend the steering shaft and move the seat back as far as I can(touring car style).
This car was a street car project about 7-8 years ago. If I was building a DA track car from scratch, I would not have chosen the H22. Since my car was already setup for the H22, I didn't want to redo everything to accept a B-series.
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Re: DA Integra's Only (xtrac1)
Well it looks like your on your way to a great car, be sure to bring her to our meets in the future. The only reason I had commented on the h engine is because the front to rear weight bias that will occur with that engine... but until it's built you never know, you may be able to dial out the effects using suspension/tire pressure set up. Almost certainly any after market cross member will be less stiff than the OEM, but they save you weight and are adjustible for caster(different track set ups)...
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mad props to you 2
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Re: my car (92integGS)
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sparco nsII's !! </TD></TR></TABLE>clean DA ...how do you get the fogs to stay on without having the headlights on?
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</TD></TR></TABLE>what suspension are you running ...your DA look dumped :up:
sparco nsII's !!
</TD></TR></TABLE>clean DA ...how do you get the fogs to stay on without having the headlights on?<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by evil_s13 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
</TD></TR></TABLE>what suspension are you running ...your DA look dumped :up:
