joeseph

how is mr rosens wagon set up? It's FWD right?

Warren

ITR motor, fwd of course. I'm really not sure why they've been plagued with so many engine problems. Compared to them, my problems seem mild.

Warren

AcuraRacer112

<--- insert foot into mouth..hehe (before I say something dumb)

joeseph

geez, my wording was off, but the question was typed in haste, cut me some slack. i was just wondering why he had so many DNSs.

getfast

Because it's a new car. Something that "hybridized" is gonna require some tuning/engineering for its first season. It's quick already, but once it's totally dialed-in, watch out Yack!

Jon

nsxtcjr

Not necessarily "of course", since it was available with real-time 4WD...

Mike_C

Keep telling yourself that.

.RJ

He OwNeD a porshe 911 all weekend at CMP in the small bore races... ... that rocked nadz

RJ

Mike P.

"Of course" is what I'm thinking, unless you know of a way to mate a B18C5 to that transmission.

joeseph

I thought that it might be 4wd since it racing in h1.

Willard

exactly....

Honda318dx

nope, the motor and brakes and other stuff puts it in H1

Warren

I say fwd of course because there's no way that tranny could handle that much power, even if you could finagle a way to attach it.

Bubble gum and zip ties only go so far, which reminds me, I better reload my supplies.

Warren

PS4SE-R

Well let's see....
CMP.....Friday practice...wrong axle seals and broken axle.....drove two hours to solve problem...got 1 lap and first lap on car.
CMP....Saturday.....car ran well....brakes were horrible despite large wilwood setup....discovered limited slip is broken in the morning. We ran the first race and did well, had vapor lock and missed the HC race.
CMP.....Sunday.....car ran well again...had vapor lock again and fuel pickup issues.

Summit Point
Friday Practice...changed pads....brakes worked well. Installed new transmission and limited slip before the weekend. Those worked well. New head for the 3rd time, this time with a different setup. The heat led to some drivability issues. Friday night we changed plugs, cap, rotor. The car was not making power above 7k rpm. Got drunk, played frisbee and called it a night.
Saturday Morning....Feeling refreshed after many beers, get into car and find that car does not want to shift gears. We get about 5 laps and pull in. Take car apart, pressure plate exploded. Drive to Winchester, purchase clutch, come back to track. Clutch does not fit. Drive to Warrenton, get clutch. Car is put back together at 2am.
Sunday Morning...Car shifts well, makes power for about 5 laps. Car dies inside Turn 5. We discover that distributor exploded. Many thanks to Todd Reid for lending spare distributors and eventually to Alex Radcliffe for lending his distributor so we can race.
Race time, we start 21st...We make it to 10th by the end of Turn 1. Electrical problems continued to plague us through the race before we pitted in on lap 11.

Thank you to everyone who helped. We will be back at CMP in August ready to run.

Eric, H1 Wagon.

jonsteR

PS4SE-R: just wondering why you choose a wagon?

sorry if this has been discussed before.

SoloSol

I hope to see the string of bad luck end. Good luck next round guys

.RJ

1. Why the hell not?

2. Its Different

3. Because using a Civic Wagon to Own a porsche 911 is frickin cool...

joeseph

good luck in south carolina.

nsxtcjr

Incidentally, that is NOT the only Civic Wagon that has gone out on a racetrack. So did this one:

B18C5-EH2

OMG I knew I saw a wagon barreling into the first turn on a video clip from the ECHC!

Any pics of the car?

ITR swap in the wagon?



Bad-*** man!

krshultz

Probably because people would ask this question

Seriously, it is one of the most interesting race cars many of us have ever seen. And it's damn entertaining watching a Honda wagon walk down a Porsche.

owen_the_soyboy

best of luck in the next races

two 's for your efforts and originality

slowSER

IIRC, Eric was peer-pressured into it. He briefly mentioned the wagon here as a possible H-C car, and most of us said, "Build the wagon! Build the wagon!"

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Pat
'00 Lightning, hauls S ... E-R's
'91 Sentra SE-R, SCCA/NASA racecar, dented and bent
'92 Sentra SE-R, SCCA/NASA racecar, mine for this weekend
Blackshirt Racing

6ghatch

tecnic1

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