My friend has a CRX and he's trying to run his 3 inch downpipe that he bought but it will not clear the front crossmember. He was wondering if anyone has run their CRX without a crossmember?

 

You can not run your car with the crossmember. The crossmember holds your front suspenion togethere. You have no control over your car what so ever without it on. Do not do it.


Modified by AllMotorCRX161 at 12:07 AM 10/11/2004

 

S-E-A-R-C-H you will find out how to solve that problem

 

I would not move my car without the crossmember..
[Even without the engine and transmission in it..]

It is about the only thing that even resembles a frame on a unibody car..

 

I removed mine one night to install a header. The header would not clear the x-member.
I thought I could make it home w/o it. Tried to drive it and parked it immediately. You have to have it. As mentioned above, it holds the front suspension together.

 

Just cut the damn thing out..

 

yea im going to cut like a inch out of mine for my turbo drain line. since i will not be cutting all the way through the crossmember it should be ok. Shouldnt it?
BTW it will have only a 1x2" cut

 

I would just get an aftermarket one if you need the extra clearance. Personally, I'm not too fond of cutting up essential parts of the suspension, especially the crossmember.

 

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Dosent placeracing sell a racing crossmember for this kind of situations?

 

its not going to be that much of cutting. i dont have the money to spend on a aftermarket crossmember. Id hate to spend more money on a crossmember than the whole turbo setup

 

crossmember will run you about $350 shipped

 

$350 shipped at landspeedracing.com

gonna turbo my hatch soon, that is what i am gettin, dont get ghetto and cut it cuz u dont wanna f wit your suspension. especially when your boosted.

 

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I believe the JimFab one is pretty affordable, as is the Place Racing one. Full-Race also makes a crossmember unit as well. Z10 is pricey, but you get what you pay for. For me, there are certain parts on a car that I won't skimp on. Suspension parts are one of those.

 

i cut my front sub frame and welded a plate in to it and the night ran it at the track the next night so if you have someone that can weld really good then you'll be straight