Thanks to joe_r at the hybrid board, thought this might be useful to those that are 'slammed' down low....


more info at: http://www.fastlineperformance.com/products.htm

yshi - who still has rally spec ground clearance

 

Will this work?
Because you'll push the header in anyway if you hit the plate hard enough.

 

It works a buddy has one on his Spoon..it isn't that big it just cover the primaries and the collector at the bottom.

 

Dayum...that's neat! Uhh.... a little late for me!

 

Hrmmm
Time to head to the metal shop.


Will
-who is digging Y-b0ts new avatar

 

can this skid pad be made to work on toda headers somehow

 

I like the aluminum race version, a little thicker but lighter in weight.

I've actually taken the next size larger tubing with the same bend radius, cut it in half and scabbed over the lower tubes and welded it in place. Costs more but looks a little better.

to Fastline Performance for the part

 

LOL
just went to their site
they used a picture from my site
thats my gsr


I was like wow, someone has the same car/mod/neighborhood

what are the oods of that

skid plate looks
too bad i sold my header/cat

 

LoL. that sucks minty. Go and tell them to ask permission ahahha. anyways, the skid plate looks badasss!

 

It looks good. Won't protect against major impacts but looks good for the street. I wonder if this can mount on the spoon. I doubt it since it looks like it takes the place of the lower heat shield.

 

...I'm glad you likey.

- Slater

 

...there is sufficient space between the piping and the skid plate, so that during an impact the skidplate takes the grunt of the impact and not the piping directly.

Plus T6 alunimum (on the race version) is soft enough that it "gives" upon impact. It's 'sacrifical', and will get beat up, gouged, and deformed instead of the header.

I have also found that the brackets welded to the header are extremely strong - Honda definitely designed them well. You will not be dissapointed if you get one.

- Slater

 

I think they should make it out of magnesium instead.

That way you would get mondo sparks whenever the header hit the ground. Cool!

 

Excuse my ignorance but, doesn't the OEM lower shield do the same thing as this skid plate ??

 

Mondo Sparks?!?! Why would you ever want ur Integra to flash look like a DeLoren?!?! You trying be Marty McFly, hu hu hu. Admit it, the flux capacitor owns j00!

 

Honda got a good deal on some tin foil, so they decided to make lower heat shields out of them haha

No, really man, these plates are beefy.

- Slater

 

LOL!

 

Magnesium is brittle, and would weaken too much from the radius bending.

I actually though about titanium though - that would make for some a nice fireworks display!

- Slater

 

Ti is a bitch to work with though, bending and drilling holesITA.

 

I wouldnt suggest that Aluminum race version on a street car .. if anyone is thinking about it that is..
aluminum really radiates heat well.. and it would not be much of a heat shield, it would probably act oppositely.....

fawkin cool products though.... how can I get them to work on my Spoon header?
weld up a bracket I guess........
*opens CAD and starts a blueprint*

 

I still don't see how so many folks bottom out there headers. I could see scrapping it from time to time but a huge dent you had hit hard for that. Either guys going below 1.5inch drop or coming out of inclined or going into inclined areas too fast. I have 1.5inch drop on my R with 16inch JDM gunmetal wheels with 45/215 Kumho tyres. I would not have any scrap now if I would not have hit some water that hydro planed my cars right wheel off causing only slight scrap on the header when the wheel droped off at approx. 10mph. I track and drive hard too and never done any type damage like I see everyone else with. Friend of mine said he's scraped his mostly because of where he lives so he raised his sus. up half inch and now he never touches. I believe he was doing 2inch drop before hand.

 

...someone here locally ran over a 2x4 that fell off a truck on the highway. He couldn't swerve in time to miss it, and just ran over it. It flattened his Mugen header like a pancake.

Granted the Mugen header is pretty thin, but it's just an example of how unexpected stuff happens and ruins your day!

- Slater

 

...all of the plates but one I've sold so far have been the aluimum Race version, with no problems whatsoever.

One of the 2 prototypes was run on my own car for over 6 months without any problems. I saw no differences in oil temps vs the OEM lower shield, which tells me the aluminum version is not radiating any more heat than the stock shield.

It is fine for the street.

- Slater

 

Nice fabrication work

You guys should start working on an ARC style dual-inlet box

 

DAM!!!

dey should've came up wid dis last year...i have a dent on my jdm header already


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