This one is For the Suspension Master techs out there (Much needed help)


Ive had some Ideas rambling around in my head for sometime for my 94 cx EH2.
Now im not going to go to far into details considering Id rather keep this as original as I can..IE the prying eyes on honda-tech like to nip Ideas here and there..Anyway getting to the point..

How many man hours would you think it would take to re-engineer, Fab , and extend for an 8-10 inch wider front and 10-12 inch wider rear...All Suspension parts , from the strut towers to the lower control arms
and subframe and as far as cutting into the fenderwells and extending the strut towers.. as far as everything else I have most of it mapped out besides the rear sway but ill get to that in due time... Thank you for taking the time to ponder what Idiotic Ideas I come up with ..be it known this isnt some random idea that I cooked up and that I plan on taking this Idea to the shop floor after some outsider opinions + comments

Thanks,
Rob

PS.
if there are any ques. please feel free to PM me

 

Comon someone has to have the know-how

 

 

id say it would take alot of time, months mayb more, and imo wouldnt be worth the time and effort. y would u want to widen the car?

 

just get a donor car and cut a 10" section all the way down the middle........then cut your car in half and weld in the 10" section and TaDa!! your done! see wasnt that much easyer?

 

thanks for the help.. got what I expected

 

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lol, thats right. So, if I'm gathering all of this right, you are playing off the idea of "wider is better" perhaps? Well, I dont know anything about fixing the body to accomodate such modifications (i suppose you could REALLY flare out the fenderwells like those GT4class cars)but as far as suspension goes, you'd just widen out the gap in the subframe where the lca mounts to it (cut off pre-existing subframe mount, weld new mount points) in the rear. Then that would displaced everything in the rear out the way you want it. As far as extending the shock towers, i'm not exactly sure what you COULD do effectively to keep their ideal geometry other than extend where they mount at the top as well, which might prove to be a big challenge. You'd need to rig up some kinda crazy trailing arm to swing out to that extra distance and accomodate for the new "angle" that you've given it. You could keep the lcas and the hub and stuff like it is i imagine. The front is a different story in reference to repositioning the subframe. A more realistic thing to do would be to strip the car completely apart, and rebuild the frame or something lol (http://images.google.com/imgre...a%3DG). In the end, it should look like you want it, a Peugeot 206 rally car.

 

EH3..

Thanks for the answer....I was kinda hoping someone would take the time and get in the dirt explaning this.. Obviously there are many factors I havent really gone over yet... thanks for your time

Rob