whats goin on everyone ?

a small update on my friends hotrod coupe AKA Guinea pig. we(2.0coupe, myself, our ladys, and our friend jamison) were @ the track about 1.5weeks ago. (sunday) and broke a tab off of our trans, the car wouldnt go into gear monday came around and we were on a mission. place a few calls. im'd a few people on h-t and noone could come through on time. i guess if you want it done, you have to do it yourself.

sooooo............

we went and bought these 2 36x12x1/4inch plates from http://www.vpracecars.com, 4 link mounting brackets, and also got some cardboard/oaktag from them.

we mocked the plate up, cut it from the cardboard/oaktag. took it to http://www.JMfabrications.com . jimmy was cool enough to let us use his bandsaw to cut out our plates with. we also used his drill press/bits/center punchs/ markers. etc. he also milled down our trans case 1/4inch with his new cnc machine.

i had a friend (hondacivicsir1) machine me a length of solid steel for dowl pins@ his day job. we then cut the dowl's to be a 1/4inch longer than stock so they would fit into the engine plate and trans.


also, we had a vinal graphics guy come out and check the car. we are getting stickers made up, they should be done this week sometime.


here are some pics of it.






this is the plate for my car(this is not the same plate as the one in the rest of the pics. but is identical.)



the rear mounting location. dont mind them SICK xrp hose's





the front mounting location




the milled case


the G-force/long shifter. in this picture you can also see the staging brake/line lock and the NLR boost control. the silver bottle in the front is for the fire supression system


an overall shot.








Modified by Dturbocivic at 10:51 PM 4/18/2006

 

coupe keeps gettin better and better

 

bitchN CIVIC

 

Damn. Good stuff.

Now get the hatch goin!

 

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Now get the hatch goin! </TD></TR></TABLE>

very soon, im gettting it done this year, i promise

 

I love this car. I wanna see this thing in person soon!

 

Dave what tab was broken of the trans? Did it keep it from going in every gear? I hope to see the car run Thursday.

 

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it was the rear "19mm" top bolt. wouldnt go into 2nd or 4th. either the shifter mount got tweaked from the engine getting moved or the shifter rod got bent slightly.

i honestly dont know if the trans broke from the bolt being loose or we just had a bad design on it the 1st time around.

 

lol I like the guinea pig edit.

 

Curious, what are you using the "full throttle" switches on the shifter for? Ignition interupt for clutchless shifting?

 

sick

 

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x2

 

yo don't forget to tell merman to put the "PAY BACK" sticker on lol good **** as always and if you need me to do any thing let me know and how did frosty the snowman work out?

 

plate is a sucess the driver crash gears beatifuly last night

the car went 9.050 shuting off. 1st pass off the trailor

2nd pass 9.15 @ 125 shut off

license pass's complete.