i need this cross member to install my turbo. i ordered one from a local shop and it's been 2 months now and still haven't arrive yet. anyone know a shop that would have one in stock.

 

jdmhondaparts.com sells em for $190...

 

Do yourself a favor. Don't buy one. Place racing front crossmembers have a tendency of cracking the tierod bushing cups clean off. There has been one I can think of in particular that happend within the last 2months to someone on this list. Hopefully someone can post a pic of it. Just buy a Z10. They are better in quality. Unless someone else has a suggestion.

 

does Z10 replace the factory one or is it a bolt one. i need one that would give me room to install the turbo. with the factory cross member and b16a it's nearly impossible to put turbo on.

 

can i buy Z10 direct or do i have to buy from a distributor.

 

Yes, the Z10 provides extra clearance for turbo downpipes. It is significantly slimmer than the factory crossmember and weighs less as well. Yes it does replace the factory crossmember. just goto http://www.z10eng.com you can see what it looks like. I bought mine through nrg-racing. I know that vsracing performance is doing a groupbuy in the best buys section right now. I would check there. I ended up paying $515 for mine.


[Modified by CRXRageD, 9:46 AM 6/10/2002]

 

I have a brand new one for sale, $150 plus shipping and it's yours. Drop me an email or IM, I have people that can vouch for me too.

 

HA HA HA.........Placeracing + B-series + DRAG3 = a **** load of fitment problems...... Damn sucks for you, hell sucks for me been there, drove that. JFWY, i've got an 88HF, LS swap, Placeracing mounts, DRAG 3 kit. Hit me up on PM's i'll help ya out on what to do.

Z-10 is $500, good for traction and those clearance problems, bad for the wallet.
Place Racing.....well it's **** but for $150 or so

Why pay either when you can take a 5lb hammer and solve your problem for free and in 10 mins?

 

I cut mine half way in two places and hammered it down. It works fine and didnt notice any difference in handling. Is this ok though or should I replace it with something more solid? I'm afraid it might break in half while going over 100 or on making a hard turn. Any comments?

 

Heh, I just beat that **** out of mine with a 5 lb sledge hammer. I'd whack on it a few times, test fit, whack some more. It's done fairly nice, even curvature right where the DP is, i've even got enough clearance to pull the DP off with removing the x-member. ....Seriously i've had mine about 120+ still handles just fine.


[Modified by Speed PHreak, 6:50 PM 6/10/2002]

 

i did figure out that i could hammer out the cross member to fit the downpipe but i still have no room for the intercooler pipe. i tried to run the intercooler pipe on the top is that still didn't work. how did you run your intercooler pipe with the factory cross member.

 

do you have the first version or the new version. so you have any pictures that you could email me.
thanks.

 

DOn't buy the Place one..... the quality of the z10 it 100% better

 

Just put my place racing unit in last week and it work great! I used to have a crappy place racing pos and it broke. The one thing about the z10 is that I wasn't able to use the 92-95 radiator to give me more room. It was too tall and hit the hood. Oh well traction is better and there is no wheel hopp even in the rain!

 

do you have 92-95 civic radiator install with the place racing cross member. i thought you have to use the radiator from place racing because the civic radiator is too tall.

do you have turbo installed? can you send me some pictures of how you ran the intercooler piping.
thanks