I'm looking for designs for a skid plate or bull bar for my 89hb.
if you have pics or ideas, please post.

if your just going to talk trash, go to the next topic.

 

http://rallyarmor.com/ did at one point make one for 92-95 civic

 

looks like they don't make anything for Honda's anymore.

 

I'll try to post some pictures of our Integra/Civic ones.

But basically it is a sheet of 3/16-1/4" aluminum that goes from the bumper to back to just past the firewall.

We used 3/16" on the Civic after discovering that 1/4" is thicker than you need. We put some cross brakes for strength, and some bends to match the countour of the front bumper (to prevent dig-in).

On the integra we welded a couple of angle iron braces on the edges oil pan, after realizing that the oil pan was still getting crushed, which solved that problem and reduced the chances of puncturing by having a rock get between the skid plate and oilpan. Some teams use foam to prevent foreign objects from getting in there--and that is what we've done with the Civic.

We bolt through the floor in the passenger cabinet, and use quick release front mounting points. Plate can be dropped in about 20 seconds.

They weigh about 50-75 lbs and cost about $200 each for material and another $100 for bends and brakes. You can blame President Bush for the high aluminum prices.

Some top teams have experimented with composite plates--which I think could really work, but would require a fair bit of work and R&D.

 

Sounds great, good info thanks.
pic would be great to.

 

http://www.hondatuningmagazine....html

just for inspiration.

 

This pic was my screensaver for a very long time.

 

I will have to send you guys some pictures of the new version of that car.

 

Click for more photos
Posted some older photos, will post some more soon but left my camera at the shop.


Modified by rotten at 8:53 PM 4/19/2008

 

That would work great for my new set up. I have pics posted in the CRX fourm, of the bull bar I made.

 

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Link?

 

The image was clickable but now I've added an additional link.

 

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You should head out to the Olympus Rally this weekend in Pomeroy. We had to withdraw because we weren't quite ready, otherwise we'd be there.

 

I'm working this weekend. I'd love to try out my car on a ralley track.

 

Kris, is that yellow Civic the one that Steve from H&R wrecked a few years ago?

 

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it is...Kris is building it up now

 

This 1/4" deal worked fine till LSPR last year....now it's scrap. Mostly due to not staying on the ground and landing on the nose though....And I thought the rough rallies were all out west!

 

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Actually it isn't *quite* the same car. Steve wrecked the original screaming pumpkin rally car, and started building 2.0 (based on a 88 Std, rather than a 1990 Si and is quite a bit lighter than the old one). He had the cage fabricated and the chassis painted, but life interrupted and ended up moving on to other projects.

A couple years later I bought the old wrecked car and the new chassis and we started building anew. My thinking was that the Integra wouldn't last forever, and eventually I'd need a new chassis--and it worked out well.

The new car borrows from the old, as well as our experiences with the Integra. Currently the only parts in the new reincarnation that are from the original car are
1) the motor (but with a new intake manifold and intake cam)
2) the transmission case
3) front brakes (and I guess the rear pads)
4) rear bumper
5) ECU
6) Gauge panel
7) Steering wheel
8) Header
9) Springs, and I think 3 dampers.

Its coming along nicely, will be very quick. We were hoping to drive it this weekend at the Olympus rally but just were not quite able to make it. We will be at the Oregon Trail rally competing in the Max Attack series next month. Hopefully will have plenty of miles on the car before then.

I posted quite a few photos of the last year or so of progress, although not a lot of really recent stuff.

http://www.fatboyraceworks.com/gallery/Civic

This weekend should have some more photos available, and will be posting some testing photos early next month.

 

 

I like how you guys made your skid plates. Here is a pic of my bullbar. I'm shure with your idea, I can mock up a nice plate for my car.

 

Ok I really need to know where to get that damn rally light pod frfr