What exactly does crossmember do? I recently got a b16 swap and don't have the front mount on it....do i have any use for it?

Jeff-

 

I wish I could just ditch it. But you can't. The crossmember both gives the front end of the car structural support and provides mounting points for the radius rods. If you need more room up front, you can buy a custom crossmember.

 

dude that is funny as hell, i was just thinking this two seconds ago. but yeah it has to be there like Matt said...

 

sure just cut a nbig ***** out of it


hahahaah JK


DUDE I WAS JOKING>...................... PLEASE DONT DO THIS>.....................

 

i cut a big chunk out of my old crx crossmeber so my header wouldnt rub..it worked ok

 

um only if you want to crash.

 

lots of wheel hoop to

 

oh man, why would ANYONE even ask this? hey can i remove my radiator? it just sits there and gets in the way...

 

i ask because i didn't see the point of it since other hondas don't have 'em.

i swear, there always some smart *** thinking he's the **** and knows everything.
WHY POST IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PRODUCTIVE TO SAY?

Jeff-

 

Hey check this out, My father in law and I were looking at the crossmember and he is a 30 year vet to working on all kinds of cars. Now he says that if you take some good aircraft grade metal and weld it on to the crossmember in a area bigger then where you want to notch it out for the header, then cut the area out and then weld in the seams it will hold perfect, I think i am going to try this so I can get the jdm 4-1 ITR header in there. I think this will work, letcha know how it goes.

 

nah, honda just stuck that on there for kicks right? the reason newer hondas dont have them is b/c honda has stiffened the chassis accordingly.

 

well, wouldn't this answer be much better than the one you posted earlier? thanx anyway...

 

He asked this since obviously he has never looked under his car, or it would be self explainitory. since the radious arms clearly go between the lower control arms and the crossmember. And front mounts and front cross members are totaly different animals. I think he meant to ask about the front mount and not the front cross-member. At least that would make more sense.


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actually...what i tried to ask is that if i can modify the crossmember so my 4-1 header could go in.

Jeff-

 

 

nice work, you weld it yourself???

 

It's jeremy's subframe

he welded in my garage with my welder, though

 

damn.... now thats a crossmember done right

 

why not just use a z10 crossmember? They told me I could just ditch my factory crossmember after that.

 

Are they giving those z10 crossmembers away for free now?

hehe

 

no, but it'll get rid of your wheel hop and eliviate (-5sp) you from having to cut, or take a sledge hammer to your crossmember so, you can run a bigger header or downpipe.

 

but dont they cost around 500 bucks??
id rather take a hammer to it then spend 500 bucks unless it was absolutely necessary. just my opinion though

 

crash and burn baby!!!!

 

nice job on the crossmember, its nice to see some good fabricating