The rex is far from finished, and indeed it's still not even legal for wheel-to-wheel competition (still needs door bars, window new, kill switch, etc. to be installed). Still, I have made some progress which I think is pretty damn good since I spent an average of 100 hours/week in the hospital last month

These really aren't the latest pictures but they pretty much show the progress of the big stuff. I need to get some exterior pics up too, but I don't have any good ones (plus it looks pretty stock outside, just a little lower and some required stickers). Feel free to offer opinions, good or bad, but keep in mind there is a lot of work left to do (most of it is welding). I have a few free days coming up so I should reach the first of many "done for now" levels where I'm actually driving the damn thing. Now here's the goods:

Before:



After:



Before:



After:



Welding new foot plates onto a bolt-in cage (I'll show you guys more of these for anyone interested when it's done):



Just like I like 'em, tight fit:



WTDR rocks! Thanks for the web space!!


[Modified by ITR#231, 12:18 AM 9/4/2002]

 

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keep it coming. i might be doing the exact same thing with an 84-87 civic. 'cept i dont have a mig, i'll have to tig everything.

 

I think you should have left your Misfits stickers

Sweet looking car.

 

[QUOTE]I think you should have left your Misfits stickers

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You would scare off anyone trying to pass!

 

How do you have invested so far? If you dont mind me asking.

Best of luck with the car!

Mike D

 

indeed. lookin good there though

 

Schwing!!!! Nice work. I can't wait to see the finished product. What does one of those Kirk cages go for?

 

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Didn't the AMA recently reduce the numbe rof hours residents were allowed to work per week? Or was it just a suggestion with no real effect? Just curious.

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Nice car BTW

 

[unexpected rant]Yes, the AMA has been working on reducing resident hours in terms of "official" time. Still, I think they were only going to limit it to 80/week. A few hours here and a few there and you're looking at 100 and nobody is really keeping track. Personally, I think it's almost as dangerous to limit resident hours as it is overworking us, at least until the general public is willing to pay more people to work in hospitals. Do you remember that game "telephone" where you whispered the first person's message through a bunch of people and then you had the last person say it out loud (and the message was always completely screwed up)? Well, that's what patient care is like when you have too many shift changes between people who are working shorter hours. Reducing the hours is dangerous...paying more people to work at once is the only way to help patients. People are quick to point fingers and slow with the check books [/unexpected rant]

Thanks for the comments. To the misfits fans, I had the same idea. However, I was in such a "clean it and strip it" mode that everything had to go. "Misfit" stands as the knickname, though, even though my girlfriend calls it the killer bee. I think either one is fitting.

As usual, I'll keep everyone updated on the build as things change, but these obviously represent the biggest changes. The foot plates may be done as early as this weekend so I'll have some pics up of those for anyone who is interested in doing something similar. They turned out really good, I think (not custom cage quality, but costom cage safety).

 

No, I don't mind you asking, but I'm not going to tell you 'cause I don't know. When I decided to build a racecar rather than buy a pre-built car, I did it for the experience and the enjoyment, as well as some degree of satisfaction as the project progresses. I did NOT do it to save cash, because this is WAY more expensive. So, I promised myself I wouldn't keep track of the money spent since it would just drive me crazy. I paid $1800 for the car, and an estimated $3000 on other parts for the build (hard to say for sure because a lot of stuff was taken from the ITR (like the seat) so I already had a bunch of stuff). Add to that around $2000 for a trailer and all the towing needs and you can see why I don't keep close count

As for the cage, it was shipped to me for just under $800 as a semi-custom job from Kirk. Still to be installed are the passenger's side "X" door bar and the driver's side nASScar door bars, which were included in the price. The base cage was $600, with several bars and braces added. Overall, you can't beat it for the price. When I'm done, all the sleeves will be welded between the bolt in sections, and it will be padded of course.

 

Okay, one more before and after mug shot. The "after" shot isn't even the most recent since I have now removed the mad skillz bubble tint and I have added most of the required stickers for both SCCA and NASA. Still, it's raining out side (and has been all weekend, yea, in Arizona ) so I can't give you the latest just yet, but it could almost pass for a racecar. Hopefully the next round of pics will be...gasp...action shots!

Before (strangely, this seems to be the only pic I have of the CRX and the ITR together):



After:

 

:thumbup" Looking good!

 

for the misfits fans did anyone think it was rediculous that it was 19 dollars a ticket for the latest tour, and there was only one original member? anyways....good work, and try and find some new misfits stickers!

 

Mad props to your tint guy

What do you have planned for the sunroof?

 

Yea, it looks better without the tint now. It really wasn't important except for the fact that I can see MUCH better out of the back of the car now. As for the sunroof, I'm just going to replace it with an IT legal panel of sheet metal. I think we can do an okay job of welding it, but if not I'll just use rivets and silicon.

 

me like!! who makes that roll cage, its freakin crazy looking.

 

It's a Kirk Racing cage. I ordered their bolt-in kit plus a ton of options that were very reasonably priced. It still is waiting for the door bars. I'll have updated pics up soon with all the padding and everything.

 

One more. Ready for the first event tomorrow