Rally Civic... on a budget...

[draggbody]

so here is a little back story, there is a race at an offroad park and they are building a "bomber" rally track, so we decided to build a car for this race... here is our progress... the idea is everyone at the shop throws in there time and we build it on the cheap... we are in this for under $600 cash so far... i need some OEM fans and a ragged out racing seat if you have anything lmk...

this is what we started w/... yes this kid drove this car like this, he was a dull pencil if you know what i mean... and yes he kept it full of trash and shit...

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010505.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010508.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010510.jpg


new lower control arms, this was to effectively lower the spring rate so that is will have a softer rear suspension... we lifted the car 2.5" overall...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010531.jpg


the cage... still have to build the drivers door bars, but i will wait until last for that...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010525.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010527.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010521.jpg


after the lift... its getting a little bigger tire...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010517.jpg


wire tuck this... the only wires left is what is required to make it run... everything is on a switch panel...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/downsize1.jpg


this is how it sits now... it runs good, swapped in an si tranny, more pics tomorrow...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010545.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/P1010547.jpg

[slostang]

WOW.

and thats all im saying.

[Da_unknown]

holy smurf

[WalkS]

Interesting needless to say! Ill be watching for updates!

[allout13]

that cage looks STOUT!

one of my dreams is to build a rally civic. except my would be a wagon with the realtime 4wd

[Humphrizzle]

this is awesome!

[kte324]

The ultimate rally civic. This EF is a BEAST and runs strong...we are almost done.

[draggbody]

our platform on this has been to keep it as simple as possible... aside from the wiring we even went as far as to weld up all of the extra water ports, just so that the hoses cant fail... there is literally two radiator hoses and thats it... the fuel pump, fans and ignition are all on toggle switches, just so that there are no relays to fail... there will be two fans, wired seperately, just for redundancy... the car doesnt have to be the fastest thing, just reliable, because if you cant finish, you cant win...

[Blownb18c]

damn that a pretty awesome build, cant wait to see it on the dirt.

[MINI]

I want to see it run!

[matthewAPM]

love where this is going. Cage looks great. I probably would have boxed in the cage at the floor but other than that nice build. keep it up!

[Evil Goat]

cool stuff man....

we have some aggressive snow tires on rims at the shop that JJ may be willing to part with....they were on his DA when he did something like this

[mistergou]

sweet! cant wait to see it finished!

[LIKEG6]

The shit!!!

You gonna put those rims and tires on that you had sittin out front the other day? Lol

[draggbody]

tires really would blow the budget, unless he might want to donate them for sponsorship... we do have to paint our cars w/ a "nascar inspired paint theme" so i will need some sponsor logos, and im selling real estate if you know what i mean... :D

we got the car painted today and i am very pleased w/ how $40 worth of rustoleum turned out... hopefully i can get the number stickers next week and i need all of your racing stickers that you dont need... thanks for looking...

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/DSCF03381.jpg

[-S Double C-]

im thinking where the hell are you gonna rally a civic at around here?

[draggbody]

did you bother reading the first post???


http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/DSCF03451.jpg

[LIKEG6]

I'm gonna have to come back by and see it now. Looks bad ass guys.

I'm down to help with stuff. I want to see it in action too. I think I have a bunch of random stickers in my toolbox you can throw on there.

[georgieboi]

any more pics?

[snowflake09]

did you bother reading the first post???


http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/DSCF03451.jpg

Ohhhh, i see what you did there...lol

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4651910724_8122e2ddf5_m.jpg
???? lol

[MINI]

I always wanted to get a 240 on the dirt oval track but I have no clue when it comes to rules and regulations of that stuff.

[[3000gt20s]]

hell yea looks good bro. good luck!

[draggbody]

i scored n a/c fan, extra distributor for a spare and a good oil pump for $40 from an IA member... today i got the seats mounted, mud flaps on, and i mean these are your jdm wet dream, they are from a 2010 tacoma trimmed down to fit, they actually look great... i am in the middle of building a tube chassis for a customer so i have to divide my time, but i want to get the wiring finshed up and the harnesses in tomorrow...

still looking for a EF/CRX radiator fan...

these are what the flaps look like.... these are all the rears, the fronts look almost the same...

http://www.gabor-nagy.com/for_sale/MudFlaps-1.jpg

[Arm&hammer]

hella tight.

[MINI]

LOL you have to get videos of this thing at work!!!

[Scotsman]

subscribed..this is f'n sweet

[patrick2876]

i got your fan, only problem is im in north georgia

[draggbody]

proof that anything can be fast w/ enough weight reduction...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0PdxtjDi4w

[kte324]

proof that anything can be fast w/ enough weight reduction...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0PdxtjDi4w

It has a lot more in it, more videos coming soon....

[e30pwr]

REPS! i like.

[draggbody]

im thinking mini me

[Elbow]

I'm a cage bitch but DAMN you all did a good job on that.

[Formally...]

What offroad park is doing this rally and when. I haven't heard on one local.

And good job on the civic.

[draggbody]

morris mtn.

[Formally...]

morris mtn.

When are they doing it. I would like to go watch. I haven't been to Morris in a while even though it is the closest park to my house. Good luck with the rest of the car. Let me know if you need anything I may have it laying around.

[draggbody]

aug 7th... i still need a EF/CRX oem radiator fan... and a ragged ass old racing seat like the drivers one we already have... i figure anything has got to be better than stock... it just has to be a suspension seat of some sort...

heres the link for the race... i think its $10 to spectate...

http://morrismountainorv.com/mmorvforum/index.php?topic=1305.0

[-S Double C-]

did you bother reading the first post???


http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/DSCF03451.jpg

nah im not a reading type of guy, i was the one who always fliped through the book looking at the pics :)

[draggbody]

so i went and drove it on a 1/2 mile long rough pipeline that is on my property and the GPS said we did 52 mph!!! i dont care who you are, 50+ is FAST in the dirt!!! it feels great and handles very well offroad, i was impressed actually... we finished the nets, grab handles, drivers door bars and started the front skid... overall a very productive day, the one fan maintains 190* so i am pleased w/ that... swapped out the oil pump and no more problems there... i still want a radiator fan, just for back up...

[D3UC3S]

F'n awesome!!!!:goodjob: I wish i had some things lying around to donate to the cause. Sounds like you guys are gonna have fun!

[atlxpat]

is it rally or rallycross?
hope you got a lot of money to cover suspension/rims/axles
goodluck!

[FasTech]

Pretty sweet build, dudes. But I hate the color combo.

[ash7]

Seeing a civic like this is a first for me...

but i must say, i am highly impressed. :)

You showed a picture of the rear LCA designed to give the car lift - how did you accomplish this with the front?
-jonathan

[WFOdime]

Saw this on pirate also, the race is gonna be a blast. Sick Build

Do you do a lot of wheelin at morris?

[kte324]

Seeing a civic like this is a first for me...

but i must say, i am highly impressed. :)

You showed a picture of the rear LCA designed to give the car lift - how did you accomplish this with the front?
-jonathan

Let us get a hold of that integra and we will make it happen...

[draggbody]

Saw this on pirate also, the race is gonna be a blast. Sick Build

Do you do a lot of wheelin at morris?

alot... im allie's dad... :D

[WFOdime]

alot... im allie's dad... :D

I wish I could pretend to know who that is, My buddy/co-worker was up there over memorial day weekend.

and I'm shootin for next year to have a car for this.

[Rsporty]

Gotta be fun!
GL

[draggbody]

you know the kid buggy, everybody knows who SHE is, so i have become "allies dad"... if you havent seen this, then you have been under a rock...

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/honda%20buggy/P1010682.jpg

[WFOdime]

I have seen that, awesome. Seeing your car and what people have posted on the morris forum I might have to scrounge something up for next year, or see if I can borrow someone's race car.

[fucksohc]

O RLY?..:ninja:

[draggbody]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9RcRMMTQVA

[SPOOLIN]

pics are burning my eyes!

[kte324]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9RcRMMTQVA

This guy...I suck at filming.

[lmr_Bseries]

got my first ride today in it and i have to say that thing is a beast...the handling is sick as hell and the way that things gets up and goes in the dirt you would not even think for a second that it only has a stock d series motor...also it takes some sick jumps with no problem...

my hat comes off to you guys because that is one sick rally civic haha :goodjob:

[draggbody]

finally got to do some testing... needs some rear shocks in addition to the struts and a front skid... this cleared 40ft...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ekL72dNy5s

[Elbow]

finally got to do some testing... needs some rear shocks in addition to the struts and a front skid... this cleared 40ft...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ekL72dNy5s

HELL YEAH!

[e30pwr]

that seemed so redneck, lawls, i like how it is actually being put to use though

[draggbody]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z148/draggbody/rally_civic/0730102001.jpg

[98blackcivic]

like like like!!!!!!!!

[True Pyroman]

for some reason all I thought of after watching that 40 ft jump video was... before he jumped and got in the car he said: "Hold my beer and watch this!"

[Machado]

finally got to do some testing... needs some rear shocks in addition to the struts and a front skid... this cleared 40ft...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ekL72dNy5s


LOL!!!! That was great!!!!

[Stuntman G]

Ken Block better watch his ass.

[Brian*]

looks cool

[kte324]

WDFA Racing Presents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQbsHeAuk0

The race was held the past weekend and it was a blast. The last jump of the video was 60ft. We never had a problem with the car. Honda FTW

[Browning151]

WDFA Racing Presents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQbsHeAuk0

The race was held the past weekend and it was a blast. The last jump of the video was 60ft. We never had a problem with the car. Honda FTW

Damn that looks like fun, rally in a civic with some awesome jumps. very nice.

[draggbody]

this is the sequense from the 60ft jump... they finally made us get off of the track so they could get all of the dead racers cleared out... we were the only ones still running...
http://www.rickybphotography.com/Competition-Galleries/MMORV-Rock-Rally-2010/DSC1443/963018633_c6goR-M.jpg
http://www.rickybphotography.com/Competition-Galleries/MMORV-Rock-Rally-2010/DSC1444/963019415_kQMvj-M.jpg
http://www.rickybphotography.com/Competition-Galleries/MMORV-Rock-Rally-2010/DSC1445/963020198_84kjC-M.jpg

random...
http://www.rickybphotography.com/Competition-Galleries/MMORV-Rock-Rally-2010/DSC1433/963016026_cL8RD-M.jpg
http://www.rickybphotography.com/Competition-Galleries/MMORV-Rock-Rally-2010/DSC1430/963015134_JBQnL-M.jpg
http://www.rickybphotography.com/Competition-Galleries/MMORV-Rock-Rally-2010/DSC1428/963013526_LSFmQ-M.jpg
http://www.rickybphotography.com/Competition-Galleries/MMORV-Rock-Rally-2010/DSC1422/963011734_xgVNx-M.jpg

[domo_junki]

awesome looks like a lot of fun

[Sneezin]

hahaha good stuff bro

[Revmaynard]

Haha, that's awesome!!

[LIKEG6]

Fucking awesome! I'll be back down to see you soon Jimmy once I order my muffler.

[luisII]

i love ef s ill never sell mine

[Turbodude06]

LMAO!!! Thats awsome and some major air, good job.....

[kte324]

Fucking awesome! I'll be back down to see you soon Jimmy once I order my muffler.

We can do your muffler and make that nice white EF like the yellow one.

[AlliRae]

looks good. I wasn't sure what the finished product would look like but A+ to you guys! Sorry I missed it this year. Maybe I can make it next year with something.

[HachiDori]

That's awesome!