se7ens kickin it oldschool wtf?

[ash7]

Any plans for mod's? There are a few larger motors that are a drop-in swap. And some that will fit with minor mods. Theres an easy upgrade to the front brakes.

This engine runs so well i dont plan on touching it at all man.

A brake upgrade? details please

For now i just plan on cleaning it up, and trying to figure out if i can get rid of this solid rear axle and install rear independant stuff from a sedan or hatchback.

-jonathan

[Total_Blender]

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A brake upgrade? details please

You can install calipers/rotors from any 4x100 Honda. Just be sure the calipers and rotors are for the same application (EG calipers/EG rotors). Not quite sure about the rear, but there have been plenty of disc swaps on the forums. Really the stock drums in the rear are more than enough.

as far as the rear suspension... putting in IRS would probably require lots of cutting/welding as you'd have to swap some strut towers into the rear. The beam type suspension isn't that bad... VW has used it on all their water-cooled cars.

[ash7]

You can install calipers/rotors from any 4x100 Honda. Just be sure the calipers and rotors are for the same application (EG calipers/EG rotors). Not quite sure about the rear, but there have been plenty of disc swaps on the forums. Really the stock drums in the rear are more than enough.

as far as the rear suspension... putting in IRS would probably require lots of cutting/welding as you'd have to swap some strut towers into the rear. The beam type suspension isn't that bad... VW has used it on all their water-cooled cars.

outstanding man. Thanks for the info!

the reason im wanting to drop the rear axle is because it seems to have shifted to one side or another... Either that or the chassis is slightly tweaked. (which wouldn't surprise me) The wheels i have for it fit beautifully on all sides except for the back driver side - it hangs out about .5" further than the others.

I'll check on the HondaWagon site Maynard mentioned tonight to see if there is more info about this happening.

I appreciate all the props guys reps to all

-jonathan

[Big_Dave]

[QUOTE=se7en]outstanding man. Thanks for the info!

the reason im wanting to drop the rear axle is because it seems to have shifted to one side or another... Either that or the chassis is slightly tweaked. (which wouldn't surprise me) The wheels i have for it fit beautifully on all sides except for the back driver side - it hangs out about .5" further than the others.

I'll check on the HondaWagon site Maynard mentioned tonight to see if there is more info about this happening.

I appreciate all the props guys reps to all

-jonathan[/QUOTE
You may need to ckeck and see if you have a panhard bar (It's a solid beam, so it probably does) The panhard bar controls the "side to side" of the rear suspension. When you lower a car with a panhard bar, usally the lower you go the more the axle will move towards one side of the car. By adjusting or slotting the holes, etc the axle will go back to where it belongs. It should be a simple adjustment.

[ash7]

You may need to ckeck and see if you have a panhard bar (It's a solid beam, so it probably does) The panhard bar controls the "side to side" of the rear suspension. When you lower a car with a panhard bar, usally the lower you go the more the axle will move towards one side of the car. By adjusting or slotting the holes, etc the axle will go back to where it belongs. It should be a simple adjustment.

i wish there was a panhard bar. I had noticed the wheel problem before i lowered it, it just wasn't as pronounced because there was 5" of wheel gap. Now that the tires are slightly tucking, its definitely an issue.

I've considered manually taking down the offset on one of the wheels... not really a bright thing to do and it may have bad results. But i do have a 5th wheel... so if worse comes to worse... lol

-jonathan