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EF TEST VEHICLE - superlap series
(OR AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT THE TEST-HICLE):

Vision
This car is the one we use at superlap series (time attck). We purchased the car in great condition from a local towyard for $300. Unfortunately it was the DX model (DPFI fuel efficient P.O.S with probably around 80 hp.) but the body straight and the a/c was ice cold so we couldn't refuse. Now since we were on a strict budget (actually NO budget) for this car we decided to just race with the stock motor until we blow it up.

Frankenstein
I had some used coilovers (the cheap sleeve type) laying around along with some used front upper, rear upper, and rear lower strut braces. I set the suspension up backwards (hoping to reduce understeer in the corners by letting the front dive down easier and gain some traction), 6kg front and 8kg rear coilover springs on the stock struts, added the strut tower bars, then gutted the entire interior. For the rims we used some 15x7 spoon knock-offs, heres the funny part…since we couldn't afford to buy 4 good tires we bought 2 falken 615's 205-50-15 for the front and used falken ze512's 205-50-15 on the rear ( don't ever try and do any racing on these ze512's, they are awful!). for the final touches we added a race seat and a nardi wheel for competition and we're off !!

The first event we attended was a real learning experience. With basically a stock car that was gutted we got bumped into the "unlimited class"…go figure?? Oh well no use crying about it, we just wanted to see if those generic parts really worked, so we paid the fee and signed in for our number (4UF or car number 4 unlimited FWD class). Surprisingly the car felt really good around the turns even with the major lack of horsepower we could still enter the turns at a decent speed. But after a couple of laps we lost all braking, the day was over for us really quickly. But We managed to put a time of 46.74 on the board. For the next superlap we flushed out the 15 year old brake fluid and replaced it with superblue fluid (this stuff works wonders!!), put in x-drilled rotors, and fresh stock pads. we also pounded the fenders out because we wanted to to see what would happen if we spaced the rims out an inch in the front and rear and added a tachometer so we could tell where the hell I was shifting at. From the first race I really liked the way the car was handling but I thought we should lower the car another inch and do an alignment, backyard style( which is done with a tape measure, and the good ole calibrated eyeball).

Nothin that duct tape can't fix!

This time I really got to push it because the brakes were working perfectly and I could brake a lot later coming into turns. We ran all day with no problems, except for a small crash coming out of the chicane that left our front bumper smashed into a few pieces.

We managed to drop almost 2 seconds off our previous time to hit a 44.9! But still, if you look at the posted times on the link below you'll see that the time we are running is up there with the Subaru's and some other vehicles with 2/3 times the HP as our civic has….we are way outclassed in HP. but not too far behind.

http://www.superlapseries.com/Results/octresults05.htm

The low-down
I guess you don't have to put a lot of money into your car to have a lot of fun at events. Just try and put together a good working combo and you should do fine. Since then, I did pick up a 90 crx si motor (we finally get to use 4 injectors) but am still looking for the si transmission, so if anyone wants to donate one to the cause please feel free!! I am figuring with the extra hp and the gearing from the SI A6 set-up we should be able to hit high 42's but only if we can scrounge up enough money to buy 2 more tires to match the fronts!

Until the next track is built, we're on hold………

Specifications
engine:
1.5 dpfi (dx) motor bone stock; transmission stock dx 5 speed; stock headers; stock intake pipe removed filter; stock exhaust cut off muffler

suspension:
front upper strut bar obx; rear upper strut bar obx; rear lower stress bar obx; nrg modified engine torque damper; stock struts; nrg coilover 6kg front 8kg rear

brakes:
stock pads; super blue brake fluid; x-drilled rotors

wheels:
spoon knock off 15x7; 205-50-15 falken st615 front; 205-50-15 falken ze512 rear; 25 mm spacers front and rear

interior:
gutted corbeau forza2 seat; nardi steering wheel w/ nrg quick release

electronics:
spw tachometer exterior: fenders flared out front and rear; ricer graphics (the best power adder on the market)

misc.:
rear mounted battery; morosso battery disconnect

EF UPDATE 7/1/2006
The EF is getting re-done since we don't have a racetrack anymore. We've decided to chop the mutherfucker up and "mirror" our impala for an upcoming show! We got a 2-month deadline on this car -- August '06 is our target.

update: 1-11-2007

*below you'll see a pic of it completed...we didn't even get too have fun with it becuase immediately after the august show someone bought it from us....oh well it was interesting while it lasted!

*and for you people who emailed me about the pics of the wires below....that was a wire tuck/shaved engine bay we did , the wires you see is all thats left of the main harness but running thru the frame rails (so basically lights,fan,horn....the inside shot is the main harness pulled into the cabin along with the (engine bay) fuse box, ignitor, map sensor, and the fan relays, ground points , etc. And the inside pic of that thing sticking up sky high is our extended shifter.