he mentions in other threads that he bought car trailer and everything for $10K.

 

Build Costs would be quite a bit more than what I paid. If you can find a well-sorted H1 spec car for 10-17000 it's a good deal. I bought my car AND a 16 foot open trailer with gate for 10,000...smokin deal, as the guy just wanted out due to having purchased to BMW E-46 M3 race cars. My engine, which is new, cost 6000.00 alone. Race tech seat-800, Koni 3011 Coilovers-2500.00 two sets of panasport wheels, 2000.00, ITR drivetrain w/LSD-1500.00, OMP wheel&hub, 300.00 caged sheel with Lexan windows, Carbon wing and splitter approx 4000.00...so total to build would be something like 15-17,000....and you would still need a trailer. You can get an engine for much cheaper, around 4000.00. Still, much cheaper than an Evo to race, and consumables are a fraction of the Evo costs. If you are 6'5" CRX is pretty much out of the question. I'm 6 200 pounds, and with my seat on the floor I fit safely, but not with a lot of leeway. You would want a civic instead. Hope that helps.

Jason, Im sure we will see each other at a national event one of these years. I like this CRX so much that I can see building a high dollar tube-frame car for GTL in the future.

 

MADDD VTAKKK YO! .. Jk., Looks cool...I wish I had a race car =(

 

It's great to see a well built and sorted out CRX. I just bought an 88 CRX hf to do a similar build. Unfortunately, I found an 86 Starion the next week and bought it. I'm only allowed one project car at a time, so the CRX has to go.

 

He posted info in another thread that said he bought it pretty well complete and well built with trailer for around $10k as I recall.

 

They say the EVO is easy to drive ..... but so is a fully tricked out and dialed in race car.

 

Glad it's working out for you. SCCA may screw over FI cars soon so I might be joining you in the world of cheap racecars.

 

Well,

I'm not a hack Driver, and between my Evo frankenstien Time Trial Car that I did quite well in norcal TT with and the CRX... the Evo was MUCH easier to drive. But, the CRX will be faster when I am up to speed in it, due to it's light weight and increased ability to handle fast corners. All that power coming through the front wheels is a challenge, not to mention the fact that the front tires do everything and are very easy to overwork. You also have to be thoughtful about staying in the power band. Not to mention not being lazy in corners because you have very little torque. there is also the issue of the car being quite willing to swap ends on you because the wheelbase is 90 inches... the Evo is easier to drive, trust me. I have turned respectable lap times in an Evo that had a so so suspension set-up and 270 WHP....All the 5-600 HP evos running around with 315 hossiers are damn fast, but not nearly as impressive imho as a Honda Challenge 1 Integra running the same laptimes as ST2 cars. Just my 2 cents, and not trying to start a war on an Evo board...I am an ex-Evo driver and an admirer of the cars in general.

 

well better not say the CRX is a better track car then Evo. You can hook it up cheaper to higher stage ,but thats all about it.

 

Light makes right... no question.

I do so admire the honda tribe for being able to build FAST cars that can be tracked on super reasonable budgets compared to what it costs us but in the end I wanted to drive my car to and from and on real roads (back roads at that) and ummmm what sort of times do those Honda Challenge cars run when it rains?

In the end everything is a trade off and I for one traded a few extra bones for the most capable all around car I could find. An Evo.

 

Actually, there is no such thing, in my opinion as a "better" track car of any make. you can build out anything to be a superior track vehicle with enough $$ and know how. I stated that in the end I will be faster in the CRX than in the Evo because this particular CRX is built better for performance than my Evo was. Also, FWD in the rain...is excellent. No doubt the Evo is an Excellent track car. Excellent. It is also easy to drive, and inspires a lot of mediocre drivers to drive way over their heads. I think more Evos were crashed at california tracks in 2003-2005 than any other mark. I personally witnessed three in one day at thunderhill in 2004 due to the god complex that all that grip inspires. So let me say it again...The Evo is a GREAT track car. A challenging track car? I don't know. I'll be a much better driver after a season of Wheel to Wheel in the CRX than I would have been in the Evo. As Robi said to me some time back, "if you can drive that twitchy CRX fast you can drive anything"

 

i did some test drive with civic ,in rally/1997-1998 hungary/. Def. fun drive ,but after a while its seems to me too slow. But i never drove it in circuit race.

 

I agree and disagree. The nature of FWD is much more forgiving that RWD in low traction conditions. My stop over from VWs on the way to the Evo was an S13 and I can tell you, THAT was a handful! Even in good traction I had to be all sorts of smooooth just to keep the car from showing me where I just came from. In the end however the ability to put down power in a FWD car while less hairy than a RWD car is still not in the same ballpark as a good AWD car.

I can understand why you made your choice and from the looks of your car it is going to be a true beast with very high limits once you get the feel for it and the bugs ironed out. There is a huge body of knowledge about the chassis your driving and highly developed parts everywhere. No downside at all.

If you want to come visit however we can go drive some backroads and we can see what sort of tradeoffs you have made to get to where you are.

 

Great sounding engine!!! I had a 95 Integra with a 98 spec JDM type R motor bored to 2.0 with 220 whp with 11:1 compression. I love Hondas.

 

nice video,what camera setup?