It’s long overdue and about time I started documenting my new project before it gets too out of hand.
Ever since I was a kid I had always wanted to build my own car. My EP3R was great and I loved every bit of that car but it was time to start from scratch. Taking a car down to bare metal and design / build a car that could be fast, fun, reliable and most importantly, beat ChargeR (Tom).
A Honda Civic EG was my first choice being that I am a Honda enthusiast and love the capabilities of the car, specifically the Civic. At first the car was being built for time attack, then I decided I’d like to race sports sedans in Victoria and now, I’m be building the car for time attack again.
So the plan? Build a Civic considerably faster than my EP3 (through the use of a k swap) and stripping out as much weight as I could whilst also going wide-body and adding some mean aero. I’m happy to announce that Carbon Plus and JDMYard will be on board throughout the build process backing me with their parts and knowledge.
It begins.
To start off I bought a black EG locally from Victoria. I thought the car would serve my purpose perfectly however there was one major flaw when I looked under the car, the chassis rails has somehow been sika-flexed onto the car. This chassis was a NO GO.
So the hunt continued and I purchased an already K swapped EG Civic from Sydney.
The car was well priced and had the goodies I needed to help me get the car back together in due time. The drive home from Sydney was fun for the most part. The only flaw being that the front left wheel decided to eject itself from the chassis at 110km/h on the Hume whilst halfway between Sydney and Melbourne…. At 3am.
With no spare wheel, jack or tools in the back we had to call a tow to help us get underway again. Thankfully only the brake rotor was damaged along with a wheel stud being snapped, easy.
Once the car was back in the workshop I began removing the interior and wiring. It was a long process removing all the filth inside the car but hey, this is what I signed on for. A chisel and hammer aided the removal of all the sound deadener from the cabin after the carpet was removed.
A few of us then pulled out the angle grinders and started cutting out all the useless bits of metal that would add weight to the car.
I’ve opted to run a carbon fibre roof skin to help lower the centre of gravity on the car and thus, we began drilling out all the spot welds holding the roof in place.
Finally, the car was ready to meet the cage builder, Fabraications in Braeside. These guys are awesome at what they do and built my cage exactly how I was hoping it would be built. It’s a fully CAMS spec sports sedans cage that has the added regulatory A pillar bars and engine bay bars.
To get a better weight balance in the car (being very front end heavy) I opted to move my seating position in the car backwards and as close to the centre of the car as possible. This required custom welded in seat brackets that have me sitting close to the rear seats area as well as lower and closer to the exhaust tunnel. To get the steering wheel where I needed it the steering column was chopped and modified to be longer and in a different position. At this point I also had the DC2R JDM steering rack installed for a quicker steering ratio (without power steering it was going to seem rather difficult to steer the car).
Along with the new seating position I needed new pedals to suit. In came a Tilton Racing pedal box. The kit is fully adjustable when it comes bias and gives me lots of choice when it comes to pick the right position. The brake boosters etc were all deleted in place for the new setup with the pedal box supplied by Tilton.
I then got even further carried away and opted to have the front end tubbed which required custom engine mounts to be made (as the tubs replaced where the mounts used to be situated).
Since leaving the cage builder the car has sat in the workshop collecting dust while I finalize the exterior setup and get the car ready for paint.
Watch this space, more to come soon!
Peace X
Ever since I was a kid I had always wanted to build my own car. My EP3R was great and I loved every bit of that car but it was time to start from scratch. Taking a car down to bare metal and design / build a car that could be fast, fun, reliable and most importantly, beat ChargeR (Tom).
A Honda Civic EG was my first choice being that I am a Honda enthusiast and love the capabilities of the car, specifically the Civic. At first the car was being built for time attack, then I decided I’d like to race sports sedans in Victoria and now, I’m be building the car for time attack again.
So the plan? Build a Civic considerably faster than my EP3 (through the use of a k swap) and stripping out as much weight as I could whilst also going wide-body and adding some mean aero. I’m happy to announce that Carbon Plus and JDMYard will be on board throughout the build process backing me with their parts and knowledge.
It begins.
To start off I bought a black EG locally from Victoria. I thought the car would serve my purpose perfectly however there was one major flaw when I looked under the car, the chassis rails has somehow been sika-flexed onto the car. This chassis was a NO GO.
So the hunt continued and I purchased an already K swapped EG Civic from Sydney.
The car was well priced and had the goodies I needed to help me get the car back together in due time. The drive home from Sydney was fun for the most part. The only flaw being that the front left wheel decided to eject itself from the chassis at 110km/h on the Hume whilst halfway between Sydney and Melbourne…. At 3am.
With no spare wheel, jack or tools in the back we had to call a tow to help us get underway again. Thankfully only the brake rotor was damaged along with a wheel stud being snapped, easy.
Once the car was back in the workshop I began removing the interior and wiring. It was a long process removing all the filth inside the car but hey, this is what I signed on for. A chisel and hammer aided the removal of all the sound deadener from the cabin after the carpet was removed.
A few of us then pulled out the angle grinders and started cutting out all the useless bits of metal that would add weight to the car.
I’ve opted to run a carbon fibre roof skin to help lower the centre of gravity on the car and thus, we began drilling out all the spot welds holding the roof in place.
Finally, the car was ready to meet the cage builder, Fabraications in Braeside. These guys are awesome at what they do and built my cage exactly how I was hoping it would be built. It’s a fully CAMS spec sports sedans cage that has the added regulatory A pillar bars and engine bay bars.
To get a better weight balance in the car (being very front end heavy) I opted to move my seating position in the car backwards and as close to the centre of the car as possible. This required custom welded in seat brackets that have me sitting close to the rear seats area as well as lower and closer to the exhaust tunnel. To get the steering wheel where I needed it the steering column was chopped and modified to be longer and in a different position. At this point I also had the DC2R JDM steering rack installed for a quicker steering ratio (without power steering it was going to seem rather difficult to steer the car).
Along with the new seating position I needed new pedals to suit. In came a Tilton Racing pedal box. The kit is fully adjustable when it comes bias and gives me lots of choice when it comes to pick the right position. The brake boosters etc were all deleted in place for the new setup with the pedal box supplied by Tilton.
I then got even further carried away and opted to have the front end tubbed which required custom engine mounts to be made (as the tubs replaced where the mounts used to be situated).
Since leaving the cage builder the car has sat in the workshop collecting dust while I finalize the exterior setup and get the car ready for paint.
Watch this space, more to come soon!
Peace X
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