Well today I went out to a suburb of Melbourne called Bundoora to have a look at an old friend's Australian delivered EK Civic. It's seen better days, and the body is all beaten up. However, the frame is straight and there isn't any rust that I could see. The interior is good, though all of it's getting sold and replaced with a dedicated motorsport layout. The engine is the AUS spec single cam, so something will need to be done about that.
The category: U2L(Under 2 Liter)
The form of competition:
Improved Production It's a state-level championship leading to a National Championship.
The reason for the EK? Its getting sold to me on the cheap, and it was driven mainly by girls(hence the body damage) So there won't be much mechanical stress on the frame. Its cheap. Its lightweight, its nimble, AND class rules allow it to run a low minimum weight. Also, its cheap. The understeer effect can be tuned out using set-up, and since the width of the vehicle can be changed I can run the staggered wheel track(this beat the 4WD system's initial understeer characteristic in the Evo) Oh, did I mention the car itself is going to be cheap?
So, there it is. Images to come; the car hasn't landed in my possession just yet as I've yet to pay for it.
Oh yer. This is a low-cost project that's meant to be fairly competitive, so I think it will be good to put it here for the younger people who want to get into motorsport, but don't know how. I don't think it'll be a front-runner like the Evo, but it won't be as unfriendly and far, far more fun.
With this small side-project, hopefully I'll be able to take you on a ride that will be informative and show you that getting into circuit racing isn't all that hard, and that it doesn't need to be all that expensive, either.
Costing, parts: - Car, EK9, unregistered: AUD$1700
Costing, misc. expenses:- Recovery fee, towing from location to workshop: TBC
Weight TrackingWeigh Bridge: Modifications made:-Bare minimum to get a logbook and make the car comfortable:-FIA/CAMS fire extinguisher
-FIA/CAMS seat and rails
-FIA/CAMS harness
-FIA/CAMS cage(built to weight restrictions)
-Complete weight reduction. If too light, make it up with ballast in a better position.
-Steering wheel
-In-house short shift kit(yes, I can machine and weld.)
-In-house pedal kit, with larger brake pedal for left footing.
-In-house steering wheel boss to get the damned thing further back. Off-the shelf bosses are weak cast alloy. I need one that will pass scrutineering.
-Firewall sealed(TIG-welded laser cut plates)
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