lilcrxthatculd Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 i drive an 87' crx si and i want to start doing autocross. as of right now i only have a cutom cai, but after christmas is when alot of my upgrades are going to be made. i'm going to keep the d15 (dont hate, its my choice) what are some mods that would help me with my autocross runs. for the first couple times im just going to drive it with stock suspension until i get a feel of it, but then im going to do alot of suspension mods. any info. you can give me about this will help out alot. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airjordan223 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 you deff. need to get a good suspension setup. also you should consider getting some new brakes. for the engine, probably header and exhaust to give it a little more pep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kegger Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 haha you said pep... but i agree with jordan fully, new suspension, brakes, and upgrade to some sticky tires for when you race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilcrxthatculd Posted October 23, 2006 Author Share Posted October 23, 2006 yeah, i knew suspension was going to be big, so ill invest alot of money in that. i read on a number of sites thatd it be good to invest in some racing tires and lgihtweight rims to use on raceday, so ill prolly get some racing tires mounted on steelies or something (i know they aint the lightest thing, but itll be cheap). this is also guna be a dd, well i wont drive it it horrible weather. im ordering a header next week, so thatll be a quick install and a lil more fun driving the car afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kegger Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 also be sure to get a good exhaust or that header wont be as effective as it can cuz it cant breathe fully with the stock exhaust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilcrxthatculd Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 can someone give me a list of suspension components i'll need and how much itll cost im on a budget of about 400 for suspension right now, ill have more money soon i just suspension stuff that'll make a good change and make it good for autox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kegger Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Tokico HP struts on ebay for $243 Ground Control Coilovers on ebay for $162 + shipping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptown Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 There are a couple things you need to think about first. What class and level of competition do you want to be in? If you really want to win, you have to pick a class and study allowable mods for that class. The Crx is very competiive in different forms. Yours may run in H Stock in SCCA. For stock you can only change your exhaust cat back, shocks (not coilovers) if you use the original mounting points and type of shocks as stock, brake pads, sway bar bushings and tires. Your wheels have to be the same diameter and offset as stock with an offset allowance of +/- 1/4". You are almost better off spending money on anything but race tires until you have some of the handling and driving sorted out. The tires will be expensive and you will get a fraction of the use out of them until you learn driving. Your CAI will automatically give you the option of bumping up to STS2, C Street Prepared or Street Mod depending on what else you do. STS is limited to street tires with a UTOG no lower than 200, I believe. If you only want to spend $400, get the Tokico Illumina adjustable shocks, change your bushings, buy some Hankook Ventus RS2 or the Falken Azenis. Take the time to find someone good and learn how to drive or go to an autocross driving school. The best in the land is Evolution Performance Driving: http://autocross.server269.com/evolution/modules/news/ The current SCCA Solo II rules can be found at their site www.scca.org but the new one will not be out until the new year. Let me know where you are and how serious you want to get about it and I may steer you in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilcrxthatculd Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 i aim to get very serious about it after christmas or around june....i dont know how things are going to work out to allow me to make time for autocross. but when i do start it i'm pretty sure it'll take over everything i do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Matteu Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 That vid got me reminiscing about the good ol' days when I was stomping around in the 1987 CRX. I would still like to get into the local SCCA Solo II scene with a purpose built CRX. I remember back in the day, the thing was to get the redline as high as possible. I heard this morning the F1 motors usually run at about 18,000 rpm. Has anyone on here ever played with getting more rpms out of a good B series motor? How high? Ever take it out to an SCCA meet? I think a Honda twin turbo V8 with a 5 inch hydraulic sealed clutch at 18,000 rpms is sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccordHEART Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 That video made me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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