CRX Status Update
We’ve been concentrating on the Rally program lately, evidence of this is that the last time we raced the CRX was in late 2006 (I think) at ICSCC event at Mission Raceway in BC. We had a problem with the oiling/cooling system on the B16A and ended up melting a piston and DNFing.
In anticipation of being able to run the car again eventually, one weekend while we had some downtime, we were able to install a new B16A into the CRX. We took the opportunity to plumb in a 2 quart Accusump, to help with oil starvation issues under the high cornering loads that the car sees.
Other subsystems of the car will be undergoing upgrades shortly: we’ll be installing a spherical bearing rear lower control arm setup and a NSX big brake upgrade that we purchased from the C-Speed Racing team. We’re also considering dropping the spring rates of the car, which while not unheard-of, are on the aggressive side, especially considering the short-wheelbase the car has. We’d like to install a new front cross-member and radius rod setup similar to the one we recently fabricated for the Civic–have to check on the rules–we may be forced to just run a spherical bearing instead of stock radius rod bushings.
Hopefully we’ll have time to fabricate a nice adjustable rear touring-car style swaybar system–nothing else I’ll put a beefier rear swaybar I have sitting around (which will require reinforcing the subframe) .
Am also hoping to fabricate a new front splitter for the car, and coming up with a matching rear wing.
Tags: accusump, b16a, CRX, icscc, Rally, splitter, springs, suspension, swaybar, wing
