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awptickes · 05-16-2008, 03:23 AM

That bug is awesome. I didn't really understand all this ratrod nonsense until I started following celerity's adventure. Now I'm starting to think about one myself.

UGHHHHHHHH. BAD THOUGHTS! Jesus. This board is going to make me buy another car. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

LS_VTEC · 05-16-2008, 05:48 AM

I would love to see a rat rod with a honda body and a chopped top.

Celerity · 05-16-2008, 07:46 AM

It's easy. I've seen a Pontiac Grand Prix as a rat rod. It was ... interesting.

Grab a junk yard honda and go ! The unibody incorporates all that subframe stamped steel into the structure of the car for most modern cars. So when you remove the "front end" of a Civic it'll look wierd. You'll need to build up a frame that goes along with what the factory had there.

and it's best to use the older models with torsion bar front ends. I have pics of mine if you're truly interested (It's ready to be a "rat rod")

Chopping a top for a modern car is the same exact process as it was for older ones. You have to cut the pillars, of course, but then you need to section and weld the roof back (It won't touch the pillars if you just cut and drop)

Celerity · 05-16-2008, 07:47 AM

It's easy. I've seen a Pontiac Grand Prix as a rat rod. It was ... interesting.

Grab a junk yard honda and go ! The unibody incorporates all that subframe stamped steel into the structure of the car for most modern cars. So when you remove the "front end" of a Civic it'll look wierd. You'll need to build up a frame that goes along with what the factory had there.

and it's best to use the older models with torsion bar front ends. I have pics of mine if you're truly interested (It's ready to be a "rat rod")

Chopping a top for a modern car is the same exact process as it was for older ones. You have to cut the pillars, of course, but then you need to section and weld the roof back (It won't touch the pillars if you just cut and drop)

Andrew · 05-16-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by awptickes

That bug is awesome. I didn't really understand all this ratrod nonsense until I started following celerity's adventure. Now I'm starting to think about one myself.
UGHHHHHHHH. BAD THOUGHTS! Jesus. This board is going to make me buy another car. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

My thoughts exactly!

I hope you can get a rat project going Celerity! It would be cool as hell to make one...

And that bug... oh my... how low can you go!

Celerity · 05-16-2008, 09:58 AM

Well I've taken inventory of what I have, right this second.

I have a CRX body, interior and stuff. Just a bad motor. Floors are getting rusty patches, and the panhard mount is starting to get flakey.

I have a Cosworth engine, transmission and rudimentary rear end. I've also got the car that it came from, but parted out I can make back about $1000 of the $3000 that it all cost me. So I've basically got a $2000 cosworth engine.

Also on deck, I have a 1983 Chevy truck hanging around, and some bits to make a 20's rat rod. I also have a toyota motor and automatic transmission.

And I have a sawzall.

efhondakid · 05-16-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Celerity

And I have a sawzall.

Then your set.

Z6CRX · 05-27-2008, 09:49 AM

Battery powered sawzalls are very useful in junkyards.

newb · 05-27-2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Celerity

I have a Cosworth engine, transmission and rudimentary rear end. I've also got the car that it came from, but parted out I can make back about $1000 of the $3000 that it all cost me. So I've basically got a $2000 cosworth engine.

Also on deck, I have a 1983 Chevy truck hanging around, and some bits to make a 20's rat rod. I also have a toyota motor and automatic transmission.

And I have a sawzall.

Hmm, with that sawzall and a welder you can turn all of that into one ratrod! Then youll have more room for another project.

TurboMirage · 05-28-2008, 09:00 AM

can your rat rod run 11s for like 5K?

Celerity · 05-29-2008, 09:09 PM

That's not a rat rod.

newb · 05-30-2008, 12:39 AM

Hey at least its flat black, thats gettin close. Now it just needs to be about 40 years older and have 4 inches of chop. Oh and you cant forget the white pin striping on the hood and deck lid.

TurboMirage · 05-30-2008, 09:05 AM

i bet its faster than every car in that parking lot

newb · 05-30-2008, 09:14 AM

Id believe that, I think it looks pretty badass. If I didnt have so many Honda parts on my garage floor Id prally try buildin one of those lol.

TurboMirage · 05-30-2008, 09:46 AM

you could build an AWD 4g63t swapped mirage for under 5K. eat that, honda.

newb · 05-30-2008, 10:52 AM

Would you mind PM'in me some info on that setup?

BodyDroppedNikes · 05-30-2008, 11:27 AM

use that CRX body you have for the body of the car. cut the front end off, chop the top a few inches, use that Cosworth motor to power it and build a custom frame. oh and get some Coker (sp?) wide whites and air bags. id also have a 4-link too.

TurboMirage · 05-30-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by newb

Would you mind PM'in me some info on that setup?

that little coupe above is not a 5K car

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05-16-2008, 05:48 AM	#52
LS_VTEC you get the BRAKE Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 2,590 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 99 YZF-R6 Rep Power: 40	I would love to see a rat rod with a honda body and a chopped top. __________________ eg hatch (jdm b16) sold 1999 Yamaha YZF R6 (modded) http://hondaswap.com/engine-building...ow-pics-102486 sold

05-30-2008, 12:39 AM	#62
newb Young Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Backwoods Northwest Posts: 609 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: '98 Z28 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 17	Hey at least its flat black, thats gettin close. Now it just needs to be about 40 years older and have 4 inches of chop. Oh and you cant forget the white pin striping on the hood and deck lid. __________________ Locate approximately as shown "I'm a bad man." -Cashis Clay

05-30-2008, 09:14 AM	#64
newb Young Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Backwoods Northwest Posts: 609 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: '98 Z28 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 17	Id believe that, I think it looks pretty badass. If I didnt have so many Honda parts on my garage floor Id prally try buildin one of those lol. __________________ Locate approximately as shown "I'm a bad man." -Cashis Clay

05-30-2008, 10:52 AM	#66
newb Young Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Backwoods Northwest Posts: 609 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: '98 Z28 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 17	Would you mind PM'in me some info on that setup? __________________ Locate approximately as shown "I'm a bad man." -Cashis Clay

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