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I concur. Anyhow, unless I can outsource the chassis this one may get tossed. In order to effectively make the chassis I need I'd have to get a jig table and it would probably take about 8 months. Interest officially lost. Problem is the local weld shop (crooks, of coarse) want "prolly 4...

Did I mention that I HATE Jacksonville, NC? Cuz I do. A lot. Really....

Not exactly. One is an Acura, and one is a Honda. Price a Nissan 350Z and an Infiniti G35. Same engine, same chassis, same VIN platform. Now price the engine head of each. Surprise! Infiniti is almost $1300 dollars more and it's the EXACT same part number. Same ordeal with Acura/Honda in...

Once I get the rest of the stuff I need out of it, I'll let ya know. I'm in North Carolina, near Wilmington. Jacksonville, or Camp Lejeune... Whichever I guess.

Yeah, while making my extremely skinny lady into a considerably fatter lady. Light weight man, otherwise I wouldn't be on this forum, I'd be building a P.O.S. Chevy 305 with a bent crank and two dead cylinders and still pull 300 horses out of it. The ZC sits on my engine stand (with...

I dunno. By scrap weight I can sell the shell for about $360 bucks. I guess I can't really be too upset with that. The interior is pretty well clean. The carpets are a bit dirty but other than that I'd dare call it mint. I've never dealt with TIG welding before. I reckon it's time to do...

As for the challenges, 0-60 in 3.3 is pretty reasonable in a car that weighs less than a ton, so I'm not too focused on that one. The 60-0 in 75 feet... slightly more tricky but with proper disc brakes all the way around, a good proportioning valve, and again a car that weights close to...

Nope, the Honda Civic is gonna get pilfered for the engine, transmission, suspension components, steering rack, maybe seats for now... that's about it. I'm gonna scrap the rest of the car, which is kind of a shame because the body is in excellent shape. Not too big of a market for a 4-door DX...

Well I have a MIG welder but that's all i got off of that list. I'd definitely be interested in looking at some of your designs thought.

Yeah, I can cut and weld but I've never built a tube frame/chassis before. This outta be interesting.

That being said, people are willing to pay pretty descent for 0-60 in 3.3 so I figure if I can stick to 8 grand or less, I'll prolly survive, economically speaking.

My budget is basically whatever I feel like throwing at it, which between you and I... I'm willing to spend a bit but if I can't sell this dingleberry of a go-kart and get my money back, I start to lose interest. Time is basically unlimited. As long as I can focus on it I guess.

Not necessarily. I dropped 700 bucks cash for a 1990 Honda Civiv DX 4-door. The body is so close to perfect, it's almost creepy. The engine is a SOHC ZC that has been switched over to MPFI and it's lighter than your average 40oz. (without the paper bag) so I figured if I could get that to...

Nope. Forced induction is cool, but Nitrous is a no-no. Has to be full-time power reliable to 40,000 miles. Engine can't be catastrophic after that. Basically a long-haul engine build. Like I said, 260-300 horses should be sufficient, I just don't know how to squeeze that outta this little...

Ha ha, tell me bout it. Maybe some MSD ignition and a compression ratio brushing 12.8 : 1. That's the performance engine world I come from. This shit is all new to me. If my father ever found out I was trying to build a Honda engine... I'd get my nose broken...

Well... Realistically it's going to be getting boxed up as tightly as possible and stuffed into the ass end of a tube-steel chassis. Strap a pair of racing seats over some unequal-length double wishbone suspension and see how many lateral G's I can yank on it. A friend of mine dropped a...

Okay, so I have a project in mind that will require a lightweight engine and transmission spitting about 260 - 300 horsepower to the wheels. Bright idea, use a Honda. So I pick up a SOHC Honda ZC motor and tranny. Great start, except I'm a V-8 guy, and I have no damn idea what goes on inside...