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How does this thing compare to your past racing cars?

I found that with mine out of the box they were very easy and fun to drive very fast. Probably the best FWD car i have ever driven.

Hmmmmm... When we did the Pro Care stages rally, it was absolutely waterlogged. We put road tyres on for stage 1, and had a spin (if you remember) Threw the R888s back on, and had no problems for the rest of the day. I think theye a lot better than OK

The main advantage of the 888 is the compound - its very soft

In the dry it also has a high area of rubber in contact with the road, and large solid areas of rubber meaning they cant move around much and over heat.

When there is standing water, there is a point where the lack of cuts in the tread cannot get rid of the water and you aquaplane. Its the only drawback to the 888.

A normal road tyre V 888 in the wet, is the compund of the rubber. Obviously in the wet you cant overheat them and its plain to see a road tyre can disperse more water than an 888. A soft road tyre will be better when there is a lot of standing water.

...dont get me wrong, if its just "wet" there is a point where the 888 will be better.

New wheels and tyres fitted

The offset is slightly less on these, so they sit out a little more and have increased the track of the car

Brakes have now been fitted

New V Old...



Disk mounted



Caliper bracket



Caliper on



Disk and caliper



...with the wheel refitted

Finally got round to fitting my MFactory 4.7FD over the weekend

Took about 4 hrs, which includes removing / refitting the gearbox, and bursting the box to fit the new crown wheel and main shaft - and a few tea breaks

I was also very impressed with the condition of the box, oil was clean and synchros show no sign of wear, a credit to the previous owners....

Anyway, some pics...

Box On the car..



Box off...



New FD



Bell housing opened up



New main shaft built with gears...



New Crown wheel fitted to diff..



Box back together



..bell housing resealed..

Interior is now out (apart from the dash) ready for the cage to be fitted...

stuy mate. ur a mad man lol. nice job tho matey. cant wait to see her racing

Car is now fully stripped, ready for the cage to be fitted...

Is it a custom one matey

Its an "off the shelf" jobbie from Custom cages....

Fully weld in

Few more pics - basically cleaned up the floor, drilled out all the spot welds for the seat mounts, seat belts etc...













Heres everything that came out...



The cage...



Just waiting for a friend to remove the glass then we can crack on with welding the cage in

ha, classic vax hover in the background. My mums one has just packed in.

Loving the integra btw.

Doors, minus trim, windows and electric motors...



Inner skin cut away



Side Impact bar cut away



Everything removed



Also managed to start tacking in the base plates

Cage started to go in today...





















..and my idea to keep the screen clear when it rains. Couldnt find a decent price for a heated screen, didnt want to keep all the weight of the OEM fan and Air Con unit and dont fancy the idea of one of those little clip on fans that clears an area the size of a letter box, so I came up with this...