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danderson
 Post subject: Re: Starting my own fabrication shop - Blackbird Fabworx
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:39 pm 
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The cage work looks great. Do you know what class was the civic built for that allows that many mounting points to the chassis??
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 Post subject: Re: Starting my own fabrication shop - Blackbird Fabworx
PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:54 am 
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The civic was built for NASA Honda Challenge H4 class.
Honda Challenge allows unlimited stiffening of the chassis (with the cage) beyond the standards of the rules, but if you stiffen the car beyond the standards you are required to run 30 lbs of additional ballast.

The additional stiffness of the flimsy chassis is well worth the 30 lbs ballast in my book.

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especially if the ballast is put in strategic places...
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:19 am 
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98 gt wrote:
especially if the ballast is put in strategic places...


I usually keep mine in my driver's suit, near the center, in front... :ack:

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GonzoRacer wrote:
98 gt wrote:
especially if the ballast is put in strategic places...


I usually keep mine in my driver's suit, near the center, in front... :ack:

Don't need much ballast eh? :cheers: :cheers:
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GonzoRacer wrote:
98 gt wrote:
especially if the ballast is put in strategic places...


I usually keep mine in my driver's suit, near the center, in front... :ack:



I think you've got it backwards. He said it was unlimited stiffening not ballast. All you are required to have but is 30 lbs of ballast! :twisted:

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