ITB Civic Build
This page documents the build of a 1990 Honda Civic for the SCCA Improved Touring B racing class. It will simple diary style page with pictures and commentary as the project moves along. I am also including a cost spreadsheet that will be updated as the project moves forward. Thanks for looking.
4/20/08 - Well, we have to start somewhere...so here it is. The basis for this build is a 1990 Honda Civic. I picked it up for a reasonable price that included a few useful extras. It is rust free and the tub is completely straight.
The first order of business is to strip the interior. All the plastic and carpet comes out pretty easy, but the sound deadening is another story. The air hammer with a chisel makes fairly easy work of it, but it is still a PITA to get done. Whoever put the seam filler in this particular chassis must have been a noob at it. There are copious amounts of it and it is all over the place. It made getting the sound deadening itself harder to remove as well. The first project will be getting the seat mounted. I went with the Momo Start 2007 model. It is a nice and reasonably priced FIA seat that fits me well. I had the previous version of this seat in the old car and liked it a lot.
6/1/08 - Things have been moving kind of slow, but are gaining speed. The interior is all cleaned out and now is mostly covered in a coat of white paint. The stuff under the dash needs to come out still and that will get painted too. I finished the seat mount up. Next up will be welding in the mounting plates for the roll cage.
6/25/08 - Small update. The interior is now coated in white. I also had fun (and made a mess in the process) getting the windshield out of the car. The roll cage tubing should be on it's way, so progress on that should begin shortly. The engine got dropped off with the engine builder this weekend, so that is now in the works. I have also been accumulating some used tires for shaking the car down and doing the comp schools. Steady progress...
