Honda Civic EG6, Improved Production 1600 class, 2006 season

[jdm_b16a]

I've managed to round up some of the video footage I captured with my on-board video during the 2006 NSW Championship and upload it to YouTube. This is the Under 2 Litre class which had a subclass for 1600 cars like mine.

Car Specs:

Imported Honda Civic EG6
TEIN coilovers (came on the car when it was imported)
Buddy Club 15" wheels
SPOON ECU and VTEC controller
random gauges - oil temp, oil pressure, water

Build:

Complete strip and repaint in 2pac white
Full roll cage
Velo GP90 FIA race seat on custom rails
custom straight through exhaust
full replacement of all bushes with polyurethane (custom) by Noltec Suspension
Yokohama Advan A048
Ogura racing clutch
Series 1 CRX full size radiator
Earl's Oil Cooler and remote filter (inside driver's side wheel arch for quick change)

OEM:

Engine
Gearbox
Brakes/Bendix Ultimate pads

The videos:

Eastern Creek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf2miTVHONo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdzSaqfX5dM

Oran Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GHYyPcldTU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVvb9Kr2toA

Other videos:

Round 3 Trophy Race at Oran Park 2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os8l3VKATDA

White and blue ED was champion - B20VTEC motor.

Red and white Civic sedan being driven by Garth Tander.

Hope you enjoy these blasts from the past. Also good for anyone who never got to go out to Oran Park before it was bulldozed for housing.

Car finished every qualifying and every race for a Top 10 outright finish for the season, and third (3rd) in class).

Peter

[jdm_b16a]

Wakefield Park

Qualifying for Round 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfbd8zuhf8

Race 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upCmyuGPvM

Race 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1yXzkd07Oo

Race 3 from Round 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcbV5P8dwu8

Peter

[lilthug]

if only oran park was still around

[markismaximus]

Hey Peter, can't remember if I asked before but did you import the EG6 through your business?

[jdm_b16a]

Hey Peter, can't remember if I asked before but did you import the EG6 through your business?

No Mark. As a holder of a CAMS competition licence, for race use only.

Peter

[markismaximus]

No Mark. As a holder of a CAMS competition licence, for race use only.

Peter

Yes I understand the EG6 couldn't be registered but thought it might have something to do with your business. Infotech motorsport?? or the two not linked?

[jdm_b16a]

Yes I understand the EG6 couldn't be registered but thought it might have something to do with your business. Infotech motorsport?? or the two not linked?

Infotechplus Motorsport was actually one business (INFOTECH = web site design and construction PLUS MOTORSPORT = public relations for a small number of national race teams). When I stopped doing that I kept the name for my own racing. The car was imported by me as an individual and sponsored accordingly.

Peter

[markismaximus]

Infotechplus Motorsport was actually one business (INFOTECH = web site design and construction PLUS MOTORSPORT = public relations for a small number of national race teams). When I stopped doing that I kept the name for my own racing. The car was imported by me as an individual and sponsored accordingly.

Peter

I see

[Berty]

Great videos Peter. What was your last season in IPRA?

[jdm_b16a]

Great videos Peter. What was your last season in IPRA?

Thanks. As I only had about 4 months to take the car from the boat to the track (build time) I left it almost stock. The plan was to run the first season then build a B20VTEC hybrid. I never got that far as I sold the car early in 2007 so I only did the one season, which was regretful but it's just the way things turned out.

Peter

[pat88c]

nice videos something I'll bookmark and watch before track day for racing lines

there alway a plan or idea to get back into it i say, got alot of my suspension Replace of bushes in my suspension arms and help me out getting some neg camber on my ED9 crx done last year by Greg Nolan who was part owner in Nolan ED civic , his open up a new business at woywoy doing race prep work and some work Research and Development for whiteline as he sold business to them few years ago

If you want can pm his number for help on the next project :)
Pat

[Benson]

Great Vids Peter

We sorta have an itch to build an IPRA car now.

[jdm_b16a]

Great Vids Peter

We sorta have an itch to build an IPRA car now.

As a concept for good close racing in almost production based cars it is a good category. However, as I have found out in my 15 plus years experience in racing, there is no such thing as a "cheap", "entry-level" form of motorsport. If you want to compete you have to have fistsful of dollars, lots of time to spend building and developing your car and engine, and unlimited enthusiasm.

IPRA, like most other forms of State-based motorsport, is dominated by people who have an abundance of cash, and access to almost limitless resources.

Sure, you can run on a shoestring budget (say under $25K for a year inc. initial cost of car) but you'll be at the back of the field making up the numbers.

It's much better than supersprinting and the adrenalin rush of competing door to door will keep you coming back, but you will always be broke. What I used to hate was having to sell things just to keep the car running.

Good luck to anyone taking the plunge. If you're young and keen, you will enjoy yourself. Now, I enjoy [re]building cars but without the cost of running it competitively.

Peter

[Benson]

Peter,

I dont plan to build a car and be back of the field. Im sure you should know that when we our mind into it, we will have a very competitive car. In the mean time, we will sit back and read the rule books to see what can be done and what can't be. You should be expecting an IPRA car out of our stable in 2013

[GSi_PSi]

nice, ive been getting more and more intriqued by track racing.. im thinking of going to honda nats now hmmmmmmmmm

[jdm_b16a]

nice, ive been getting more and more intriqued by track racing.. im thinking of going to honda nats now hmmmmmmmmm

Technically, the HonNats would be classified as a supersprint or clubsprint. State level circuit racing is multi-car, bumper-to-bumper racing over anything from 5 to 10 laps at a time. The difference is cheese and chalk, both in rules that govern the cars and racing, and in driver adrenalin.

[Although, to be fair, in supersprints cars are usually classified according to the CAMS rule book, so Improved Production cars would run under the same build rules whether they are in a supersprint or circuit race, even though the scrutineers might be a little more lenient when scutineering for supersprints (or so I'm told)]

Both have their place.

Peter

[Cooker]

Peter,

I dont plan to build a car and be back of the field. Im sure you should know that when we our mind into it, we will have a very competitive car. In the mean time, we will sit back and read the rule books to see what can be done and what can't be. You should be expecting an IPRA car out of our stable in 2013

Be good to see you at the 2013 IPRA Nationals then.