My plans with the Civic for 2023 

Yeah, he definitely should've drilled the end of the crack. Hopefully with the brace it doesn't continue to stress crack 😬

Kinda late for that now

Beat me to it

By welding the entire crack and turning the steel basically molten, it negates this hole nonsense. With all the extra bracing he added it should also keep the stressed areas from cracking the new welds.

@@dancarlos1216 It's good practice to do the extra step considering it takes just a couple seconds and nullifies any chances since negating the crack depends very much on penetration. I get being pragmatic and saying good enough but considering the trailing arms application it's better to be prudent 🙂

Yup!

Can’t you just clean the screens?

if it got filter and holding debris in the reservoir all would be good, problem would be if debris going from reservoir filter into system. Inspection/cleaning would be good standard practice .

@@mrb1864 the problem with the filter is that it’s a set amount of microns so debris finer than that will get into your system no matter what. it’s a common problem with Hondas, Nissans, Toyotas, etc

Friendly reminder that this is not a CTR

@@fettsk1 Oh yeah definitely forgot that man. It sure look like one though

I think he's using enamel because it need to be highly abrasion resistant and heat resistant, but steel-it is a good alternative in many cases.

Hell no new civic type R would be nice

Usually, I'd be conciliatory and say "get both" (and, I mean......he should get both), but he already has an NA Civic race car that's light as a feather and revs to the moon. AND he has a massively powerful STI for the street. What more could he need?

@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 yeah you are right about that dude

@@MrCrowley925 to bad its not all wheel drive

@@m4xripper AWD is overrated when the track/road is dry.

Honestly haha, I did roll center adjuster ball joints and all 4 brakes and rotors yesterday and it took a solid 7-8 hours and I was pooped.

Honestly haha, I did roll center adjuster ball joints and all 4 brakes and rotors yesterday and it took a solid 7-8 hours and I was pooped.

Hey there, (just questioning something respectfully as I actually have no idea) is it possible he torques them just a bit more as the type of driving he does requires that extra tightness as it’s under more pressure?

​@@Hotpotato11 no. Over torqued anything will fail more quickly.

​@@Hotpotato11 I understand why you may think that, but no. All wheel bearings come with a torque spec as the manufacturer decided that was the amount of force required to keep the bearing securely in place without crushing the races and causing the bearing to fail prematurely. Now, older vehicles and heavy duty vehicles used taper bearings. These were absolutely essential to not overtighten. This is because the tightness of the nut literally put more tension on the bearings as it was driving the taper further into the race. Taper bearings were put on essentially hand tight and held in with a cotter pin. What you see on Ben's car is a more common roller bearing. Now, most likely Ben is correct and its the stress from track days and hard turns that are killing these bearings and not the fact that he runs the nut in with an impact. The Roller style are not tapered and therefore the torque on the nut LIKELY does not cause extra stress on the bearings inside, though it could if it was like extremely extremely tight. My point at the end of the day was "hey man at least if you torque it you might get a couple more track days out of it." But this has been a debate in every shop I've worked in and its about a 50/50 chance that a technician these days will actually torque one to spec as its not what you would consider extremely important since the nut gets staked and can't back off.

I’m positive he torqued it once it was on the car. In filming there are so many things happening that either - A. You just didn’t get a shot of it. Or B. There was a shot of it but it didn’t make the cut so they didn’t use it for one reason or another. So they don’t show every single thing that happens. If they did, the video would be as long as it takes to actually do the job, which is hours long.