Good timing as I'm starting to wonder the same thing. After a financially
disastrous year road racing I'm looking at coming back to Auto-X. I was
originally looking at F-mod but I've decided that the time and money for a
good car is too much. So I started looking around and a CSP CRX looks
interesting. In addition to Mark's question on cost I was also wondering
why the 84-87 vehicles seem so much more dominant than the 88-91. I know
the 88 and up are slightly heavier but they have bigger engines and a much
better suspension design. What gives? Any one interested in communicating
direct on the secrets of CSP?
Thanks.
Adrian Thompson
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark J. Andy [mailto:marka@telerama.com]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 11:30 AM
To: autox mailing list
Subject: CSP or ?P costs?
Howdy,
Can anyone out there give me estimates for cost to build/buy a nationally
competive CSP or (maybe E?) Prepared CRX / Civic?
I accidently drove a somewhat serious CRX at a local event and now I need
to convince myself I can't afford it... :-)
Seriously, I'm interested in a CRX (or preferably civic hatchback, just
'cause I like how they look) that is prepared close to the limit in CSP or
whatever prepared class, but can still remain street legal (sorta, with
re-tuning, having friends who are inspection mechanics, etc.). I don't
care if it punishes me on the street, but I do want to be able to drive it
around town to see if it runs, drive it to local events, run at lots that
require street legal vehicles, etc.
I suspect it'd be cheaper to buy one built than to build it... Anyone got
something like this for sale? How much is a competitve CSP or prepared
civic worth?
Thanks!
Mark
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