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I promise you nobody here is complaining that you guys cover “too much” footage of you guys working on the cars. We’d love to see all of the prep on the civic

I think we would love to see even just a short video on getting all the safety and homoligation stuff ready! love the content GG, keep it up!

Sometimes I forget that this beast of a track car was once the cute little civic type R that went to Canada and back. The journey that you and this car have been on together is absolutely amazing.

Crazy how far the civic has come. From the road trip video to now. It's badass.

I feel like this car has had my favorite “glow up” of any car on the channel. It’s easy to turn a car conventional “racy” car into a better race car, however seeing the state this car was in when it was purchased for the road trip and what you turned it into, has been so cool!

Please document the fire suppression stuff. I also have an Ek that I plan on tracking and I have no idea how to do that install so it would help me out a ton and i find that kind of stuff very enjoyable to watch. If it’s not too much of a hassle please capture that on video. Love the Ek build series btw, you and the team are doing a wonderful job with everything.

Ahh yes, the classic mod that every single molested 90s civic has by now😂

Having watched you guys for years, it's fantastic to see the evolution of this channel. Your driving skills, mechanic/fab skills, video presentation, and production have progressed so well. Can't wait to see how well you do this year!

I have 21 minutes to watch this video before f1 starts, I went to the v8 Supercars race today so let’s just say this is a big racing weekend 😂. Good job as well guys, keep the vids rolling!

Been watching this channel for years and I love seeing the evolution of these cars.

The Internet: Cover the engine so you don't get metal shavings everywhere! Ben: "I'm not a smart man..." 🤣

Tip that I got from someone when welding two very different thickness of metals is to preheat the thicker metal so that it'll create a pool pretty much at the same time as the thin one when TIG welding.

Protip: you need a smooth undertray to create a Venturi otherwise the air won’t stick to the underside(I.e., suck the car down to the ground via the Coanda effect).

I almost bought that lowering the front and having some rake could make a Venturi effect, although a Venturi has quite a bit of restriction. A Venturi has to be enough to change the flow speed significantly. It is probably more to do with restricted air flow beneath the car vs over the car which makes it act like a wing. Lowering the car doesn’t do anything to change the frontal area of the car so won’t change the aerodynamic drag factor.

You can use that tig welder for brazing those parts on. It requires a lot less amperage, it flow very nicely and it would be there for sure.

Have you considered an ABS swap? I'm doing a MK60 swap from an E46 BWM M3. These are standalone ABS units that can be adapted to most cars. It has been called "the hand of god" and is supposed to work wonders with trail braking. It would be super cool to see a video about it.

Absolutely love to see you guys outside of your comfort zone. Thats where the most growth is too. Hopefully the new mods are as functional as desired dude.

You need to get a fibre glass welding blanket. I use them in work when I have to grind or weld on a chassis. They won’t melt or catch fire like that plastic sheet

I love that this car has reached the point where shit happens with a grinder, sawzall, and hammer. This is the difference between a street car modified for track, and a race car. Get it!!

I use 3m panel bold after welding. Seals and creates a stronger bond.

Most important of all, inside Ben's EK hood is super clean & neat!

I think we should give praise to how well BenBen edit their videos and use music with existing sound in the background, ie that front splitter construction scene and the cueing of the router tool sound and the flappy disk sound perfectly synced to the music😂👏🏼👏🏼👌

I love all of this content, far more then anything else... I think people might forget a lot of us used to love working on cars and now we have no garages, we sold our tools to pay for a car payment, kids, wife, medical, etc etc... it's just a hobby we miss... so garage time is a great thing to see

Try using Silicon Bronze filler wire when tig welding to factory sheet metal. It melts at a much lower temp and is more flexible. Plus it leaves a nice gold weld.

It's crazy how this went from a Type R clone to a monstrous track car

The civic videos are my favourite, seeing its multiple forms and then if it’s successful or not. The only thing that could make them better is more ASM!

new livery is exciting, keep up the great work, finally get to see one of you guys going door to door racing. now if both of you eventually are going to door to door racing, even in different classes, that would be so amazing!!! again, keep up the great work, can't wait to see what's to come :)

In British touring cars, we run minimum splitter depth of 8mm. But these get swapped out after most races as the contact in touring cars is going to be something you’ll have to get used to

One of my favourite setup videos you guys have done 👌

Awesome footage G&G,it's wild how much the civic has evolved! Perfection through refinement, I can't wait to see more of the ek! Please keep them coming

As cool as the headlight intake is, building an air box from it around your filter will help reduce intake temps, increase the pressure, and MIGHT help your cooling system efficiency by reducing the air pressure on the back of the radiator. Granted you are power limited in the new series, I cant see more cooling as a bad thing

Shout to Andrew! Hes saved my ass like 100 times with his welding fab skills over the past two years. A true G

Nobody is perfect. I think your videos are awesome. Keep up the great work!

Rad ride man. Canvas, like a duffelbag, old school tent is better than plastic sheeting in the engine bay. Plastic gets all melty.... :P

Finally this channel has a video that’s not a bummer

Awesome! Can’t wait to see the new livery, the old one is bad ass! Gonna be hard to beat! Just like that civic is gonna be hard to beat on the track!

Crazy how this went from a static civic, to a type R replica to what it is now. A time attack car

I’m so excited for this build, I’m actually basing my focus ST build on your civic just with my own taste thrown in, it’s always cool to see the evolution of track cars

That was a heck of a clean race in Race1 at Watkins! Gridlife is really a super respectful event and drivers, love it!

Little nugget of information. You can fry your ecu by grounding to the body of your vehicle. There are specialty immobilizers that you hook up to your battery to stop that from happening.

lol.. had a few drinks.. what if... you remove the entire front end to rails... then make your own strut towers, brace them like a H with a X under.. and the entire front end is a spoiler/lip that rides on springs, like small, almost like 1k-2k compact springs..

9:45 when the pitch of the music is just right with the pitch of the tool

Awesome video. I can only imagine how much work this actually was. Great work! Keep on killin it

Can't wait to see you side by side to Eric in his JTCC style civic!

My dream is to build my own rally car... these videos definitely give me a reality check of how much work goes into building a race car.

I am always amazed at the quality of the work on this channel, and how neither of you as wired the others persons brake lights to the horn.

I like how when you were cutting for the extension caps, I just started to think “damn Ben should put plastic on the engine” 2 seconds later “I know I’m not the smartest I should put plastic over the engine” 😂

13:10 oversteering at full lock over a kerb does that, ask me how I know it lol

I’m an Electrician at a metal fabrication shop. You’re doing EXACTLY what our Welder-Fabricators do. Keep up the good work bröther LMFAO

Man I love this channel, the production work is sick, the car content is awesome, I have to say this is probably the only channel where I say "shit" when the episodes end.

I go to school for welding but I really only wanna fab on stuff like this car shit is underated....

Love the resonance with the handsaw and the sound track!

Would a shortened spindle have helped any with the UCAs hitting the top of the strut tower? I've seen a lot of stance guys say thats a more effective way of correcting the suspension geometry, but i would imagine it might be risky to race on a modified spindle if it wasnt built absolutely solid. Love this car man, its been awesome to see you build it up

Y’all should make a video on how to get started in gridlife and how to register and start going to events and also go over the price and what it costs to register for them and prep (with ought the price of the car)

Instead of using plastic to cover up the engine bay. Get a cheap fire suppression blanket. Those are woven glass fiber and will stand beter to grinding and welding and are safer. Would won't to burn down your car after all this work.

Awesome work! This is a serious racecar... I hope the Honda community appreciates the great video!

honestly one of my top 10 videos for you guys. you have inspired me to take my rx8 to the track for the first time this year. my moneys on blowing it up on the amateur orientation laps but ya know lol

Car looked fantastic at the Glen dude. See you at Midwest.

Looks absolutely sick 👌🏻. Super Touring Cars from the 90s 😊

I just started working at a shop and I have access to a bender and lots of material. I can totally make you some 16 gauge bent brackets if you send me the dimensions!! Love the content as always 😁😁

#5:57 Absolutely Ben. However I actually say the opposite your technique is perfect! Don't change it! 😂

Saturday mornings are my favorite just because of these videos

Would love to see the instal of the safety features.

We want to see EVERYTHING that yall do on the track cars! Love the content as always

Forget the livery and show us the fire suppression system install, thanks. We want to see it. The livery is likely still valvoline so just leave it and use that time to film for us 😉 and still make the deadline with the current livery which still looks great btw.

What a great video Best way to start off the morning on a Saturday 🏁

The sarcasm @6:05😂😂😂

Very nice episode! Now the car looks even more agressive. What about that big gap between grill and hood? Wouldn't it be better to seal it somehow for better aerodynamics?

LOL so many "fabricators" and on instagram and facebook so many "animal experts"

Ahh! New livery, can't wait.

Great video. Could you tell me the size of the tubs you bought? Im i the process of tubbing my integra 😂 What abou the rear? Do you still have good clerance even being an 1 inch lower?

Dont worry about doing stuff wrong, as long as you admit to making dumb mistakes its a learning experience

Another fantastic video. You all can make even the most mundane modifications seem interesting.

❤ were always lovin' civic contents

I think I have seen someone use trailer fenders to fix a rusted out engine bay before. Can't remember where thou... Looking forwards to see more videoes 🙂

when wetting out fiberglass you wet out the wood first then lay the fiberglass sheet out then re-wet out the fiberglass sheet, what you did has no strength.

Hey man going extra mile gotta love it!❤ But out of curiosity, you going 5 stud conversion in future?

I have been told, on occasion, that one inch can make a difference. Frankly, haven't managed to to figure out why just yet. Suggestions on a postcard please.

Pure production gold as always fellas.

im super excited for this series! Lets goooo!

Whoever is editing these videos is popping off

This is probably the only automobile channel i watch.

Dannng 120 hours of work compressed into a 20 minute video. That’s a lot of good work that didn’t make it into the video.

Instead of saying you were stupid, I'd say you were very eager to work on your car. Best of luck for your journey.

i see the tsx ben drove all the time in ohio someone local owns it, glad to see its still alive

I wanna see this car in Tsukuba circuit

This was a great way to spend my lunch break, thank you Ben!

it looks SO GOOD!

The civic is looking freaking sweet! What are your plans to adjust the suspension to keep the geometry correct? Are you going to go the drop knuckle route like tall Ben did with Lana or are you able to get adjustable control arms for the new class?

Drifters have been using trailer fenders for tubbing for like 20years lol. It really is the perfect solution

Damn Ben the civic lookin🔥🔥🔥

Andrew Hicks with the 80% Arms sticker on your welding shield. I see you brother 👌

This race car can also be a show car with that badass look. Great work!!

plastic sheet + grinding/welding = a good way to set the engine bay on fire...get a welding blanket, they're cheap and made of thick glass fiber, so basically indestructible

Looks amazing

HHaha love the sarcasm on the fabricators do what you do best and so far you been killing it with this civic great content

this episode was so entertaining to watch 10/10 can’t wait to see the new livery 🤙🏽

Always worth to watch 🔥

U shud make another lip above the splitter at the top of the airdam to channel the air ro the side while maintaining downforce