If it was me I would make up some more substantial mounting brackets/gussets for that plate that run down the outside of the frame rails, in addition to the traction bar mount. That is a very heavy chunk of plate. If that breaks off going down the highway it could kill someone. That is not something to "It'll be fine" on. You want it to be rock solid with no chance of failure.
Fordman7575 When we were kids we used to ride down the road in the bed of a pickup and pitch our old car tires and watch em blast off into the woods. Or roll for a stupidly long time. What awesome power, seeing a 60’ tree shake back and forth!
It has over 4 brace points not including the bar weld. you will notice it start to crack or vibrate when it starts to let go shouldn't be an issue. If he wasn't gonna add the front gusset/bars I'd be sketched out as well.
Big shoutout to your teacher! Really cool of him to do that and show interest in what you are doing! Lot of them would tell you to kick rocks. He’s a good guy!
Hell yeah dude. You're civic is now really feeling like the Main Character for your channel. You got some cool stuff on her. Represent man! The weight plate/traction bar setup is freakin serious!
It's nice to see a car channel take on multiple projects and actually show progress! One day my garage is gonna look like that. Right now all i have is an evo x but for sure want more cars.
Your teacher seems chill. My favorite thing about this channel is all the people that surround you. You have an amazing group of people, Kyle. Never let them go.
Seems like a super chill instructor, you got lucky. Some are really smug, cheers Kyle 🤙 p.s. you should do a merch drop to fund a new welding setup... just a thought.
The traction plate looks pretty slick man, killer can vlog with your teacher giving a hand cutting stuff up. It's gonna be sick seeing the bumper on now lookin fresh af.
When you treat people nice and put great energy into the world, great things are returned to you and you receive blessings just like being able to go back to your school.
I will never forget my wonder metals teacher in high school.RIP Bob Patterson. Kuddo's to great teachers to those of us who actually still make shit with our hands. (CNC, whatever the case, making something from nothing.) Good job Kyle! Hint: its teacher appreciation week btw***
You should jack it up and also run several beads or the entire length to the underside of the plate to the traction bar as well. Also with the amount of room you have with the bumper cover on and the amount of extra steel plate you have left over you could have your teacher cut several smaller plates (like 4-5” x 34”) You could then drill that main plate for 2 3/4” x 6” or bigger bolts and then weld them to the main plate and you’ll have a mounting point to stack additional plates on top of the main plate if you need more weight on the front of the car.
Should of used a wire wheel for taking the paint off and check the torch bar to see if it is level and then parallel the weight plate onto the torch bar is square to the plate; and for safety in a crash the plate in front of the tires needed to be turned down so edge metal will not dig into the tires in a front end crash so you do not loose air pressure in a wreck and you can still have control a little better in the event of a crash.
Your Man Mike Some community colleges will have even more special equipment depending on what industries are big in the region in order to help with jobs for grads.
Great video man good job on the measurements and installation. You are definitely legendary in my eyes you, pfi, Emilio all of y’all are great ppl and know how to shred shit up much love man
You should weld on studs or threaded rod and start bolting on section of steal cut out from that scrap for even more weight. You could play with the weight an tire pressure and dial in traction that way.
You definitely want to add more mounts before you drive it (not just for looks), If you get into a front end collision that thing would probably go flying or a big speed bump. Those mounts you welded to wear not meant for that much weight and those two bolts on each side will probably snap.
Shoulda welded plates on the end of your chassis and tabs on your weight plate and tied it into the chassis but also removable with bolts. Just a thought!
Looks good man i think its going to need those extra supports thats alot of weight hangin out there. I drilled a hole in the back of my welder with a gromet and made a mount for an external spool.
If you need more weight cut out the back notch out of a rectangle of steel and add little pegs to locate it on top of the first essentially making a stack of plates. You could even make the additional plates out of different thicknesses to mess around with the amount of weight depending on conditions.
I recommending adding some support to the front of that lip of the sheet metal to support it so it can’t flop up and down over uneven Surfaces or getting a harmonic vibration that can cause it to wiggle up and down and cause it to fail and rip at that bar you welded the plate to.
We have this bar that my dad's friend welded to the back of our boat trailer (Idk what kind of welder was used or anything or what size tubing) but it is extremely strong. It can support the entire boat on the trailer to be dragged on it when getting out of the driveway. Altho it has definetly bent back a tiny bit
You need more amperage in your weld . The noise you are looking for is frying eggs . Also make some brackets, that long weld will be weak even with the sides tacked .
Hay Kyle i have a vtec h22 that’s getting scraped if I do a conversion in a Honda carb set up wat would I need to take out of the prelude with the vtec?? Like loom and how far back or ???? Need advise thanx man.
I know I have said this before but it is so cool to see how far import cars have come from when I was a kid. Yes I know I am so old that turbos weren't even available than.. But this is so cool to see what I remember and where you guys are now. Just fucking cool
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Legend says that if you are early kyle pins your comment
Honda CR125 Motard legend says he only rides 4 strokes
Wow you won.
Not today!
MURKIN RANZYZ it sounds like we have a angry bitch
Naysean Traylor Devlin oh don't talk about your sister like that you know she give free rides like a free shuttle bus lol
Your teacher is such a chill guy 👌🏻
Sam Jones I wish my welding teacher was as chill
Now that’s a legit weight plate
Teacher is a really nice dude
If it was me I would make up some more substantial mounting brackets/gussets for that plate that run down the outside of the frame rails, in addition to the traction bar mount. That is a very heavy chunk of plate. If that breaks off going down the highway it could kill someone. That is not something to "It'll be fine" on. You want it to be rock solid with no chance of failure.
Fordman7575
When we were kids we used to ride down the road in the bed of a pickup and pitch our old car tires and watch em blast off into the woods.
Or roll for a stupidly long time.
What awesome power, seeing a 60’ tree shake back and forth!
It has over 4 brace points not including the bar weld. you will notice it start to crack or vibrate when it starts to let go shouldn't be an issue. If he wasn't gonna add the front gusset/bars I'd be sketched out as well.
He should at least test it by standing a couple of guys on it to check the strength of the supports holding it up
Big shoutout to your teacher! Really cool of him to do that and show interest in what you are doing! Lot of them would tell you to kick rocks. He’s a good guy!
Hell yeah dude. You're civic is now really feeling like the Main Character for your channel. You got some cool stuff on her. Represent man! The weight plate/traction bar setup is freakin serious!
It's nice to see a car channel take on multiple projects and actually show progress! One day my garage is gonna look like that. Right now all i have is an evo x but for sure want more cars.
PRANKurFACE I have too many cars, but I hope my garage will start looking more like that soon! We share a dream. :)
An evo is still good car to have if only have one
You should give your welding teacher a ride in the hatch
way too white.
electron being lmfao 🤣
electron being you’re obviously waaaaaaay too black.
When ur done welding it paint or clear coat it so it doesn't start rusting
" Sorry Ktuned " 😂
YoungTurnUp 47 kyle has always been a savage
You're very fortunate to have all these good people in your life.
Literally the best channel on RUclips
It actually is wtf
I Am Sekou your a bitch
Yaz same
Yaz 💯
Your teacher seems chill. My favorite thing about this channel is all the people that surround you. You have an amazing group of people, Kyle. Never let them go.
What a great teacher you have there Kyle, he really seems like he’s a good guy.. hi from Australia 👍👍
Bro... All those grinder shavings right into your inter-cooler pipe...
You see the rag stuffed in there.. also not like it's running and sucking air. But hey I'm an idiot lol
i've seen people put the battery in the front for weight but never a 1/2" plate. Goddamn Kyle, you magnificent bastard!
*WHATS GOING ON GUYS?* *Clicking intensifies*
Popped up in my feed after watching your podcast interview in your garage.
He was correct. Your tig welding is on point 👌
That guy seems like a really great teacher. Loves what he does and it shows.
Never heard of a weight plate, pretty cool
Im blind but i forgot to tell ya that you should have corner balanced the car to figure out what weight to add where.
UPDATE So I’m back in Cali after going to Colorado with no sight of Kyle flying by 8k revs deep. Depressed af
Eric Lopez :'(
Can't wait to see the first animal that gets cut in half while trying to run across the road!
Seems like a super chill instructor, you got lucky. Some are really smug, cheers Kyle 🤙 p.s. you should do a merch drop to fund a new welding setup... just a thought.
The traction plate looks pretty slick man, killer can vlog with your teacher giving a hand cutting stuff up. It's gonna be sick seeing the bumper on now lookin fresh af.
That "Traction Bar" is a 150 mph car blade...
When you treat people nice and put great energy into the world, great things are returned to you and you receive blessings just like being able to go back to your school.
Your welding teacher is cool af to let you so that. I want one of those machines
I will never forget my wonder metals teacher in high school.RIP Bob Patterson. Kuddo's to great teachers to those of us who actually still make shit with our hands. (CNC, whatever the case, making something from nothing.) Good job Kyle! Hint: its teacher appreciation week btw***
that's cool of your teachers man. seems to be proud of you legit. keep at it man.. love the channel!
Kyle please sort out playlists for the different builds on the channel as I'm having trouble finding all the SW20 k series build
Richard Culbertson the problem is that the cars are split up 1 video might have 3 different projects
You should jack it up and also run several beads or the entire length to the underside of the plate to the traction bar as well.
Also with the amount of room you have with the bumper cover on and the amount of extra steel plate you have left over you could have your teacher cut several smaller plates (like 4-5” x 34”) You could then drill that main plate for 2 3/4” x 6” or bigger bolts and then weld them to the main plate and you’ll have a mounting point to stack additional plates on top of the main plate if you need more weight on the front of the car.
You go Kyle, get it done, lol.
Boost them braces boi
Lol the jack screaming at 11:14
That hatch looks incredibly good well done kyle
What's up Kyle; love the subaru build!
I can't wait to see it shred
The Subaru clan disapproves of your actions
Should of used a wire wheel for taking the paint off and check the torch bar to see if it is level and then parallel the weight plate onto the torch bar is square to the plate; and for safety in a crash the plate in front of the tires needed to be turned down so edge metal will not dig into the tires in a front end crash so you do not loose air pressure in a wreck and you can still have control a little better in the event of a crash.
Weld under Neath the plate on the bar
that is one hella heavy shin killer... def doubles as a great splitter.
Love your build mate. Makes me want to build another h2b but turbo this time. Keep it coming dude
The weight plate looks sick! Also the mr2 would make a nasty time attack car ;)
Dang the hatch is really becoming a full fledged race car good job Kyle keep surprising us .
hell yea dude that thing looks fantastic! cant wait to see if it helps out!
Awesome job Kyle!!! Looks so sick!
That came out siiiick!
Can you imagine some fabricator from 50 years ago seeing that CAD plasma run threw 1/2" steel?...Sorcery
The satisfaction is unreal 🤤
dont you wanna be able to remove it while leaving the traction bar?
like add big tabs to bolt er up
Clean, clean, clean!!!! Nice work!!
I'm definitely not a honda person, but love what you guys do to those things and the work that goes into them. Keep it up!
Awesome teacher you have Kyle!
Wow is that a college metal work room way different compared my schools 1
Community college, more specialised than a regular college.
Your Man Mike Some community colleges will have even more special equipment depending on what industries are big in the region in order to help with jobs for grads.
Def gotta take Jeff for a run for cutting the plate. Top guy.
Awesome work Kyle! That bumper fits perfect now 👍
That looks so good and has multiple functions, GREAT JOB KYLE.
Awesome job man, damn that should make that front end stick a little better. Maybe ill see it on the road sometime as im just south of ya.
Kyle cover your turbo don want the same problem like the last time. Love the build keep going strong
That fitment is perfect bro!
Great video man good job on the measurements and installation. You are definitely legendary in my eyes you, pfi, Emilio all of y’all are great ppl and know how to shred shit up much love man
Looks great.
Love the channel you gotta post more often bro 💪🏽💪🏽
Gotta love those 30 minute videos !
SP Tuning stay boosted PAPI come to Cali soon
Big thumbs up 👍 for your teacher doing that for you seems like such a cool dude👌
He-hatch like he-man! Love it!
You should weld on studs or threaded rod and start bolting on section of steal cut out from that scrap for even more weight. You could play with the weight an tire pressure and dial in traction that way.
More of the subi build. You guys need to build that motor and make it a monster.
I wish there was a place like this on the eastern shore of MD
You definitely want to add more mounts before you drive it (not just for looks), If you get into a front end collision that thing would probably go flying or a big speed bump. Those mounts you welded to wear not meant for that much weight and those two bolts on each side will probably snap.
thats a teacher of yours ? awesome dude. we need more of those types.
Shoulda welded plates on the end of your chassis and tabs on your weight plate and tied it into the chassis but also removable with bolts. Just a thought!
Looks good you’re a smart dude love your videos. Keep them coming
That fits perfect awesome job man thanks for the upload
Go to QuarterMax.com and get two drag racing wing struts. They will work perfectly for that weight plate!!!
Looks good man i think its going to need those extra supports thats alot of weight hangin out there. I drilled a hole in the back of my welder with a gromet and made a mount for an external spool.
If you need more weight cut out the back notch out of a rectangle of steel and add little pegs to locate it on top of the first essentially making a stack of plates. You could even make the additional plates out of different thicknesses to mess around with the amount of weight depending on conditions.
I recommending adding some support to the front of that lip of the sheet metal to support it so it can’t flop up and down over uneven Surfaces or getting a harmonic vibration that can cause it to wiggle up and down and cause it to fail and rip at that bar you welded the plate to.
What a cool teacher
We have this bar that my dad's friend welded to the back of our boat trailer (Idk what kind of welder was used or anything or what size tubing) but it is extremely strong. It can support the entire boat on the trailer to be dragged on it when getting out of the driveway. Altho it has definetly bent back a tiny bit
I’m in love with tht idea was just thinking on how to put one on my Honda
Nice one Kyle. Good work
Yo Kyle, that welder can fit an 11 lb spool of wire from Harbor Freight in the welder. So go ahead and do that
Tippo harbor freight wire sucks even worse than the welders.
Ilikeboost they're not actually that bad. Not amazing but they work pretty well. "Adaquate" as reviewed.
Tippo idk personally. I have been told that the best upgrade you can do to a hf welder is good wire.
You need more amperage in your weld . The noise you are looking for is frying eggs . Also make some brackets, that long weld will be weak even with the sides tacked .
Are you doing welding courses? Or just like workshops? You should go out to another rip in the shopping kart
God I love Daily uploads
Hay Kyle i have a vtec h22 that’s getting scraped if I do a conversion in a Honda carb set up wat would I need to take out of the prelude with the vtec?? Like loom and how far back or ???? Need advise thanx man.
Never fear you got brent... Even if it was last minute he will make sure it happens. Thanks for the vid
i think that is the chillest teacher ever
Teacher seems like a super cool guy. 👍
real nice job kyle!
15:00 you should fill the frame with lead then weld a plate onto it
Man like Jeff helping the Honda gang
Just what a great guy that teacher is
Congratulations on your graduation I know your builds are about to be off the hook now👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Your teacher was pretty awesome for letting you cut your weight plate, let him take a ride in the hatch bro.🤘🤘🤘
I know I have said this before but it is so cool to see how far import cars have come from when I was a kid. Yes I know I am so old that turbos weren't even available than.. But this is so cool to see what I remember and where you guys are now. Just fucking cool
Nice work, that turned out mint. Let us know if there's a noticeable difference, kinda curious. Congrats on the graduation.
Weld the scrap to the back of the cut out piece for even more weight
For he Hatch
Evaasive i was gonna say the same thing😂
Fill the frame rails with lead, making the front even heavier.