@LoserSnoozer it also leaked after 1 or 2 weeks of work installing it, so yeah there wad a major issue, that's where the episode ended and we haven't had any news since
Probably wouldn't even help the Civic much in termss of structural rigidity. The weight gains if any would probably be ruined by cutting the structure.
For anyone that hasn't used Silka or Silkaflex let me tell you it is the best sealant made by man. Fifteen years ago I used four tubes to seal a seam in my concrete driveway and it is still good as new today.
@@lsr0netheone9 Last time it ran was during the GRIDLIFE 2022 season at Lime Rock Park where it blew its turbo during its second session (it won Street Class in just one session lol). After that, it has been on jackstands for about a year as Ben wanted to focus on his other cars and give the Evo a break. When the flood hit the garage, his Evo was spared since it was on jackstands.
I think a good solution to the windshield foggging issue is to run a similar setup to rear windshield defrosters. There are companies that make front windshields with heating coils embedded in them
Advance pulled all of their sponsorships in all Motorsport. They have been having some finance issues in general and this is just a cost cutting measure
The two Bens announced this earlier this year as part of the Eclipse vs RX-8 road trip series. Advance Auto usually sponsors those as well but they had a lot less to work with this time around
Advance bought most of not all of the pepboys store locations. They've really expanded a lot here on the west coast and I think they're having trouble with competitors like Autozone and oreilly having a strong base here.
Something that's come up in the rally community this year, a few people have had the turn key kill switch lose contact even though it's in the correct position. People have started to switch to solid state electrical kill switches. Not sure you'll get as much vibration as we do, but I'd hate for you to DNF on a small part again
1.5s is a massively impressive improvement over 1 lap, but it’s hopeful to assume the competition won’t have made similar upgrades this year. The upcoming season will definitely be interesting.
10 seconds in, and the intro is already beyond perfect! Probably the moment that fully cemented your channel as the perfect combination of top gear and Cars.
This channel is one of the best automotive channels on yt, there will be plenty of businesses wanting to sponsor you guys. Wish you the best this season!
Rain-x or similar on the windshield, inside and out. won't fog up. swap the interior non vital bolts for Alu', not too expensive and saves another few pounds. can do similar for body panel fixings. for the cost of carbon roof you could have better weight savings with something like titanium hub nut, wheel studs and lugs. probably even lighter hubs too. unsprung weight saving too
Great video as always, guys. Sucks that Advance Auto Parts aren't staying on. I really hope that doesn't affect the road trip content in any way. Feels like you've been with them forever!
I really love seeing the progress of this car. Just seeing how each little tweak, mod and change has had results. Crazy to think I still remember when the civic and the Evo were both basically standard street cars...
Yeah... Spray the window whit anti fogging up spray 👍 works pretty good AND BEN if you are having problems getting tires up to temp before a session... Put the tires and RIMS in a black Big garage bag. Close it up and place it in the sun !! A friend of mine does that to his Wheels and tires to get them up some of the way in themp!! He does hillclims and they didn't have any time getting heat in the TYRES 👍🎉
Great video, you said that gridlife rules require no front glass? Have you considered cutting vents into the rear window or even the boot lid to relieve the air that can be caught in the interior of the car? Similar theory to when people cut the rear bumper..
Do the rules allow undertrays and diffusers? With proper ones you'd reduce drag, increase downforce, might even reduce the size of the massive rear wing which adds a lot of drag.
Two points of advice, get rid of the ignition steering lock. Its a race car, you dont need it. Go to a toggle on or push button set up. Second, professional drivers actually use soapy water in a spray bottle and spray the inside of the windshield. That would be a cheaper alternative
Maybe things have changed (since it's been a minute since I worked in auto glass), but I remember using stuff like windex to keep the urethane wet and something to keep the blades/wires from building up too much heat from friction did wonders to make things less of a pain in the ass. D:
If you put both front windows in you go faster again. The drag that you are creating by not having windows in place is huge. Rather than a fan for the front window, add in a cold air duct from the front and let that blow air directly up onto the front windshield.
Damn, kinda breaks my heart to hear advanced isn't a sponsor anymore, doesn't affect me as I'm in Canada, but Ive always linked you guys together in my mind
Ever considered endurance racing with @worldracingleague? It’s an awesome series, competition, and community. It would be sick to see a G&G car on the grid!
Well you keep breaking records ben, I dont think I have seen someone "warm up" their rear tires that way that early before! Haha still blows my mind you are taking a civic this fast and far as a racecar.
What about carbon fiber dors and rear hood skins? It is easy and quick, and also, you have a cage, so dor is not a big factor for side impact, which we all hope never happens.
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Ben is doing more R&D than the Alpine F1 team
Ben doing his 98% for sure.
OOF
😂
Love to see it😭
Williams* 😂
I’m doing my own form of weight reduction in the bathroom rn
Same
😂 most genuine laugh I’ve had all week
Same
Same
Me too! Just lost 7lbs!!
Well, there goes the only advertising for Advance Auto I ever see...
Seriously! Gears and gasoline without advance sponsoring them? What is this world coming to!!!
yeah.. wtf Advance! step it up!
Never heard of nor noticed Advanced before G&G
Aaaand now Auto Zone gets my business.
Time to get in the zone since advance clearly doesn’t want our business
Now that Advanced isn't sponsoring you guys... I'm excited to see who will be next!
Mark will never install a carbon roof again 😅
Wat did he have one go really wrong?
@@dantehughes897 the sti, just was time consuming and such for only a small difference that was more cosmetic over all
@LoserSnoozer it also leaked after 1 or 2 weeks of work installing it, so yeah there wad a major issue, that's where the episode ended and we haven't had any news since
@@alexelrod242 he got it sealed properly so it doesn’t leak anymore
Probably wouldn't even help the Civic much in termss of structural rigidity. The weight gains if any would probably be ruined by cutting the structure.
I know its a Civic video but I am so hyped to see the EVO finally back running again in the background.Cant wait for the next EVO vid.
For anyone that hasn't used Silka or Silkaflex let me tell you it is the best sealant made by man. Fifteen years ago I used four tubes to seal a seam in my concrete driveway and it is still good as new today.
Sika marine poly can hold the earth together
16:37 Ben you've got a brake light burnt out!
Driver side no less!
17:12 So..we're not gonna talk abt Ben's Evo just casually there?😅
😂😂I just paused to comment on that then I saw yours
Ben also took his evo on the track at VIR, it was awesome to watch them both
Saw that, I thought that thing was retired/flooded?
@@lsr0netheone9 Last time it ran was during the GRIDLIFE 2022 season at Lime Rock Park where it blew its turbo during its second session (it won Street Class in just one session lol). After that, it has been on jackstands for about a year as Ben wanted to focus on his other cars and give the Evo a break. When the flood hit the garage, his Evo was spared since it was on jackstands.
@@leumas2606 found you
Just wanna say that racing content will always be my favorite content from G&G (road trips are 2nd)
I think a good solution to the windshield foggging issue is to run a similar setup to rear windshield defrosters. There are companies that make front windshields with heating coils embedded in them
You might as well replace everything with carbon fiber.
(Next week) replacing everything with carbon fiber 😂
If Mark agrees to it lol
Mark is going to beat you up 😂
Even the wheels and rotors 😅
When did you guys lose the advanced auto sponsorship?
Advance pulled all of their sponsorships in all Motorsport. They have been having some finance issues in general and this is just a cost cutting measure
The two Bens announced this earlier this year as part of the Eclipse vs RX-8 road trip series. Advance Auto usually sponsors those as well but they had a lot less to work with this time around
Advance bought most of not all of the pepboys store locations. They've really expanded a lot here on the west coast and I think they're having trouble with competitors like Autozone and oreilly having a strong base here.
Wouldn't it go faster with front windows?
Something that's come up in the rally community this year, a few people have had the turn key kill switch lose contact even though it's in the correct position. People have started to switch to solid state electrical kill switches. Not sure you'll get as much vibration as we do, but I'd hate for you to DNF on a small part again
1.5s is a massively impressive improvement over 1 lap, but it’s hopeful to assume the competition won’t have made similar upgrades this year. The upcoming season will definitely be interesting.
10 seconds in, and the intro is already beyond perfect!
Probably the moment that fully cemented your channel as the perfect combination of top gear and Cars.
I was expecting Ben to just go through his side of the glass😂
This channel is one of the best automotive channels on yt, there will be plenty of businesses wanting to sponsor you guys. Wish you the best this season!
Crazy how you guys were sponsored by Advance for years. Kinda surprised that partnership ended, and looking forward to whatever comes next.
Rain-x or similar on the windshield, inside and out. won't fog up. swap the interior non vital bolts for Alu', not too expensive and saves another few pounds. can do similar for body panel fixings.
for the cost of carbon roof you could have better weight savings with something like titanium hub nut, wheel studs and lugs. probably even lighter hubs too. unsprung weight saving too
Great video as always, guys. Sucks that Advance Auto Parts aren't staying on. I really hope that doesn't affect the road trip content in any way. Feels like you've been with them forever!
O’Reilly… let’s go!
I really love seeing the progress of this car. Just seeing how each little tweak, mod and change has had results.
Crazy to think I still remember when the civic and the Evo were both basically standard street cars...
2:13 Mark is really enjoying himself there
your journey to track and wheel to wheel racing is inspiring. thank you for all the work you do for this content.
Goosebumps reliving you being 1st for a while. I don't watch any motorsports at all, but that race... Man.
So glad its racing season again.
I call the rust on my 92 C1500 weight reduction. It's not just any old rust, it's performance rust!
well you know what they say? rust is lighter than carbon fiber!
Thankz guys for another great Saturday video
Not to take away anything from this video. But im psyched to see Lana is coming back.
18:50 do my eyes deceive me? Has the evo been resurrected?
I was so happy to see it!
That's Lana the Evo right!!!?
@@colelje yessir
1 sec from weight reduction! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Nice job! Looking forward to the competition this season, because you *know* they've been making progress also.
You can use dish soap inside of the windshield as an antifogging, a thin layer applied by a micro fiber towel.
Yeah... Spray the window whit anti fogging up spray 👍 works pretty good
AND BEN if you are having problems getting tires up to temp before a session... Put the tires and RIMS in a black Big garage bag. Close it up and place it in the sun !!
A friend of mine does that to his Wheels and tires to get them up some of the way in themp!! He does hillclims and they didn't have any time getting heat in the TYRES 👍🎉
This is cool. I’m an apprentice body tech and did this same window removal and urethane back in for the first time last week.
I'm amazed by the quality of these videos every time I watch one. Great work gentlemen!
It's amazing how professional make things look so easy. Great job
Great video, you said that gridlife rules require no front glass? Have you considered cutting vents into the rear window or even the boot lid to relieve the air that can be caught in the interior of the car? Similar theory to when people cut the rear bumper..
Lana is back!!!!!!!
“Carbon roof” - STI carbon roof video reference? 😂
Its the 360 spin on the out lap for me.
I love cars, but for some reason dont watch a lot of racing, but for some reason love following along the GaG race seasons, pumped lets gooooo!
Awesome video as always Ben and Mark.
👍🏻😄👍🏻 Thanks for the inspiration and showing the world that this is racing and not just buying a supercar and speeding on the streets. 👍🏻😄👍🏻
Sucks that advance auto parts isn't working with u guys anymore, but I'm excited to see what comes next .
I love Charlie’s product!!! Amazing quality!!!
Do the rules allow undertrays and diffusers? With proper ones you'd reduce drag, increase downforce, might even reduce the size of the massive rear wing which adds a lot of drag.
He had to reduce the size of his splitter to meet rules. Partial undertray is permitted, just not sure if he has fully exploited it
CTR's ruling:
Rear undertray diffusers are not permitted, factory or otherwise.
Flat underbody floors/pans are prohibited.
Finnaly the EVO is fixed cant wait to see it run againg
Also good for you ben you Civic is a proper race machine
If you arent already try running some more toe in the rear to help scrub the rear tyres and get them hotter
Amazing Work Guys 🏁
It was good to see that ZX2 in the background :)
Love following this car’s development.
I aspire someday to prepare and race my cars like you !🤘🏽
SportContact 02 in the rain is like driving in dry… they’re so good!
Two points of advice, get rid of the ignition steering lock. Its a race car, you dont need it. Go to a toggle on or push button set up. Second, professional drivers actually use soapy water in a spray bottle and spray the inside of the windshield. That would be a cheaper alternative
How nice will be to have an in screen conversion from freedom units to whatever other thing :D
Maybe things have changed (since it's been a minute since I worked in auto glass), but I remember using stuff like windex to keep the urethane wet and something to keep the blades/wires from building up too much heat from friction did wonders to make things less of a pain in the ass. D:
You can put a anti fog coating on the windshield
Mark in the background playing with the Poly window is my spirit animal!
If you put both front windows in you go faster again. The drag that you are creating by not having windows in place is huge.
Rather than a fan for the front window, add in a cold air duct from the front and let that blow air directly up onto the front windshield.
GLTC regulations don't allow front door windows.
charlie moua is local to me! glad to see his products getting out there
Not sponsored by advanced? Info on that!
Advanced dropped all sponsorships, financial issues
@@michaelyocum7082 dang. They sponsored a lot of their trips so hopefully that won’t impact any content.
Thinking about being insane and building a mid 70s muscle car for gltc
Good luck this year!
Thee evoo is backkkk!
Love the content! Hyped to see you take 1st this year in GLTC! Also I spotted Lana at the track with you 👀 hyped to see the Evo turning laps again!
For the OEM style spoiler, you can swap it w/ a plastic one to drop some weight too
If you want to lower the centre of gravity, use the weights on the under panel or anywhere under the car.
Make a weighted aero panel or something :)
ooooo that window peel was top shelf! i love a good peel
it blows my mind that this was once the road trip civic
You brought my cousin charlie moua doryoku crash bar. We all from MN been watching you.
Satisfaction starts at 15:56
Love seeing the escort in the back. Any plans with it coming up?
i know this ben's civic ep but seeing ben's Evo in the background is
This is an Ek. The EP is like 2000-2006!
@@wr1ght939no he meant this is Ben's Civic EPisode
@@wr1ght939 i know it's an EK, was talking about EPisode.
a personal kanjo inspired racing livery would be sick tbh
Damn, kinda breaks my heart to hear advanced isn't a sponsor anymore, doesn't affect me as I'm in Canada, but Ive always linked you guys together in my mind
YES!!!,Another G&G video
I just rewatched the "i'm swapping to 5-lugs" video and I can't beleive I never noticed that only the rears are still 4-lug to this day. Pretty neat!
Ever considered endurance racing with @worldracingleague? It’s an awesome series, competition, and community. It would be sick to see a G&G car on the grid!
Love the Saturday morning vids! Keep em coming!!
Seeing the Evo out there super excited for it
Well you keep breaking records ben, I dont think I have seen someone "warm up" their rear tires that way that early before! Haha still blows my mind you are taking a civic this fast and far as a racecar.
I had that shiftercable issue, YESTERDAY with my daily driver.. This feels so familiar! Could laugh about it luckily.
should go to a wind tunnel, would be really cool
see you at laguna seca 😮 again last year. I was in the stands when the clip fell off and knew that, unfortunately, first place had slipped away
I love doing 360s before a lap
Thank God for this episode 😅 the glass was triggering me
Get an Alcantara/suede steering wheel 100% helps grip and how you grip the wheel
G&G for the win!!!
Great ep.
Any chance you guys can show weight in KGs too? Do it for viewers from the rest of the world haha and absolutely loving the channel!
“You lost at trivia” “you lost at grid life” 😂
Use RainX anti fog on the inside of your windshield. Works like a charm.
I love the editing in your videos!
congrats
Can’t wait to meet you guys at GridLife SC!
Can confirm that ECS are great in the wet.
Mark delivering lines is So god Damn rough....And I'm Fucking here for it hahaha
The best car content ever
What about carbon fiber dors and rear hood skins? It is easy and quick, and also, you have a cage, so dor is not a big factor for side impact, which we all hope never happens.
Road trip in the race cars!!!