XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Honda CIVIC EF CRX SINGLE CAM (Rear FORK) 1989-1991

The EF-generation CRX is a featherweight on stiff torsion bars at the front and a beam at the rear, and that combination turns brutal the moment a sealed stage gets broken or cambered. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover is built for exactly that surface – sealed-stage tarmac with mid-corner ruts, kerbs and compressions that would unsettle a fast-road damper inside the first kilometre.

Where a Super Sport or Top Sport spec is tuned to a smooth circuit, this Tarmac Rally damper is valved to soak up the hit from a broken apex and put the front tyre back on the road before the CRX’s short wheelbase has a chance to step out of line.

What this coilover does for your 1989-1991 Honda Civic EF CRX Single CAM (rr Fork)

The EF CRX rewards a chassis that stays planted under throttle on a corner exit, and that is where this kit earns its place. Damping is tuned to suppress the body movement that the standard car generates over compressions, so the front tyre keeps biting through hairpins and high-speed direction changes instead of skating wide. On broken tarmac the suspension absorbs the jolt rather than passing it into the steering wheel, which means you can carry committed entry speed without the car tramlining off line. Traction at the driven front axle holds up because the damper keeps the contact patch loaded through bumps, not airborne over them. Stance and ride height are set on the threaded body, so you can dial the CRX low enough to look right without compromising the suspension travel that a rally damper needs to do its job.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally is a damper engineered specifically for the sealed-stage rally discipline, where the road is paved but rarely smooth. Internally it is built to absorb the impact of uneven pavement and the hit of larger bumps without spiking, so the body of the car settles quickly and shock travel translates into grip rather than chatter. Valving is the product of XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme, with settings refined on stages where suppressing body shock directly increases tyre traction. The result is a damper that prioritises stability and contact-patch consistency over outright track stiffness, which is the right priority for any CRX that sees broken B-roads, hill climbs or tarmac stages rather than a billiard-smooth circuit.

Fitment for the Honda Civic EF CRX Single CAM (rr Fork) (1989-1991)

This kit is specified for the EF-chassis Honda Civic CRX with the single-cam engine and the rear fork-type lower mount, model years 1989 to 1991. Chassis reference is HN12. Confirm your rear lower mount style is the fork type rather than the eye type before ordering, as the two are not interchangeable.

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