Civic of Doom: Honda Challenge Recycling

[Kaan]

There was a race to get things wrapped up… lets be clear… if you need to make an event, you better have the HOOKUP on dyno time and alignment time… I had neither. So while waiting for a windshield… I scrambled to find dyno time. I drove to NC to get it aligned and dyno time in… come home to finish the car and make some tweaks… and then tow back to VIR. I swear I’m dedicated.
Waiting on the windshield
 
Ricer dyno chart… mehhh
Dyno sheet
 
The event I was rushing for was VIR… It was going to be my last HPDE2 event, I needed to get some time at VIR for comp school… it just had to work out. PLUS I have to shake the car down and pray it doesn’t break too badly (goal accomplished).
And then it rained… so I dusted off the 4 year old 200TW tires I bought on the cheap… and we set up the hobo camp!

Summit Hobo Camp
hobo cooking 1
hobo cooking 2
 
This is what happens when it rains in the paddock and people cant get things out normally… and plus hizzyfest.
Track Boredom

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I did bring my take off RRs… but I decided to focus on learning and not worry about things too much… so I stayed on the “rains” and went out to play.
Civic Shake Down 3
 
I shook down the car so much I had a problem… a typical crappy Honda problem.
Parked in 4
 
I NUKED the distributor a little… So with a little help from the Honda Challenge family and Sally McNulty’s crew (please see Hoonigan)… we build a bastardized distributor in under 40 mintues, timed the motor, and were ready to go back out there.
Heat Kills Distributors
 
And then I broke the car again… and with a part no one would have spares for. (Luckily PCI sent parts out overnight so I was ready to go for the next event). I swear I checked all my nuts and bolts… but I am pretty sure I missed one. This finished my hyperfest with my last session on Saturday… but my Instructor was happy and ready to solo me and send me to 3. So the goal was met!
Missing Parts
 
Here are some VIR pics… no aero… ehhh she’s ugly but I’ll take it.
Track out please
Working In the Rain

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So with a month between events… I fix the compliance bushing, ignore the distributor, and built a splitter… Oh and my kid brother brought me back some knock off mugen parts from Japan… for my first event in HPDE3 at Summit Point. I was still on the old “rain” tires… I’m still learning the car… I’m slow… I don’t care… I’m still trying to reach my dreams no matter what decade it is.
Gift from Japan
Summit 1
Summit 2
Summit 3

Everything went well at Summit… but life got busy, I accepted a new job, the wife deserves some time, etc… So I’ll only be doing Oct and November for the rest of the year… but hey the car isn’t broken. First time I can say that in … maybe 15 years!??!

I’ve since ordered all the crap I need to get the car finished and legal for comp school…. Fire suppression, drivers nets, my suit, gloves, etc…
I’m probably going to build a B16A or B18C5 for next year… probably not for comp school… but who knows I might get motivated. I’m also looking to take the GSR transmission with Mfactory diff to the “next level” and get it ready to actually be competitive too… you know, because everyone else does it.

I also need to clean up the paint and get it sorta close to a 50/50 rule. Who wants to help me paint the car in the garage? Anyone good with body work? I pay in beer and brisket.

Stay tuned…