03-01-2006, 11:05 AM
Long overdue, this is where I'll document what I've done with my car, what I plan to do, and all that jazz.
As RJ knows, I was looking for a stock Si hatch in good condition for years, but that didn't pan out. Those things are rare... After about 2 years of searching, I said f it and began looking at cars with swaps. I took a look at a few before I found a really clean one on Honda-Tech for a great price located in Tennessee. I negotiated a price, hopped in the Accord with a hungover Jessica and went for a drive. About an hour in, I had to pull over at a Shell station for her to puke. Awesome. We get to Johnson City, exchange funds, I take the guy to some chicken sandwich joint, and then we're on our way and I finally have my car... A '93 Civic CX: 1996 B18B (Integra LS) swap, tenzo r lowering springs, some shitty 2.5" exhaust, and a black interior swapped in.
The second day I have the car, I'm showing boobies and scott it (I think), we're pulling out of my parking lot and this bitch comes flying up in the middle of the road and I can't do anything but hit her. A decent scratch to my front bumper, and to her fresh new beetle wheels "that her dad just bought for her." Fucking bitch.
Enough stories, on to the car.
I did my first event as I had bought it, and the thing was a pile. It ran great, but it needed some serious TLC.
Mod 1: First mod would be replacing the stock shocks. I ordered up some KYB AGX and found that the spring on this car were purple and awful, but I didn't have the money to change them so they'd stay for a while.
Mod 2: The stock seats sucked! I picked up a set of Del Sol seats, which still reside in the car.
Mod 3: Fake Type R shift knob! Fuck yeah! This thing was hard to put on, I actually tore skin off my hands getting it tight.
Mod 4: Got an exhaust ticket so I swapped the cannon for a Magnaflow oval, which sounds great.
Mod 3: Graduated, had money, bought some Buddy Club Racing Spec dampers, which are still on the car. Installed them at an event
Mod 4: Added Integra rear disc brakes and found that my drums were doing absolutely nothing. At this point I had done many events on just stock civic front brakes.
Mod 5: Top Fuel whale penis intake. Didn't do squat for my buttdyno, but has a nice throaty sound.
Mod 5: Now that I had brakes I was beginning to move on track. Added in an Autopower Race rollbar.
Mod 6: Swapped out my front brakes (9.2") for a fastbrakes kit that used integra calipers, corrado rotors, and a little adapter. Hello 11" brakes! I have some serious stopping power now. I have yet to be able to fade them, and I love it.
Mod 7: Swapped out the stock steering wheel for a Momo. Great mod, can really feel the car better.
Mod 8: Got some ATS Comp Lite wheels to wrap in some used Hankook race tires I got off of RJ. R-comps are fun!
Plans for this season: Seats, harnesses, new exhaust, get header installed (needs an o2 bung), maybe borrow/rent someone's car for comp license, new gauge cluster, new radiator and hoses, new springs, rear sway bar.
As RJ knows, I was looking for a stock Si hatch in good condition for years, but that didn't pan out. Those things are rare... After about 2 years of searching, I said f it and began looking at cars with swaps. I took a look at a few before I found a really clean one on Honda-Tech for a great price located in Tennessee. I negotiated a price, hopped in the Accord with a hungover Jessica and went for a drive. About an hour in, I had to pull over at a Shell station for her to puke. Awesome. We get to Johnson City, exchange funds, I take the guy to some chicken sandwich joint, and then we're on our way and I finally have my car... A '93 Civic CX: 1996 B18B (Integra LS) swap, tenzo r lowering springs, some shitty 2.5" exhaust, and a black interior swapped in.
The second day I have the car, I'm showing boobies and scott it (I think), we're pulling out of my parking lot and this bitch comes flying up in the middle of the road and I can't do anything but hit her. A decent scratch to my front bumper, and to her fresh new beetle wheels "that her dad just bought for her." Fucking bitch.
Enough stories, on to the car.
I did my first event as I had bought it, and the thing was a pile. It ran great, but it needed some serious TLC.
Mod 1: First mod would be replacing the stock shocks. I ordered up some KYB AGX and found that the spring on this car were purple and awful, but I didn't have the money to change them so they'd stay for a while.
Mod 2: The stock seats sucked! I picked up a set of Del Sol seats, which still reside in the car.
Mod 3: Fake Type R shift knob! Fuck yeah! This thing was hard to put on, I actually tore skin off my hands getting it tight.
Mod 4: Got an exhaust ticket so I swapped the cannon for a Magnaflow oval, which sounds great.
Mod 3: Graduated, had money, bought some Buddy Club Racing Spec dampers, which are still on the car. Installed them at an event
Mod 4: Added Integra rear disc brakes and found that my drums were doing absolutely nothing. At this point I had done many events on just stock civic front brakes.
Mod 5: Top Fuel whale penis intake. Didn't do squat for my buttdyno, but has a nice throaty sound.
Mod 5: Now that I had brakes I was beginning to move on track. Added in an Autopower Race rollbar.
Mod 6: Swapped out my front brakes (9.2") for a fastbrakes kit that used integra calipers, corrado rotors, and a little adapter. Hello 11" brakes! I have some serious stopping power now. I have yet to be able to fade them, and I love it.
Mod 7: Swapped out the stock steering wheel for a Momo. Great mod, can really feel the car better.
Mod 8: Got some ATS Comp Lite wheels to wrap in some used Hankook race tires I got off of RJ. R-comps are fun!
Plans for this season: Seats, harnesses, new exhaust, get header installed (needs an o2 bung), maybe borrow/rent someone's car for comp license, new gauge cluster, new radiator and hoses, new springs, rear sway bar.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
![[Image: 206161967rmFKRS_ph.jpg]](http://mmsports.org/members/albums/userpics/10011/206161967rmFKRS_ph.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_2201.jpg]](http://iammike.org/pictures/track_events/2005_10_15_NASA_at_Summit/IMG_2201.jpg)
we wound it all the way through half 2nd gear! 45mph omgz!
now thats a sick motor
hock: :lol:
