Archive for June, 2008

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Do I wanna Go or Show?

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 30, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

After friday night’s Mission Raceway drag racing event, I put a 360 spin on my idea of doing the bodywork first and instead will invest the time into a turbo setup. Before I actually go through with it, I will do some research and post what I come up with. My Goal is around 200HP with my stock D16 engine. So far this is what i believe will I need, but this may change.

- Hondata S300 Engine Management
- AEM UEGO WideBand A/F Controller with Gauge
- RC 330 Fuel Injectors (if going over 190HP)
- Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
- eBay Turbo Kit

Now your thinking why buy my turbo kit from eBay? Well I figure if there are any mistakes that I might encounter it’s cheaper to do them on a cheaper turbo, I can always upgrade the turbo later.
 

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, fuel injectors, Lights and gauges
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Mission Raceway Drag Video

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 28, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

This is my first drag race video at Mission Raceway with my 1993 Honda Civic. The video of the 16.40 quarter mile time was too shaky so this one will do. The time was 16.54 @ 85MPH for quarter mile.

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Drag Racing, hatch, Honda Videos
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Mission Raceway Was a Success

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 27, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

I did my first Mission Raceway event today and it was a success. I did 4 runs down the drag strip and my best time was 16.401 @ 85.68MPH and reaction time of .726. I was told that the reaction time is only used if your racing against someone else and does not matter to your quarter mile time but I will have to investigate this farther so this may be wrong. I will post a video soon as I can get it on youtube.

Here is my timeslip results for this race.

R/T  … .726
60′ … 2.610
330 … 7.010
1/8 … 10.627
MPH … 67.34
1000 …13.778
1/4 … 16.401
MPH … 85.68
 

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Drag Racing, hatch
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Transmission Removal Step 3 and 4

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 27, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Step 3 – Jack up the car and support it on jack stands

Tools Needed: Floor Jack and 2 Jack Stands

Position the floor jack under the front drivers side jack point as shown in the picture to the left, and jack up the car till the wheels are of the ground about 2-4 inches. Then take a jack stand and position it under the sub frame of the car under a solid and secure place. Then slowly release the jack and watch to make sure the jack stand is holding up the car securely, if needed jack up the car again and reposition the jack stand to a different location. Then lower the jack slowly, go to the other side and repeat the process till both sides of the car are supported by jack stands.

Step 4 – Drain the radiator fluid

Tools Needed: 4″ Deep Drain Pan and Pliers

Position the drain pan under the radiator drain plug and loosen it off, if needed use pliers but be gentle as they plug is made of plastic. You can slowly loosen of the radiator cap to release the pressure of the coolant system, to drain the antifreeze faster. Once it’s drained close the plug and pour the old antifreeze into a closed lid container so no animals are tempted to drink the poisonous fluid.

Click Here for Step 5 and 6

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic, Do it Yourself, Transmission
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Transmission Removal Step 1 and 2

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 26, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Step 1 – Disconnect the battery

Tools Needed: 10mm Combination Wrench

Loosen the positive and negative battery terminals using a 10mm combination wrench and pull the terminals off the battery posts.

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Step 2 – Remove the air filter box

Tools Needed: 10mm Socket Wrench with Extension, Pliers and Phillips Head Screwdriver

Loosen the 3 air filter box bolts using a 10mm socket wrench as shown in the image.

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Using pliers pull the smaller hose clamp off and pull the small metal pipe out of the intake tube. Then unloosen the large hose clamp of using a phillips head screwdriver. You are now ready to pull the airbox out of the engine compartment.

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Click Here for Step 3 and 4

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic, Do it Yourself, Transmission
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Getting Ready to Race at Mission

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 24, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

This Friday night I’m going to take my 1993 Honda Civic to the drag strip to see what kind of quarter mile time I can get out of my VTEC engine. I have never raced on a drag strip before so this will be a great learning experience. I want to go because I want to have a before turbo and after turbo quarter mile time slip. I estimate my quarter mile time to be around 15.9-16.5 seconds at 82-88MPH

Things I will need to do to my Honda Civic before it’s ready to race

- Save $30 for race admission
- Drain antifreeze out of my engine and replace with water
- Swap my front 15″ rims to 13″ rims and deflate tires to 15-20psi during racing
- Clean out the contents of my car including the glove box of any unnecessary weight
- Check all fluids to make sure they are topped off especially oil and coolant.
- Wash car so it looks nice on race day
- Clean my K&N Filter Charger
- Swap my drivers side mirror with a spare one as my current one is damaged.

For additional information on Mission Raceway Friday night street legal racing click Here.

If you want to practice your drag strip response time click Here

Tags: 1993 Honda Civic Project, 92-95 Honda Civic, Drag Racing
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Silder Turtle Diet

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 24, 2008Posted in: Aquariums

I found this great site that tells you everything you need to know about feeding your Red Ear Slider turtle. Click Here for the website.

Tags: Slider Turtles
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My Honda Civic Model is here

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 20, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Yesterday I came home and my Honda Civic Model was waiting for me at the door. I ordered this on eBay a few weeks back and I’m really happy it’s here already. It’s the 1992-1995 Red Honda Civic Hatch SIR II edition. It may be the Japanese version as the driver sits on the right side of the car but still would be cool to have this on my dashboard at one of next years auto show n shine shows.

It’s a model so I have to paint it and glue it together but that should be fun as the instructions are really easy to read and there is not that many pieces in the kit. Once I start building it I will post some images.

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic
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Distinguish Between an Si/Ex or DX/CX Tranny on 1993 Honda Civic

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 18, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Have you ever wondered what type of tranny you have in your Honda Civic, or wanted to buy an Si tranny from the wrecker and wanted to be sure your were getting the right one? Well I have 2 great pictures below that show you where to look to distinguish between an Si/Ex and the DX/CX tranny. The Si/Ex tranny has P20/B000 stamped on the casing and the DX/CX has P20/A000 stamped on the casing as shown in the pictures below. The difference between the 2 types of tranny’s is the gearing, you will accelerate way faster with the Si tranny as the gears are shorter. You will have to change gears faster but you will speed up faster. My personal opinion of the Si/Ex tranny if it’s matched with a D16Z6 engine or any other D16 engine with similar horsepower is that it’s an awesome upgrade. It is easier to drive in traffic because you don’t have to use 1st gear as often. As long as the car is barely rolling in traffic I can start with 2nd gear and then go up to 3rd and then back to 2nd if needed. Where as with the old DX tranny and the D15B7 engine I was always bouncing between 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd and sometimes 3rd. Acceleration is way faster and much more torque can be felt in the first 3 gears. So if your thinking of upgrading to a more powerful engine then your D15B7 then the Si/Ex tranny is the way to go.

 

                  Si/Ex Tranny – P20 / B000                 -                  DX/CX Tranny – P20 / A000

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic, Honda Resource, Transmission
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Honda Civic Slot Car

By
Bart Piotrowski
– June 13, 2008Posted in: Automotive & Garage

Last week I was on eBay and found some Honda Civic Memorabilia and decided to get some. I found this green Honda Civic slot car. Now it may be a different color then my car and it’s also a coupe but the reason I got it is because it is a Honda Civic and more importantly it’s got the same front bumper body kit that I want to put on my car. I am also tossing up the idea of fixing my car up for next years Driven to Perform Tour and have some Civic Toys in the windshield to make it look more cool.

Tags: 92-95 Honda Civic, toys
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