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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.   ... Read More

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. ... Read More

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   ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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. . . 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. . . 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. . Click Here for Step 3 and 4 ... Read More

This post is my personal step by step tutorial on how to remove a transmission from a 1992-1995 Honda Civic. Each step will have a corresponding post that shows the step in more detail. Step 1 - Disconnect the battery Step 2 - Remove the air filter box Step 3 - Jack up the car and support it on jack stands Step 4 - Drain the radiator fluid Step 5 - Remove the radiator with connecting hoses Step 6 - Remove the distributor Step 7 - Remove the starter Step 8 - Disconnect all electrical plugs on the transmission side of the engine Step 9 - Unbolt the front tires and place them under the car for added safety Step 10 - Unbolt the clutch slave cylinder from the transmission Step 11 - Drain the transmission oil Step 12 - Unscrew the main drive shaft nut on the left and right side of the car Step 13 - Unscrew the lower ball joint nut and pull the ball joint off the control arm on each side Step 14 - Remove the left and right drive shaft from the transmission Step 15 - Unbolt and disconnect the shifter support linkage Step 16 - Unbolt the 2 rear bottom transmission mount bolts Step 17 - Unbolt the bottom engine to transmission bolts Step 18 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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. ... Read More

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. ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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. ... Read More

Have you ever wondered about lowering your car and didn't know if you should get coil overs or lowering springs? or wanted more info on sway bars and strut bars. Well I found two great links that have all the info you need.  Check out those links below to get more familiar with words like caster, camber, under steer and over streer. Before you lower your Honda Civic remember do your research! Suspension Link 1 Suspension Link 2 ... Read More

It was a disappointing weekend with Import Invasion cancelled and the unending rain that wouldn't let up, so I took a break from my Civic hobby and spent some time on my fish tanks. I have a blog called Aquatic Mania that I've been trying to keep up with also at www.aquaticmania.com but as you can tell my 1993 Honda Civic Blog is my main focus. Sometimes a little break from my main blog is what I need to refresh my mind and start writing some good articles again. I did purchase a Sony Handy Cam on Friday so in the near future I will include short videos in my How To articles and possibly of future car shows and other car related events. ... Read More

Well I'm sorry to say that this years' Import Invasion Drag Races and Events were cancelled today at 12:45pm, do to very rainy conditions at the race track. This was really disappointing to me because I was really keen on going and seeing some great racing. I had my camera all ready to go when I heard the news, I was a bit cheesed but what can you do, we can't control the weather. I really hope that they move some schedules around and that they reschedule Import Invasion sometime in July or August so I can get a chance to see some Civic's racing specially on boost. ... Read More

Well that day has come for my turtle's to get their new home, the 125 gallon aquarium tank. I bought it brand new from Big Al's Aquarium store with the stand. I had to build the stand but it wasn't hard to do as I am a handyman. The tank is 72" long 23" high and 18" wide but looks really good in the space that I have it in. I bought an XP4 filter for it which should do good till I double up and have 2 XP4's running at the same time. ... Read More

The weather seems like it will cooperate on Saturday, so stay tuned to the site for images and possibly some video of the racing down at Mission Raceway. As it looks right now it’s forecasted to be cloudy most of the day on Saturday so hopefully there is a full turn out of all the drag racers and car show fanatics. I was kind of disappointed that there was only 2 EG Civics’ at last weekends Driven to Perform Tour, so hopefully there is a bigger turn out of Honda’s this weekend with lots of EG 92-95 Civics’. ... Read More

I believe there are 2 types of drivers out there, and these are my interpretations of them; The Driver and the Rider. The Driver is a person that drives his or her Civic with passion, drive, and ambition. This type of person is one with the car; the driver and the car are joined together in every aspect. The Driver knows what the car will do before it does it. The Driver feels the road through the car and acts accordingly, as soon as the car does something unexpected the driver knows how to compensate and brings the car back into safe conditions. He will occasionally take his or her car out for a Rip or Burn just to enjoy the drive. Driving is a pleasant experience for this person and being stuck in traffic doesn't upset this person as much as a Rider. Not all but a good percentage of Drivers drive a car with a standard transmission to have full control of their car but not all, but there are a lot of Drivers that do drive automatic transmissions and still enjoy DRIVING their Civic. A Driver will usually modify or maintain their Civic because they are proud of ... Read More

Today I will talk about the starter, a very important part that allows you to start your engine. Back in the day, they had to use hand cranks to turn over the engine to start it, but these days you just turn your key and go. This is only possible because of the modern day electric Starter. An electric starter is a part attached to the outside of your transmission housing or engine that uses power from your battery to turn your engine over.  It uses the Bendix drive which is attached to the end of the starter shaft to turn your flywheel fast enough till your engine starts. Once your engine starts spinning fast enough the Bendix drive disengages and the engine is running on it's own. I found some images of the possible starter variations that you might have in your Honda Civic. You can Click on them to see a bigger image. ... Read More

A friend of mine was cleaning her tank when she discoverd 3 little baby crayfish in her tank and since I am the fish tank nut she told me to take them so they wouldn't get eaten by their mother. I took them home and added them to my 20 gallon community fish tank. ... Read More

It's that time of the year again at Mission Raceway Park when the Imports battle it out for the top spot. This Saturday from 12 Noon to 11pm, Honda's, Acura's, Toyota's, Mazda's, Nissan's and other makes battle it out for who's the fastest on the drag strip. There will also be an Import and Sport Compact Show and Shine so come down to Mission Raceway for a full day of Import mania. Click Here for more info at Mission Raceway's website.    ... Read More