Project Civic – Letting It Breathe
Justification Following the 2016 refresh and having addressed all of the stumbling blocks I encountered, I realized that I needed to develop a long term plan based on how I…
Project Civic – 2016 Refresh, Part 2
I had originally intended this story to be covered in one post. However, I ran into several issues that needed to be resolved from the original work along with a…
Project Civic – 2016 Refresh, Part 1
During the 2015 autocross season, I started to see the impact that 22 years of use had on random components on the Civic. As the season wore on, I found…
Project Civic – Suspension Upgrade and More
(This write-up was originally written and published in 2006) After a long weekend at Putnam Park Raceway in Indiana, I realized that my hatch needed a far more aggressive suspension.…
Project Civic – Back On Course
Race, Race Race! This was the year that I really came back to autocrossing. After I destroyed my Civic coupe in late 2002, I hadn’t felt comfortable racing. I attended…
Project Civic – Sway bar Upgrade and Bushings
After I installed the upgraded power plant, covered here, it was time to sort out the suspension. Since the Civic already had upgraded springs and shocks, I decided to focus…
Project Civic – Hot Rod Engine Build
This story starts out with a little garage mishap by a close friend of mine. As with most projects, one thing leads to another and a fully built engine emerges…or…
Project Civic – Swap-O-Rama
This installment of Project Civic covers the major upgrades that came after the initial clean-up, general repairs and minor upgrades I discussed in the project introduction. For the most part,…
Project Civic – Introduction
From The Beginning Writing a project introduction roughly twelve years after starting the project can be challenging. Recounting all of the details is dependent on how well I documented my…