This thread does not fit anywhere in the performance, tech or even in offtopic so i put it here. sorry
Well, i have always felt left alone in the world of modifyling cars or street racing or whatnot. I have never imagined i would come this far, never thought i would be this inspired to do things i have done or have thought would have learnt things i have learnt. Being an indian who came to the US in 98, i can still remember the look on my face when i saw my uncle's 4th gen, sat in the whole car, made me like cars. I was excited, extremely. Then i got my license and drove a car on my own. It was a big step for me. crashed my 87 civic hatchie the second day i took it to school. I like that lil thing, It was a family inherited car for about 11 years and i killed it. Well next was the 3g. We got it in the sept of 2000 right about a week later my 87 died. I did not drive my 3g till the following january cause i was scared to drive alone to school with my sister. But i got enough courage to drive it. The car was in bad shape, but my love for it started to grow. More than i ever thought, i can see myself cleaning the car adding a fog light. It was fun, it made ppl notice me on the very end of the parking lot with my hood open looking at the engine bay. Then the following 2002 feb the car was acting really strange. I told my sister that the car is behaving really strange. It was slipping way too much even with lilttle flurry and then yeah it happened, i crashed again. It tore me apart. but i felt compelled to fix it. and i did, ran the car with no hood no bumper ziptied radiator right after my efi conversion. I felt alive, ppl looked at me like i was weird. In a quiet neighborhood, this crazy dude driving his car with nothing but just a frame and a seat. Then i figured out i cant fix the frame. Luckly i found Chris (Civtek) had a body he was wanting to sell.
I got his car in the summer of 2002 i believe, im not even sure, started to clean it up. tore it down to the frame, cleaned it off, took the rust. fixed the DX good with sound deadener. Slowly the car became better i can see it take shape. It was no longer a dx, but a Dx with flip down seats pwr everything and efi. Got it running in the summer of 2003. Bitter winter of 2002-2003 and heavy rain and wind was just a hurdle. My mom asked me if it was a bad sign by the weather being soo harsh on me. Every spare time i had, i was unable to work on the car because of the weather. i told my mom its just a hurdle i need to clear, and i did it. The car got a final paint job in the august, started taking it too school in 2003 sept. and then came the lowering. konis and progress springs. Got it lowered. Got DX, catco and dynomax. Got the exhaust done and the car became alive. I felt myself pushing the car fit me. It was like it was my extension of my arms and feet. I felt the way the car behaved. I learnt what it liked and what it did not. its not happy yet, but i know its time to improve.
SO yeah, after all the life story, it comes to this. I felt the car wanting more after knowing for a fact im quicker than a lot of cars out there. even on a wet road with stock tires and clutch, i managed to pull out a 8.6s on 0-60 with a lot of clutch slip and tire spin. My friend and me were suprised that it even did that fast. we tried it again and it was 8.7s and nothing big. I know it has more. Now its time to more up. I have decided that im finally going turbo.
One of managers at my office builds turbo kits and custom projects for VW and him and his buddies have one of the fastest street legal VW here in the central NJ. One of his Corraddos does 10s and its street legal. I am new to turbo world, but im taking a ICE class in my school and we are learning about engines in both thermodynamic and mechanical ways.
This is what i have come up with
1. Turbo pushing around 200-250whp for the begining but capable of pulling 300hp+ and all fuel and ignition management.
2. Stage 4 clutch
3. Mechanical LSD (cusco or Quafe<<preffered) or Viscous coupling (Phantom grip)
4. Much bigger tires like 215s or 225s (requires different fender flares)
5. camber kit along with my 3rd gen lude arms.
So far this is what i have got planned out. I am also in the process of building a computer for my car to run my audio and my navigation primarily, but if possible, i would be glad with running my engine management off of that.
Here is the life story in pics to go along with my description above. and SOrry about the long post, i just felt like talking a lot rather than usual.
First 3g in 2000
after the accident in 2002
Car being let gone (in the process of stripping)
Second 3g being stripped
After paint job in 2003
after lowring and exhaust in 2004
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Originally Posted by BMS
. I like the car too much you could say. I went for a drive at 330am and my friend got back from work and he was like where the heck u going, and i was like going for a drive. before going for turbo, i wanted to keep my car NA, there is nothing like having an NA cause its more predictable and much nicer to drive, but there is only so much u can squeeze out of the cc we got. that is why im going Forced induction route. I know for a fact here in NJ there is nothing like my accord, atleast from places i have gone and ppl i have met on the forum from NJ and now its time to go big. Show what this thing can do and also prove to myself how far i am willing to go without thinking twice. My parents dont know about my plans for this car and i know they will be more than happy that i am learning something even tho they dont know crap about automobiles. I want this car to stand out, a 4door family sedan that subtly says, dont mess with me. You dont have to race it to find out, just looking at it will make you stay away from it, thats how it needs to be and thats how its gonna be. Maybe the color might change from off-white to something else, but its a detail im not too concerned about. 
Hopefully I want to be a better driver where I can take a car and drive it like I drive my 3g. Someday..
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