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The first thing that usually comes up in a conversation is what car do I race? Here it is. This is my
wife's 1994 Honda Civic. Usually people ask questions regarding power and upgrades. Much to their dismay
my engine is stock. SCCA Improved Touring rules lists the allowable modifications, and I stayed within those bounds.
As a more practical reason, I wanted to keep the car street legal. Basically I have a crappy generic air intake, DC
4-2-1 exhaust headers, followed by the catalytic converter and a Greddy SP exhaust. My brakes are stock Honda calipers
and I usually use either Cobalt or Hawk brake pads that are designed for road racing use. The best thing for stopping
the car is keeping the DOT 4 brake fluid cool. A couple of brake ducts and steel braided lines finishes off the brakes
on the car. Continuing on my list of ricer mods, I chose Tokico 5 way ajustable shocks, Ground Control coilover conversion
kit and Suspension Techniques anti sway bars. Once again nothing fancy. In hindsight when you knowledge is much
clearer and deeper, I should have the shortened the shaft on the shocks and bought 2 sets of springs. Along with the
"go fast parts" or in my case the "go not so fast" parts I have the SCCA required saftey equipment, a 6 point roll cage, extinguisher,
race seat, harnesses & kill switch.
To sum everything up, the car is not fast, it is not boosted nor does it
have an Integra motor.
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