Honda-Performance.org - 1994 Honda Civic Hatchback project car page

Specs:

1994 Honda Civic DX Hatchback
Milano Red Tricoat with black interior
D15B7 engine with S20 manual transmission
No air or power sterring (from the factory)

The Plan:

Our goal for Project Civic is daily driver/HPDE/drag car. We kind of want the best of all worlds. This means that we'll have to make sacrifices in how well the car performs in each activity. Some areas are easy to make sacrifices in than others. I have no problem sacrificing ride quality for gains in handling performance. I also don't mind not having carpet, having a loud exhaust and spherical bearings squeaking. So my idea of "daily driver" is probably very different than some, but it allows me to compromise a little less in areas that matter more. Like handling and power.
Project Civic has already progressed some in several areas and I have listed the modifications already done below. Changes are chronicled both here and on Civic subforum.

Modifications:

Clutchmasters Stage 3 segmented kevlar clutch disc
Tampa Clutch Supply heavy duty pressure plate
Fidanza 7lb aluminum flywheel
Redline MTL trans fluid
Fidanza short-throw shifter
Unorthodox Racing Ultra R underdrive crank pulley
Ebay cold-air intake with K&N filter
Skunk2 2.5" fully polished, stainless cat-back exhaust
Megan Racing 4-2-1 polished, stainless, 2-piece header
Megan Racing resonated stainless test pipe
Magnecor 8.5mm plug wires
Greddy radiator cap
Greddy air diversion panel
Ebay front upper strut tower bar
ASR rear subframe brace
Megan Racing aluminum rear lower control arms
Omni Power adjustable front upper control arms
Prothane front upper control arm bushings
Integra GSR front lower control arms
Energy Suspension front lower control arm bushings
Civic EX front sway bar
Energy Suspension front sway bar bushings
Prothane front sway bar endlink kit
Tanabe 20mm chrome-moly rear sway bar
Energy Suspension rear sway bar bushings
Blox adjustable spherical rear sway bar endlinks
Ksport Kontrol Pro coilovers
15x6.5 Bronze Konig Heliums
Kumho Ecsta 711 tires, P195/50R15
Audiovox alarm
Panasonic CD/MP3 head unit
Audiobahn 5.25" mids w/tweeters in the door panel
Civic EX dead pedal
Civic EX gauge cluster with EL gauges
JDM Civic clock (white display)
Removed factory carpet
Brazil Shopping custom-fit floor mats

In the works:

Function 7 rear lower control arms
Custom turbo setup
Custom 6-point roll bar
Corbeau FX1 Pro fixed-back buckets
5-point harness'
Remove radio, speakers, interior, sound deadening, etc

Updates:

May 01, 2007 - Finally installed the Unorthodox Racing Ultra R underdrive crank pulley. As of this update I have only put a few miles on it (literally) but the results so far are good. Engine response is up and while it doesn't feel much faster I find myself having to brake harder for corners than before the install. Unorthodox says it takes a week or so to feel the full effects so I'll update this once I have some more miles on it. For those wondering the stock pulley weighed 3lb, 7.8oz and the UR underdrive pulley weighed in at just 10oz!
June 2, 2007 - UR pulley update. I would say that I'm getting a little more power to the ground. Power increases are hard to tell just using the butt dyno, but the increase in throttle response is hard to miss. It builds and drops revs faster now and the increase in throttle response alone is worth the price.
August 18, 2007 - I had a few Greddy parts sitting around and decided to use them on the Civic. I replaced the stock radiator cap with a Greddy and added a Greddy air diversion panel. Neither of these parts does any good yet, but I hope they will soon, once the D is turboed.
August 30, 2007 - I had to drop the transmission to replace a bad pilot bearing. I figured if I'm going through the trouble of removing the trans and clutch I might as well change some things while I'm in there. I'm swapping the 11.87lb chrome-moly flywheel for a Fidanza 7lb aluminum flywheel and replacing the older Tampa Clutch Supply pressure plate with their newer style unit that has a similar plate load, but stock pedal pressure.
September 30, 2007 - Project Civic is finally back on the road after about 4 months of sitting. I installed the new heavy duty pressure plate and Fidanza 7lb aluminum flywheel. The results so far are great. Throttle response is even better and the pedal pressure is perfect, just more firm than stock but not rock hard like before. Now it's time to drive it!
October 13, 2007 - The Prothane upper control arm bushings are in. I know the stock upper control arm bushings don't deflect much, but I'm trying to remove as much slop as possible from the suspension. On the street you can't tell any difference compared to stock. I added Zerk fittings to the collars so I can keep the bushings greased and quiet.
May 12, 2008 - I just finished installing Blox rear endlinks. The popping is finally gone! They speak a little over expansion joints, some bumps and dips but it's completely tolerable to me. The rear of the car feels a little more responsive too, but that's probably just me. In any case they look great and solved my noise problem with the OE endlinks.
August 10, 2008 - Project Civic has been on the backburner for awhile I got Project Accord back on the road. Now that Project Accord is up and running with just a few more things to clear up I've started getting organized for the next steps on Project Civic. Everything is still working fine and I've just received one of the last parts I needed for the turbo install. I'll have an update soon that goes into detail on the turbo system components I've chosen and the route I'm going with the install. I also hope to cover some interior installs soon since I started picking up some interior pieces as well. So, details and pics to come soon.
April 18, 2009 - It's been awhile since the last update on Project Civic but I promised to detail my custom turbo setup. If you want to see what I have planned you can check it out here.
April 19, 2009 - While the economy has effected everyone I've been lucky in that most of the work on Project Civic lately has been removing parts instead of buying and installing parts. The interior has been completely removed so that the sound deadening and seam sealer ould be removed. The dash is being gutted while it's out. That means no more heated, vent, radio, airbags, etc. Everything I can stand to lose is going.
slightly obcessive person so every bit of seam sealer is being stripped by hand. Once the seam sealer is gone the roll bar has been planned and will be ready to fab and install. I also removed the super rice EL gauge faces in the EX cluster and wired up everything in LEDs. It looks so much better!
I'm still collecting parts for the build too. An NRG hub adapter and Gen. 2 quick release was picked up to go with the used steering wheel I located. A P28 ECU and Hondata S200 was also found and snatched up at a good price. I know there's more I'm forgetting but It'll have to go in the next update. Check out some of the new progress pics at the bottom of the page.

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