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Hello everyone,

 

First off...the important stuff...my cars

 

My daily is a little '93 Civic...I refer to it as the snot rocket because it ain't exactly in the best shape. Was a flood title when I bought it, had to go through all kinds of garbage with the Mississippi DMV before I could even get it tagged.

 

Stuff done to it:

Ebay Tails/Headlights(rice.......)

B18B1 swap from an OBD1 Integra LS

Hondata S300(soldered it in myself)

Intake/Headers/Exhaust

Buddy Club Coilovers

Acura Integra GS-R dashboard (integra dashbar mounts welded-in rather than cutting the civic stocker).

 

Best slip was a 15.5 1/4 mile with a 2.3 60-foot, trapping 98. That's why she's the beater for the moment. Future plans for the car include making the car's body panels all have the same color, and swapping the block from a wrecked GSR into it.

 

My relatively faster car:

2005 Dodge Neon 2.4 Turbo (some people forget it's a neon.....)

Here's a picture. I'm not big on appearance with my vehicles. You can even see the civic in the background.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/prepslider69/DSCN0021.jpg

 

Stuff I put on it:

Exhaust Depot 3" turboback exhaust

FM Transmission(blew the stocker up in Alabama last summer)

Modern Performance 3" O2 housing

Mopar Stage 2/Toys

Aeromotive RRFPR and -6an fuel setup

UHP with a blow-off valve

SCTFlash PRP and Diablosport Predator(just use the Pred for datalogging)

Ripped out the back half of the interior since I didn't like it.

17x8 rims so I can fit 245/40/17s under the fender.

This spring I plan to install coilovers, hopefully I'll get more consistent 60ft times with a better suspension.

Once I get the right size injectors, it will be time for some corn gas.

I would also <really> love to get rid of the sunroof. That's 30 pounds I don't want.

 

 

Best i've done in the neon is a 13.38 with a 2.1 60-foot, trapping 107. Would love to bolt up some slicks....but I think you guys have seen my axle "work" at kil-kare before:thumbup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/prepslider69/DSC01200.jpg

 

 

I live and work in Dayton(originally from a dairy farm down south), but I've been hanging out a lot more in Columbus lately, trying to learn more about my car and what makes it tick....specifically SCT, Diablosport, and HPTuners(if it ever becomes available for Dodge). I go to Kil-Kare whenever I can make it, so you might have seen me there last season.

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Get your 60 foots down in. the 2.0 on street tires and in the 1.8 on drag radials and you will hit 12s all day long... I have less mods then you and I'm quicker due to my 60 foots...get some practice..

 

Btw those axel pics are weak for carnage let me found my axle pics

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thanks for the welcome, guys! and Paul, yeah, my 60 foots need some work. I have a box full of slips from last year. I did get a fluke run below a 2.0, it was a 1.96....and that was the pass prior to blowing both axles. I'm getting some pretty massive wheel-hop, even though I've filled the motor mounts....120k miles has probably blown the stock struts. Appreciate the advice.

 

Do you pre-load the axles before launch?

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thanks to y'all as well. It's good to see a forum that is well-moderated...half of the boards these days have turned into 4chan with cars. I almost forgot: I did have another car back in 2008....and that one is going to end up as the "better half" of what's in the civic. it's also the reason I use tire cleaner and won't touch tire shine ever again...

 

Saturday Night

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/prepslider69/n25206667_31227781_3206.jpg

Sunday Afternoon

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/prepslider69/n25206667_31227790_5907.jpg

 

moral of the story: stupid hurts, and it will hurt you in the wallet really badly if it's on a modified car.

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Not the cause, but a big contributing factor. Bottom line, I didn't use the stuff properly. I had been at school for the past four years, never cleaned the car other than a quick pass through an auto wash. Decided to detail that day since I was back home and had some space. Got overzealous with the shine, and it leaked down into the contact patch/tread. I got maybe 300 yards from the house, pressed the brake before I entered the first turn, a right hander....rear end popped loose and I slid to the outside...with a Chevy Tracker in the opposite lane. It was head-on...and I was lucky that we were both going pretty slow when it happened.
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I just so happen to have one for sale....adult driven never been traced.... 105k miles..faster then your old car too

 

lulz...not worth what you need out of it unfortunately.

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thanks for all the welcoming. and yeah, not sure if tire shine ended up in the rotors....but it never broke loose like that before at low speed, or ever again for that matter :p

 

burmese, were you at import face-off? I thought I saw a teal civic that looked like yours in the staging lanes, on slicks.

 

Kinda want to ask if i can haz forums....i'm not sure if the "initiation period" is up yet, though :lol:

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