After friday night’s Mission Raceway drag racing event, I put a 360 spin on my idea of doing the bodywork first and instead will invest the time into a turbo setup. Before I actually go through with it, I will do some research and post what I come up with. My Goal is around 200HP with my stock D16 engine. So far this is what i believe will I need, but this may change.

- Hondata S300 Engine Management
- AEM UEGO WideBand A/F Controller with Gauge
- RC 330 Fuel Injectors (if going over 190HP)
- Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
- eBay Turbo Kit

Now your thinking why buy my turbo kit from eBay? Well I figure if there are any mistakes that I might encounter it’s cheaper to do them on a cheaper turbo, I can always upgrade the turbo later.
 

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This is my first drag race video at Mission Raceway with my 1993 Honda Civic. The video of the 16.40 quarter mile time was too shaky so this one will do. The time was 16.54 @ 85MPH for quarter mile.

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I did my first Mission Raceway event today and it was a success. I did 4 runs down the drag strip and my best time was 16.401 @ 85.68MPH and reaction time of .726. I was told that the reaction time is only used if your racing against someone else and does not matter to your quarter mile time but I will have to investigate this farther so this may be wrong. I will post a video soon as I can get it on youtube.

Here is my timeslip results for this race.

R/T  … .726
60′ … 2.610
330 … 7.010
1/8 … 10.627
MPH … 67.34
1000 …13.778
1/4 … 16.401
MPH … 85.68
 

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Step 3 - Jack up the car and support it on jack stands

Tools Needed: Floor Jack and 2 Jack Stands

Position the floor jack under the front drivers side jack point as shown in the picture to the left, and jack up the car till the wheels are of the ground about 2-4 inches. Then take a jack stand and position it under the sub frame of the car under a solid and secure place. Then slowly release the jack and watch to make sure the jack stand is holding up the car securely, if needed jack up the car again and reposition the jack stand to a different location. Then lower the jack slowly, go to the other side and repeat the process till both sides of the car are supported by jack stands.

Step 4 - Drain the radiator fluid

Tools Needed: 4″ Deep Drain Pan and Pliers

Position the drain pan under the radiator drain plug and loosen it off, if needed use pliers but be gentle as they plug is made of plastic. You can slowly loosen of the radiator cap to release the pressure of the coolant system, to drain the antifreeze faster. Once it’s drained close the plug and pour the old antifreeze into a closed lid container so no animals are tempted to drink the poisonous fluid.

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Step 1 - Disconnect the battery

Tools Needed: 10mm Combination Wrench

Loosen the positive and negative battery terminals using a 10mm combination wrench and pull the terminals off the battery posts.

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Step 2 - Remove the air filter box

Tools Needed: 10mm Socket Wrench with Extension, Pliers and Phillips Head Screwdriver

Loosen the 3 air filter box bolts using a 10mm socket wrench as shown in the image.

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Using pliers pull the smaller hose clamp off and pull the small metal pipe out of the intake tube. Then unloosen the large hose clamp of using a phillips head screwdriver. You are now ready to pull the airbox out of the engine compartment.

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This post is my personal step by step tutorial on how to remove a transmission from a 1992-1995 Honda Civic. Each step will have a corresponding post that shows the step in more detail.

Step 1 - Disconnect the battery
Step 2 - Remove the air filter box
Step 3 - Jack up the car and support it on jack stands
Step 4 - Drain the radiator fluid
Step 5 - Remove the radiator with connecting hoses
Step 6 - Remove the distributor
Step 7 - Remove the starter
Step 8 - Disconnect all electrical plugs on the transmission side of the engine
Step 9 - Unbolt the front tires and place them under the car for added safety
Step 10 - Unbolt the clutch slave cylinder from the transmission
Step 11 - Drain the transmission oil
Step 12 - Unscrew the main drive shaft nut on the left and right side of the car
Step 13 - Unscrew the lower ball joint nut and pull the ball joint off the control arm on each side
Step 14 - Remove the left and right drive shaft from the transmission
Step 15 - Unbolt and disconnect the shifter support linkage
Step 16 - Unbolt the 2 rear bottom transmission mount bolts
Step 17 - Unbolt the bottom engine to transmission bolts
Step 18 - Support engine with a floor jack and piece of 2×4 wood
Step 19 - Wrap some rope around the tranny for added support later
Step 20 - Unbolt the rear top transmission mount bolt and the top engine to tranny bolts
Step 21 - Support the tranny with an extra floor jack and then unbolt it.
Step 22 - Grab the tranny and wiggle it left and right to dislodge it of the engine.

Notice: Since this is an advanced job, I would not recommend it to a beginner as there may be some sections that might be too difficult to do for a person with limited knowledge of mechanics. Proceed at your own will. Please have an experienced friend help you out or just get an auto shop do it for you to lessen the chance of injury to yourself and your vehicle.

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This Friday night I’m going to take my 1993 Honda Civic to the drag strip to see what kind of quarter mile time I can get out of my VTEC engine. I have never raced on a drag strip before so this will be a great learning experience. I want to go because I want to have a before turbo and after turbo quarter mile time slip. I estimate my quarter mile time to be around 15.9-16.5 seconds at 82-88MPH

Things I will need to do to my Honda Civic before it’s ready to race

- Save $30 for race admission
- Drain antifreeze out of my engine and replace with water
- Swap my front 15″ rims to 13″ rims and deflate tires to 15-20psi during racing
- Clean out the contents of my car including the glove box of any unnecessary weight
- Check all fluids to make sure they are topped off especially oil and coolant.
- Wash car so it looks nice on race day
- Clean my K&N Filter Charger
- Swap my drivers side mirror with a spare one as my current one is damaged.

For additional information on Mission Raceway Friday night street legal racing click Here.

If you want to practice your drag strip response time click Here

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Yesterday I came home and my Honda Civic Model was waiting for me at the door. I ordered this on eBay a few weeks back and I’m really happy it’s here already. It’s the 1992-1995 Red Honda Civic Hatch SIR II edition. It may be the Japanese version as the driver sits on the right side of the car but still would be cool to have this on my dashboard at one of next years auto show n shine shows.

It’s a model so I have to paint it and glue it together but that should be fun as the instructions are really easy to read and there is not that many pieces in the kit. Once I start building it I will post some images.

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