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Have you ever seen an import car like a Honda and wonder why it’s muffler looks like it’s crooked? Well it’s not. The theory behind it, is that the less 90 degree bends in the exhaust the more power you will gain. To make this work the muffler is attached to the car in a such a way that it looks like it’s crooked and pointing to the side but actually it’s suppose to be like that. I found a link to a forum post on D-Series.org that explains this a bit more.
Click Here for the Link.
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I was surfing the net today and found an interesting use for a D16 Honda engine, a kids dune buggy. This guy built a dune buggy from scratch and used a Honda 16 Engine and it actually looks pretty good. He used an automatic transmission with the drivers side drive shaft for the back two wheels and the passenger side drive shaft for the front two wheels, a very good idea if I may say so.
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Tools needed: Oil drain pan, car jack, jack stand, 17mm wrench, rag or paper towels, oil and oil filter
Step 1 – Place a jack under the appropriate jack place on the drivers side of the car and raise it up. Once your Civic is raised place a jack stand under the frame for added safety.
Step 2 – Place an empty oil drain pan under your Civic and use a 17mm wrench to loosen the drain plug and let the oil drain now.
Step 3 – Loosen off the old oil filter from the back of the engine from underneath of the car. Once the old filter is out take a new filter and coat the rubber seal with new oil and screw it back on the engine.
Step 4 – Tighten the oil drain plug back up with 17mm wrench and wipe off any excess oil around oil pan. Then remove the oil drain pan and jack from under the car and lower the car back down.
Step 5 – Add 3.5 Liters of oil into the engine using a funnel so not to spill. Oil Grade will depend on where you live and what temperatures you drive in but I use 5W30 or 10w30.
Step 6 – Check oil level on the dipstick to make sure you are at the full mark.
Step 7 – Start the car and watch your oil light come on and it should go off in a couple seconds. If the light does not turn off turn the engine off right away and double check the oil level.
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Well I just found out that the 4th installment of the Fast and Furious movie series will be out April 3. Paul Walker and Vin Diesel are back and it looks better then ever.
Click Here for 2 great trailers that are available on The Fast and The Furious website
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There are 2 car shows coming up this year that I am excited to go to again. The first one is the Vancouver International Auto Show which is on March 31 to April 5 and the 2nd one is the DriventoPerform event on May 30th. Once again I will take lots of pictures and post them on the site.
As you may have noticed my posts have been very scarce this month as the winter weather slowed things down on my RC D16 Turbo Build and I’m also trying to save money for the machining of the block but after the holidays my budget is really tight. In the last few months the world financial sector has been very shaky which has made me think about tightening my spending habbits but at the same time I believe anything can be achieved if you put your mind into it. I still want to have a Turbo D16 Honda Civic this summer but will see how things turn out so stay tuned to the site for more updates.
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I was surfing the Internet today when I came across this interesting forum post about a really neat mid engine idea. Lots of fabricating is involved in this project and even a Porsche transmission is used. Click Here to see this mid engine monster.
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It’s the 9th of January and this is my first post of 2009. I’ve been lacking on posting updates on the blog as I haven’t been doing any work on the RC D16 Turbo Build or any type of work on my Honda Civic. Ever since the 19th of December we have been hit by a ton of snow and it just won’t go away. The last few weeks I was spending a lot of time cleaning the driveway, but now the rain is back and melting all the snow away. It was a nice break to just stay inside and watch tv and play World of Warcraft but now I will have to get back to building the RC D16 Turbo Engine. I have to save up some money to take the block to the machine shop but I think I can do this in a couple of weeks.
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It was a great year for my 1993 Honda Civic and my Blog as many good things happened. Early January of 2008 I got my 1.6 Liter D16A VTEC engine installed and working while learning a lot of things and posting my complete swap on this blog. In the spring I went to a bunch of car shows and posted the great looking photos on my blog and also picked up a 2nd Civic Hatch back just like mine but a 1995 CX model. I starting looking at body kits in May but in June I raced my Civic on the 1/4 mile and decided to wait on the body kit and paintjob and start looking at turbo kits and what it takes to set one up. I did OK in the 1/4 mile at 16.40 secs which is respectable with my setup and the 15″ wheels I was using. I was excited to go to Import Invasion at Mission Raceway in early June but unfortunetly it rained out and the event was cancelled. In June and July I did a complete tranny swap on the 1995 civic and posted all the info needed for anyone else that might be doing this on their car. In August I went to the Pitt Meadows Airshow and took some great pictures of some tuner cars, and also posted a complete rear brake job on the 1992-1995 Honda civic. Early fall I did some extensive research on turbo kits and also found and posted a writeup about the quality of eBay turbo kits and why they are not worth the money. At the the end of the year I finally started my D16 Turbo Build and made some good progress, later in December I changed the name of the build to the RC D16 Turbo Build to honor my 2 dogs that died this year. It was a great 2008
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