Friday, November 30, 2012

lone.star.fitment. CRX

 If you would guess, who would say Texas is putting out lethal imports? With Texas having several different climates and home of about 139 tornado's a year, these cars are already setting standards by surviving mother nature and still turning out to be as clean as possible.
 With the interior Stevie Phamo is keeping it simple by just adding a few extra's such as an e-brake handle, shift knob, and pedals. Kudos on the Japanese decoration by the way.
 Starting up front with a complete JDM front end conversion. Phamo did it completely right too even changing the rubber seals, fender linings, and things like plastic covering apart from the hood, fenders, etc.
  Stevie is constantly studying every angle and every inch of his CRX trying to find ways to safely permanently ground it. 
 Using the European MkIII Golf lip this thing can straight stretch to the ground only leaving about half an inch separating it.
 Chevlon 6 spokes truly shine this baby up.
 This beautiful body is protecting it's fully tuned B18c1 with a b16 tranny.
 Using the Blackworks camber kit Phamo could really feed this beast some grade A stance.
 Just to show you how low the mudflaps and the Golf lip make this CRX go low.

Found some integras on the highway

two high horse power evos going at it

Turbo m50 BMW vs Flat Black Chevelle that doe wheelies

350z vs Turbo civic Coupe

2013 Civic si vs 1gen turbo DSM

2013 civic si vs Turbo diesel golf

2013 civic si vs white cobalt

3 way race between built gsr b20v hatch and modified sti

Thursday, November 29, 2012

JDM Couple

 When your building a car two things come to mind: Should I build a fast car? Or a clean stanced one? It's hard to do both these days especially when the last EF was made almost 22 years ago. These guys kept it simple and clean. Two JDM hatches make a great couple:)
 Not too much of aggressive fitment, and of course not too little.
 One opinion I have to say right off the bat is that I love these rims, I don't exactly know their names yet but I'd love to put a set on my EF sedan.
 A big thing with us Honda guys is to keep it OEM as much as possible. After the work that went into the suspension and the rest of the car he still kept rude aero kits off, didn't shave anything and even kept the original badges on. Look at that camber!
 Heres another hatch, wearing more casual rims and one clean paint job.
The infamous Nardi steering wheel, a close friend of mine showed me one of these and I fell it love with it right away. 
 One thing that amazes me is how clean white EF hatches look and I can honestly say I'm jealous.
 Another shot of of that sick stance.

 It's personal preference when it comes to the Si lip....
Sticker bombing on the center garnish. 

Time Attack CRX

 Romain Levesque (Pictured left) recently learned how to speak English after renting the dyno at Eurospec in the UK. He used to be strictly in France but ended up landing a job at Eurospec so he decided to stay. Easy to say Eurospec and Romain made a good match.
No unnecessary equipment here. Sporting a full roll cage from Buddy Club,  RRS racing seats, and a few more sporty add ons.
Fiberglass fender flares make sure that those meaty tires can breathe.
Romain recently put a k20 from Anouar's old ep3 in his CRX. Romain got offered a sponsorship by Buddy Club just by talking to the guy every once inawhile.


One beautiful k20... Romain had some problems in the past like the supercharger failing in practice so he quickly found another belt, bypassed it, and tuned it just to make sure she would hit vtec. Another incident was when he blew the head gasket, not a fun thing to deal with when your in the middle of the race.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

JDM - Its Time two Ride (Song) by Loyal (UnOfficial Video)

Detication 88 Hatch

 Making an EF your own is mandatory. With so many EF enthusiasts these days its a constant struggle making your EF catch the viewers eye and Woody did it perfect.
 There is not a spot of rust on this clean hatch. Well, that nature intended. Woody rusted the hood to create a kind of oxymoron with there not being a dent or a scratch yet the whole hood is rusted out. It's all personal preference but I think it fits it like it was supposed to happen.
 Woody brought this EF home from California for a daily driver when his CRX was in the hospital getting a heart transplant. He quickly wanted to start modifying it lowering it right when he got to his house but that was clearly not enough.
 Wearing some Kosei rt maxi's, now getting lower and lower he protected himself from cracking oilpan and oilpan by custom fabbing an 1/8th inch steel plate for the underbody.
 Woody broke down on a black Wednesday sale and bought every JDM piece from ground up that he could ever want. From the bronze tinted glass to the taillights, this EF is sitting right.
Woody was dedicated from day 1 to make this hatch one of a kind and I give him a big ol' thank you because he didn't just meet the requirements, he made them.

Built GSR vs turbo cobalt

B17 Hatch vs 2013 Civic Si

Wagovan vs SVT Cobra

LS EF VS EF Hatch

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

TRA KYOTO CIVIC

 I know, I know. I've been talking about Kanjo racing a lot lately but I have to. Kanjo racing is where it all started. Stripping, modifying, and racing ef civics. These two hatch's always hang out at the TRA Kyoto workshop. 
 Rocking 6666 customs front bumper and side skirts.
 It seems like this EF would be too low but the combination of the Advan A048 and the adjustable Cusco suspension hugs this thing to the ground.


 With the rear hatch spoiler and the period correct racing decals can really bring you back to the day that Kanjo racing was at it's best.

 Everything on this car is period correct like these Mugen CF-48's.
 Unlike most civic engine bays this one still has all the wires, reservoirs, and lines with a transplanted B16a.
 Fujitsubo headers and full N1 exhaust to make this baby sing.
 As you can see the interior is stripped out but it still stands out from the others. Miura still has a fully functioning radio system.
 He also stretched in a Safety 21 bolt in rollcage and heat matted the floor from that monster exhaust system.


Osaka EF9

With new technology and more and more horsepower peaks being met its hard not to turn to the new but the guys at Osaka JDM continue to hold on to oldschool hondas, and have fun doing it. This EF9 is a straight up Kanjo racer, racing down the highways of Japan with essence and grace at ridiculous speeds.
Powering this EF9 is the stock b16. Holding type-r camshafts, NGK plugs, FGK stainless steel headers, and having the tri-box intake shoot cold air into this b-series while protecting the race battery.
Everyone in the states wants to run JDM front ends, parts, and accessories. Well in Japan they do the same with USDM parts. A full USDM front end was mated to EF9 to stand out from the crowd.
Inside the hatch features a full roll cage, MOMO racing steering wheel, and some recaro buckets to hold you in.
When you open the door you see how serious Kanjo racing actually is, having a Mugen N1 window net to help hide the driver.

No, thats not Jason. Furukawa even sports a Jason mask like the old Kanjo racers to help hide his identity. He got into old school hondas when Kanjo racing was at it's peak and his passion continues to grow. Storms    of civics and crx's terrorizing the highways in the middle of the night, weaving in between traffic and hugging corners. Kanjo racing faded after being helped by the big police crackdown. Icons like Furukawa help keep the era alive building Kanjo style civics helped by the modern age.
Sunrise painted valve cover.
Just by looking at the front end of this EF9 you can tell it means business.
22 year old unibody stiffening helps make sure everything is in sync.
Sporting Loop 5 rims but Osaka JDM continues to diversify these rims by color combos.

Looking through the hatch you can see the design the roll cage took.