[MauiSI]

Awesome! Can't wait to see all those parts installed!

 

[MauiSI]

Thanks man! Can’t wait for everything to show up lol

I know what you mean! Im waiting on my EM1 clutch master and slave to show up. Can't wait to get that installed!

 

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That’ll be a nice upgrade for sure. Deleting all the clutch delay stuff made such a difference.

Awesome! Can't wait! This car is now my "fun" car that I drive just to drive. I do drive it on an almost daily basis with no destination. My daily is now a 2001 auto Integra that Im planning on manual swapping and giving to my daughter once she can drive haha! She's 12 now and LOVES teggys!

 

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Haha sounds like a great plan. Now you can build the civic to whatever spec you’d like since it’s not the daily!

True! I'm keeping my original plans for the car as I do drive it daily and want to keep reliability in mind. If the Civic was down and not able to drive, idk what I would do with my free time 😂

 

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That is funny how that worked out! What made you change your mind and want to track the civic vs your older track car?

 

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There were a number of reasons for this change. The civic I took to the track once and immediately felt the difference. Chassis seems significantly more responsive to inputs to start. Not to mention the engine. The big thing for me was reliable simple track car. My other car is far more complicated, it’s turbo’d so high strung lots of heat and lots of maintenance constantly required. My little k series here did 8 track days this summer over approx. 3 months. All I did was change the oil lol. The civic seems happier on track, happier to be beaten on, handles better, and can be driven harder.

all of that said, my civic was almost stock for this summer. Once all the mods go on it should really be night and day. This ~195whp civic with bone stock suspension, skinny tires, and NO alignment came within 2 seconds of my 330whp big brake kit full suspension 255 wide r comp tire build in terms of lap time. That was enough to push me over the edge and make the change.

Damn! That right there, shows how great this platform is! I wonder what the times will be after all the mods! You record any of your track time?

 

[MauiSI]

Dude, that's awesome!! I subscribed to your channel! Nice driving! Makes me want to go out for a drive here. We have no track but we do have nice winding roads around. How do you record with all the speed, lap, and Gs, on there?

 

[MauiSI]

If you do decide to go that route, I cannot wait to see the pics and how it affects your lap times!

 

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Yea I really think I’m going to go with the titanium exhaust. To hit the weight I want to with the car, without gutting the interior the Ti exhaust helps shave some good weight.

Sounds awesome! Full interior while still hitting your weight goals!

 

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Damn those are nice! What made you choose those spring rates?

 

[MauiSI]

Damn bro! How did you score finding that motor?! Congrats man!! Excited to see this as I have the same goal to get a spare motor and build it. Looking forward to seeing more updates!

 

[MauiSI]

Haha so it was listed on Facebook market place but the guy was way out of the city. Figured most wouldn’t be willing to make the drive so I did and it looks like I got a pretty good deal!
I’m going to pick up one more of these motors and just leave it assembled stock as another spare. Since I’ll be tracking the car heavily spare motors are great peace of mind lol.

LOL that's awesome dude! Being in Hawaii, good deals like that are less likely to come by haha!

 

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Yea I’m very lucky. It seems there are a ton of these cars around locally, and a ton of guys modding them/parting them out. Need to pick up a spare transmission still but those are going for more then the engines $$$$ wise lol. Crazy

Ship one to me! 😜

 

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Lol what are the price ranges over there? Looking online for one looks like 4-5k for completed with trans. That's almost as much as I bought my entire car lol

 

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No way! I wonder what shipping would be lol? I think you are a ways away from Hawaii though. Last I checked it was around $4k to ship an integra from the east coast of the US. Maybe $1-2 to get it to Hawaii? Not worth it if shipping is more than the motor but if it's cheaper than anywhere else I'm looking than it may be worth it 😂.

 

[MauiSI]

Shipping definitely won’t be cheap. I’m in Canada lol!! I mean we can look into it worst case sure but yea it’ll be a little money for sure haha

Lol, yea it will be a lot. Good to know they are out there though haha. Can't wait to see how that build motor is.

 

[MauiSI]

Can't wait to see the video and hear how all these changes affect your lap times! Sick build bro!