It's over $2k, so delete if need be. There's no place on racing junk for autox cars, so that's why I'm putting it here...
I've found a car I'm interested in buying. To buy that car, I need to get rid of the Snot Rocket to generate space and funds. So, here are the details...
Chassis - 89 Civic Si. Fair bit of SM legal lightening. Welded up sunroof with DX headliner, DX hatch (no wiper), gutted hood, UDBD mirror delete, rolled rear fenders / cut front ones. I have a 1 piece fiberglass front end with 3" flares that I have not yet fitted, but that I can include. The conversion to this front end should get the car really close, if not below the minimum weight. It is currently 1990# on a minimum of 1927#. This, coupled with fuel system changes gets the car light enough to add a cage and still flirt with the minimum weight.
Engine - Benson sleeved D16A6 running 11.7:1 compression with Eagle Rods and SRP pistons. Head includes Supertech Valves, Bisimoto springs and Bisimoto titanium retainers, coupled with a Web Cams intermediate reground camshaft. Head is clamped down using ARP studs and an OE 3 layer steel gasket handles the sealing duties. The turbo is a DSM T25 on a log manifold running 10 psi through minimal piping and a top mount intercooler. The engine is running off of a Zdyne programmable ECU that is currently tuned for E85 fuel. The car has also run on 100 Octane Unleaded before, but E85 is much cheaper and more easily available. There is a Walbro 255 pump in the tank that is feeding 450cc injectors through an otherwise stock fuel system. Cooling is handled with fresh OE water pump and thermostat, coupled with a Koyo full width aluminum radiator.
The result of the high compression and turbo is power delivery unlike any Honda you've ever seen. The car drives more like a V8 than a turbo 4. It sees positive manifold pressure by 1700RPM and the torque curve starts early, stays high, and is very flat. It makes 215HP and 188 ft-lbs to the ground as it sits. Best of all, more is just a turn of the knob away so to speak. The engine, fuel system, etc. are built to make more power. The reality is, I'm not sure the car could make use of it. But should you want to, the car could be making 300+HP with just a change of the wastegate setting, and 400+ is only a matter of fitting a turbocharger that will breathe that high. I built the engine to be reliable at absurd power levels, so that the relatively modest 200's would be a cakewalk for it.
Drivetrain - A Clutchmasters 7.5# flywheel is coupled to a XTD 6-puck sprung clutch and pressure plate. These drive an L3 transmission that has relatively fresh syncros and bearings, and had the entire 2nd gear gearset replaced just for good measure. There is a Quaife Limited Slip Differential in there, and from it the power heads to the wheels via Insane Shafts chromoly hollow shaft axles. Shifting is handled with an OE shift linkage that has been rebuilt with Delrin bushings in the U-Joint, and is manipulated with a Del Sol shifter.
Suspension & Steering- Shortened Koni race valves with GC perches and Hyperco springs. OE front sway bar and ST rear sway bar. New spherical bearings in the front end, urethane in the rear. Boxed '88/ITR rear lower control arms. Adjustable rear upper control arms. All ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings, hubs, etc. are brand new as of the beginning of the season. Also new for this season is power steering. This made a HUGE difference in how the car drives. So much easier. The power steering setup consists of a brand new MR2 electric pump and a Civic EX rack, along with custom lines to plumb them.
Wheels and Tires - Tires are 275/35/15 and 225/45/15 Hoosier A6's mounted on 15 x 10 Real Racing Wide 5 rims up front and 15 x 7 Kosie K1TS rims out back. Rain tires are brand new, never touched the ground 205/50/15 Hoosier Radial Wets mounted to 15 x 8 Axis Old Skool front rims and 15 x 7 Kosie K1TS rims in back. A nice bonus is that it's developed to a high enough level that it's winning more tires than it uses.
Brakes - HP+ up front and OE on the back on stock hard parts. Those same brakes that suck on all of the ST cars are pretty impressive with 550mm of Hoosier rubber up front. :)
Interior - Kirkey Intermediate driver seat with tilt adjustable mount on factory sliders. Summit Racing plastic passenger seat. Momo Model 78 Suede Steering wheel on DILYSI Motorsports quick release. Auxiliary gauges include Autometer oil pressure and water temp, and an AEM Wide Band O2 sensor.
When driven right, the car is VERY fast. At the Dixie tour last year, of 300 competitors give or take, only 13 cars had a faster day 1. Only 8 production cars were faster. At nationals last year, every driver in the car walked away with a trophy, and the car has the speed to win. Probably the biggest praise came from Washburn when he co-drove with me and got out after his first run - "It's like an ST car, but more everything".
There's gotta be stuff I'm forgetting, so if you've got questions, just ask. I don't have to sell it, and I'm somewhat hesitant to as I've got some REALLY cool stuff planned for it, but alas, another has caught my eye.
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$12k gets the car and every piece of Honda I own, spares, rains, etc.
$10k has stuff coming off that list.
$8k has stuff coming off the car.
You won't go faster for less in a car that can be driven on the street.
