Gunz4me <gunz4me@somewhere.com> wrote in
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> GRobinson324@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> I just wanted to share a little bit of my story of tuning these
>> wonderful vehicles. Back in 2003, after graduating high school, I was
>> able to secure a nice paying summer job at a local amusement park. I
>> worked long hours in the 90 degree heat. The only thing that kept me
>> going all those months was my dream. This dream was to own a 2000
>> Honda Civic Si. My room walls were a collage of all types of Honda's
>> in various states of tune. I would awake to pictures of Honda's and go
>> to sleep to them.
>>
>> After working all summer I had saved up about $4000. Sadly, I was
>> unable to find a 2000 Honda Civic Si locally, So I put a down payment
>> on a Black 1999 Civic Ex 4 dr. I was so excited the first day I bought
>> her home! Over the next few weeks my love for this automobile grew and
>> grew! The first part I purchased was an AEM cold air intake. I had
>> never worked on a car before, but once it arrived I eagerly ripped
>> into the packaging. I quickly begin to try to get this thing on my
>> car. The instructions said an estimated install time of 2 hours, it
>> took me more like 8!! But after successfully getting it installed by
>> myself, I was hooked. My addiction to car tuning had taken hold.
>>
>> The next few years saw many more upgrades; cat back exhaust, shift
>> knob, sound system, lowering springs, 18's, projector headlamps, and
>> racing seats. By mid 2006, I had just begun to save up for my body
>> kit, when the unthinkable happened. My baby, while parked unoccupied,
>> was TOTALED by some jerk showing off in a Publix parking lot!! All
>> that work down the tubes in a few seconds. I was devastated.
>>
>> It's all good because my insurance company sent me a nice sized check
>> for the Civic. The Honda pictures are back up on the wall, and right
>> now I'm saving up for another Honda. I'm leaning towards a RSX,
>> Prelude, or 6th Gen Accord. I learned many lessons from my first car.
>> With my new car I'm not going to waste any money on bolt-on goodies,
>> I'm going straight for a built engine and boost. I plan on making a
>> huge down payment so I can have low monthly's, to free up a lot of
>> money for tuning. I keep these hopes and dreams on my mind everyday.
>> It really helps, since been riding a bike since the accident.
>>
>> In my spare time, I run a blog devoted to Honda Tuning. It can be
>> found at http://hipohonda.blogspot.com. Check it out, I'm sure any
>> Honda fan will feel right at home on the site.
>>
>> Anyone else have any stories about their Honda tuning adventures?
>>
> Maybe this is a stupid question, but rather than trying to make my car
> into something it wasn't engineered to be, wouldn't I be better off
> taking all those dollars I would have poured into Civic/Accord/S2000
> modifications and just purchasing a real sports car from the get go or
> even a stock EVO OR WRX STI?
>

some people like to "roll their own",or do their own customizations.
It's a project,a hobby.
That's how stock car racing came to be,by backyard tuners.
(sadly,now,they are no longer allowed to modify their cars)


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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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