On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:43:06 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote:

> Gunz4me <gunz4me@somewhere.com> wrote in
> news:wYGdnUqVx5NDIhXbnZ2dnUVZ_tWhnZ2d@giganews.com :
>
>> 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)


Yeah, agreed. There is nothing like taking a "Good" car and turning it
into a "Wonderful" car. Able to keep up with the best of them.

If you do the work yourself, you can have a hell of a car for cheap.
Look at all the guys that build Muscle cars ("well, that's different!"
Really? How so?)