I've only been a member for about a week but...

[Axman]

What I really like about this forum is the fact that there are few people cutting down other American iron. You people seem to be keeping it real in here. The long thread below regarding Autozoners and their ricegear was not surprising. I see the same thing at Checker, Pep Boys and other discount parts houses. The bad thing is the same type of performance items for Asian 4 bangers is available everywhere but for US 4 bangers you have only a few select vendors. One of the few places for Ford 4 bangers was Racer Walsh and most of the things had to be adapted to the later 2.3L. Headers, for instance, are not smog legal and I had to have O2 fitting welded in to place. I am also an air-cooled VW enthusaist and was happy to have the fastest 4 cylinder be a air-cooled VW powered rail at 202 mph in the 1/4 mile. It beats the hell out of any rice burner. The only Honda I ever owned had only 2 wheels. The thought of the 490 power Civic sounds like something to show the riceboys what a true hot rod is.

I currently own a '92 'vert LX with a 165 hp 2.3L, a '79 Malibu with a 250 hp 305, an '83 S-10 which is going to get a 350 V-8 transplant when the 2.8 V-6 finally dies, and a '73 VW Beetle which makes a whopping 57 hp and is about 75% restored.

See my Honda Civic post for my past hotrod projects.

Axman