Quick Update

Last Friday did not work out as planned. I ran into several snags that kept me from making some passes. There is a story to go along with this that I feel like sharing.

Rewind back to last Wednesday. I was getting all pumped up for making some quarter mile passes. I decided to go over my engine in detail to make sure all is good before I make the trek to the track. One of the things I like to do is wiggle my engine harness to make sure that I have good connectivity. With my older Civic I find that things can vibrate loose quite easily. My motor was running, sounding great, then I grabbed the engine harness and gave it a shake. Instantly my engine died. My jaw dropped. Great, just what I need before I go to the track, an electrical problem.

I managed to get my engine started and began tracing wires. I wiggled my map sensor wiring and that seemed to kill the engine. I went through the wires and traced, everything was fine. This lead me to look at my TPS. Sure enough, that was the culprit. I had smashed the TPS against my firewall once again and the case was broken. The case was cocked off making for a bad connection.

Now I am in the process of removing my intake manifold so that I can clearance the firewall even more for that darn TPS. It's been raining every afternoon since Wednesday which hasn't given me a chance to work on my toy. Hopefully I will get a chance today.

I seem to jinx myself everytime I set a track date. Now I am shooting for the next chance I get. Stay tuned!

Track Day Scheduled June 14th :)

Hello fellow Honda nerds! I bet you all thought I had forgotten about my project. To the nay sayers I say hell no! This project is still in full effect. I've been lazy about posting any updates due to the shitty camera that I have available to take pictures with. This doesn't mean that I haven't done work though!

Since my last post I have installed a front camber which did wonders for my handling and feel of my car. Unfortunately due to a unibody seam I cannot extend my camber out as much as I would like to. Still it is much better than what I had before.

I also cleaned up the interior holes and have painted most of it Krylon Classic Gray. I would share some pictures if they would have come out better than they did.

Anyhow all I need is an aligment and I am ready to hit the track. My sister's own a photography business. They are going to do a little photoshoot at the track. Soon I will have some awesome pictures to share!

Thanks for reading.