Honda Civic- From Grocery Getter to Tuner Canvis

   The history of the Honda Civic goes without saying. Its a gas saver, parts are inexpensive, labor and service is easy, resale value is still high, and its CHEAP!!! That right there is the selling point to the civic. Now instead of wanting to know why and how its popular to the everyday average Joe and Jane lets jump to the point of it being a performance giant. Do not get me wrong, i am a huge Nissan and Toyota fan, but i have to give credit where its due.
   The Honda Civic is very easy to tune and modify without any restriction of age or chassis classification. Any generation of Civic is sought after for either Car Shows, Track, or just the everyday driver. From Body kits to Performance parts, even engines are easily accessible to the everyday tuner depending on what your looking for. Sad to say that for every 2JZ motor or Sr20det is bought, three high performance Honda motors are bought. ITS A FACT. The money spent for one engine can buy two for your Honda. Did i already mention the parts are cheap. What is more fascinating and frustrating at the same time is the third party aftermarket production of parts for the Civic outweighs the general parts for any other make and model car out there. More performance, suspension, computers, everything down to air fresheners are clearly high in number for Hondas, rivaling Volkswagen's aftermarket prowless. The never ending combination of engine parts between one another in the Honda library is also mind blowing, because they are interchangeable. What you need in your Civic you can take from an Integra, ( the American subsidiary to Honda ) and install in your car its that easy. Even the parts from other Hondas such as the Prelude, Accord, S2000,and Passport ( before the Pilot ) can be used on your Civic. The Tuning Capabilities are astounding from Naturally aspirated to Force Induction, with horsepower numbers reaching beyond 500hp and more. All from a small four cylinder engine. Its crazy in know, and its all that bang for your buck.
    From the other side of the fence its considered cheating and playing dirty. Some thinks its a conspiracy to help Honda destroy the competition. Lets get real here!!! To me its still all about the driver, never the car remember that. If you built it, and you can drive it, you can win. If you spend all that money and don't know how to drive the car, you wasted your money and the mechanics' time. This blog is not saying that because of the essential backing that some companies are providing for this little car that it is unbeatable, NO!! I'm making it far apparent to everyone why this car is popular to the tuner world. They are easy to come by, you can pick them up ( literally ) for dirt cheap, you can work on it yourself in your garage, that's how easy it is. Now would i buy one? NO... because i want to venture more with other cars, but it would be exciting to build a 4 cylinder again and run 9s at the local track and show it off to my friends on how fast it is. And to make a long story short it THE perfect beginners car to start with.

     The Honda Civic bottom line is a popular figure in the Automotive community, with its love/hate comparison, it lives up to its test of time legend and will continue to impress, innovate, and inspire young and old drivers alike.

  The Road is yours......

Dart off target, all turbo everything for BMW, honda to finally intro A turbocharged engine, THE FR-S

    Low and behold the auto industry could be getting some things moving but first the Dodge Dart has made a comeback but it wasn't what i expected. Aimed as a economy car to square up against the Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Focus, the Dart was built on the Alfa romeo platform due to Daimler Chrysler dealing with the trendy Italian Manufacturer, the Dart has been Dodges' econo combo back in the day. Great Gas mileage with sporty handling but that was false advertisement if i ever heard it, due to the fact that the dart back then was shadowed after the Chrysler Omni. The sad ordeal of this was the GLH omni was intended to be the GLH dart, but Chrysler preferred the omni rather than the dart. For sakes and purposes i am referring to the later 70s and 80s models of the Dodge Dart, in no comparison to the Dart from the 60s that ran rampant with the 426 under the hood, but because of the gas embargo of the flower age, the dart was transformed into a slow and frugal grocery getter. The intention of the new Dart is unclear seeming that Dodge already has a 4 door saloon line up from the Avenger to the Charger and only one coupe to the market that we call the Challenger, I'm guessing the dart is in no way shape or form aimed at the youth market, we may never know, but what  i can say is that the styling is pretty and it looks mean, but how does it drive?
   BMW on the other hand has everything under control, boost control that is. The new 3 series will be fitted with a 4 cylinder turbocharged engine producing a whopping 240hp. And the good thing about this lineup is that it comes in the entry level 328i. The inline turbo six cylinder will still be an option for the car and no word on the M3 even though its rumored that it will go back to housing a V-8, but with turbo which seems to be a little excessive but whatever. Its boost or bust.
  Honda has announced  that a 1.4 liter and a 1.8 liter turbocharged engine for the CR-Z and possibly Civic SI which could see more Honda Enthusiasts in the showroom, the 1.4 is intended for the CR-Z but the 1.8 is unclear for the 2 liter and 2.4 liter are the strongest engines they have for the vehicles, but lets go with the flow.
       Now on to bigger news, the Scion FR-S was test driven and given great reviews. If you don't know what the FR-S is then you must get the best sleep of your life under that rock of yours. The FR-S and soon to be BRZ is the flagship sports car result of the joint build of both Subaru and Toyota. We thought it would carry the Toyota Badge but it was given to Scion to build up its inventory which means the TC may not be the only affordable two door sport compact to be sold by Toyota. I just can't wait for the Aftermarket support it will receive. Toyota styling but outfitted with the flat four Boxer engine, it will push out 200 hp at 7000 RPMs making it a lively little car. more bang for your buck, i wanna test drive this car so bad, more later on this vehicle...... Drive Right, Drive Safe..