I have no shame in admitting it: Any and every Honda that claims to be wicked and fast has to prove itself to me before I nod my head in agreement. Case in point: during a test-and-tune night, a ratty and gutted Civic coupe’s owner said he had an 11-second car. Unfortunately for the driver, a mid-13-second Mustang kept slamming the door on him. It wasn’t until the builder of the car hopped in and ripped off an 11.6 rip that I finally believed it. A Honda can rock…but when you grew up hearing “JDM life yo” crap and “power to weight” arguments all day long, I became jaded to all claims. Except maybe for the “Gringotegra” Integra and the “Civette” Civic-meets-Corvette mashup.
Oh, and Jeff Lutz, Jr.’s Civic, though even Stevie Wonder could tell you that you’d be stupid to second-guess this car. The body might be the only thing Honda left on the car, but we would love to see the first time somebody blurts out, “Oh, it can’t possibly be that fast” while within earshot. The family hobby involves defying physics at speed, and the Civic has nearly none of the weight that the all-steel ’57 Chevrolet packs around. Not many cars with license plates can mess with this hatchback, namely due to the 434ci small block and it’s two pet snails. You can try if you like, but if you lose, we get to slap “VTEC KICKED IN, YO!” stickers all over your car.
Throw a small block chevy in a 1960 Rambler and get the same thing. Nice job on building this Honda but come on…everything has been small block chevied to death as it is.
Was ready to see a fast HONDA powered Honda. Like stated, nice workmanship, epic fail on imagination and innovation. Oh! Another twin turbo Chevy powered something or other two pedaled yawn machine… Hint; a gyno exam table has two pedals, a bicycle has two pedals.