Double Wishbone (rear)
Our '02 Civic Si was built to run and compete in as many different track events as we could, from NASA’s HPDE program and Honda Challenge H3 class to SCCA PDE’s and Club Races.
We make it back from the Wolf Ridge Hillclimb with no scars.
The Civic Si is loaded up and ready to scramble up the mountain.
The front brakes on our Civic are getting too hot on track. Fortunately, the Honda Challenge rules allow for ducting to provide sweet cooling air to those toasty discs and …
Project 2002 Civic Si survived its first weekend as an official race car at the NASA Moonshine Run.
We pick Konig Kolor wheels - in grey.
With a NASA event at Carolina Motorsports Park just a few weeks away, we decided to take care of a few odds and ends on our 2002 Civic Si.
A hard compound works for us.
To get our Civic ready for its track debut, we had a few things left to take care of.
After the final thrash to put the last minute touches on the car (full updates to come) we threw the Civic on our trailer and headed North to VIR.
The last step in our FireCharger install was to actually charge the system.
We install a big honking Wink mirror.
One of the NASA rules calls for the wheel lock on all race cars to be disabled. With help from a big hammer....
Our Civic gets some braided steel brake lines.
Removing the large and heavy moonroof assembly from the Si was a good and necessary thing, but it did leave us with a rather large hole in the top of …
Our Civic Si benefits from our Mini's departure
We remove the vinyl on our Civic
Totalling up our Civic's weight loss.
The Martin Sports Car Club held their annual awards banquet this past Saturday, and we came home with two trophies...
The Civic ran the last Martin Sports Car Club points event for 2003
We continue to do pretty well, when we can get to the events.
We take our Civic back to the cones
Our Civic Si has been busy all year, why not add a little drag racing, too?
Not too bad...
...is the loneliest number, but we'll take the points.
At least we didn't blow up the lab.
Our editor redeemed both himself and the Civic this past weekend...
We really don't know...
Our Civic continues to compete
Nationals have come and gone, but we're not done playing yet.
We're back from the Solo II Nationals and we all survived the adventure.
Our Civic prepares for duty in Topeka at the 30th Annual Solo II Nationals.
We've gotten a lot of work done on our Civic Si, and it's starting to handle like a race car.
With our Civic Si now in Florida, work continues on its Street Touring prep.
We've teamed up with some really smart folks to turn our Civic Si into a cutting-edge Street Touing contender.
