The car itself has a Comptech supercharger pushing air into a 2-liter K-series engine, a Comptech exhaust system, and a bunch of other Comptech stuffed glued to it. The body kit comes from Honda Factory Performance, the wheels are 17x8-inch Motegi Racing Tracklites, and there's an Apple iPod integrated into the sound system for those times when the car's self-generated entertainment field dissipates.
Team Honda Civic SiOf course the new Civic Si will be raced, but Honda wanted to ensure that they were among the first to do so. So, inside the grounds of Honda R&D America, back in Ohio, they took a freshly-built Si and fortified it according to NASA US Touring Car Championship rules for competition in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill-which ran early last December (a week after this was written).
There's a rollcage and the suspension has been lowered with H&R Springs. The engine's been massaged and tweaked, breathing through a new intake and exhaust. This Civic grabs the ground with Michelin tires outside of Volk Racing wheels. Since the car was built by the same guys who put together an Acura TL that kicked butt/hiney/ass at last year's 25 hours, we're sure it did really well at California's Thunderhill and that all involved-and their parents-are very proud.
Ryan Shutt Civic CoupeJust when it seemed all the Civics on display would be tasteful, we stumbled across this Civic (non-Si) done by Ryan Shutt alongside Polk Audio. A custom turbo system with a Precision wheezer is part of the package, but it goes further by adding a nitrous system atop that. And those big-ass Davin 19-inch wheels have all the subtlety of a sledgehammer hitting a cantaloupe.
Sure it's got big brakes (SSBC Force 10), lowering springs (Eibach), and fancy seats (OMP), but it's the sound system that's really intimidating. With all the LCD screens involved, this thing ought to be hard-wired to Hoover Dam to ensure adequate amperage.
Skunk2 Racing Stealth Civic SiR Skunk2's Civic won the informal SCC Sinister Intent award for its flat-black paint over an otherwise unmodified Civic Si body. When someone is playing it that low-key, you know damned well they're hiding some serious firepower.
In this Civic's case, the armaments locker includes a seriously cracked Skunk2 powerplant, packing everything from titanium valve retainers on top to forged connecting rods down in the bowels. The head has been opened up so thoroughly that you could crawl in through the intake ports and walk upright out the exhaust ports. There's a Hondata computer aboard for command and control, the RC Engineering injectors flow enough fuel to keep Cleveland heated all winter, the Brembo brakes are the size of an extra-large cheese pizza, and the Volk Racing wheels with BFG KDs are held fast to the hubs with special Skunk2 alloy lug nuts. Of course, the suspension is wicked and low. Naturally, the interior has a cage and Recaro seats. Come on... when the lug nuts are trick, well, what else on the car can't be?
K&N Civic SiRK&N put their Civic SiR on a strict nitrous oxide diet and the result was that it turned orange. The nitrous kit comes from Edelbrock, the body kit from Import Trenz and the Sunset Pearl paint from House of Kolor. The wheels are from Volk Racing with Toyo T1-R 225/40R18 tires. The fireball on the hood was so realistic that we were able to roast our weenies on it.