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Civic R18 Goals: Turbo or r20 NA or r18 NA
Getting ahead of myself as I rebuild my r18 transmission. I want to explore a different path that most Americans don’t take. So, I want to be as self sufficient as possible and keep things simple. A turbo is just natural for the r18a1, but this r18 Story channel from Thailand keeps giving me bad…
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1zz Oil Burning Project: Bottom and Head Finished
Finally, made progress with my 1zz and didn’t document anything. Well today, here’s an update. Pistons have new rings and oil drain holes are drilled out to max size. These pistons and their rods are already installed with one rod bearing replaced due to scratches. Each rod cap bolt was dipped into oil, torqued to…
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Corolla High Positive LTFT
2025-05-1 : The Issue This is usually something that always pops up by the end of the year for 1zz corolla. You’re due for an inspection, then the ambiguous lean code comes up and you find your long term fuel trims at positive 30%. I’m not going to pretend to have all the answers, because…
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Have You Ever Seen Oily Water Come out of your Struts?
That’s the deadest strut I’ve ever seen! And it’s part of my rear suspension woes lately. I “upgraded” my rear suspension with used Chinese coilovers, but they were way too stiff and made the car dangerous. I then went and found used struts from the pick-n-pull. I didn’t realize how bad this rear right one…
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Old Pictures of my Civic LX Coupe
My 2006 Honda Civc Coupe was my first successful car project. Although underpowered, it felt really great. Honda Factory Performance suspension and a rear Si sway bar (from 13 mm to 17 mm) made a huge difference. So much so I earned another speeding ticket! You can’t have any fun here in America without attracting…