dvsidboy

I will get them up tonight, its clean looking when installed

Ruckus2009

How much HP did you get with the green lip on your rims???

jaepalm

lulz

tnk

iTrader: (1)

dvsidboy

Blog Update (Look back on 2010 and upcoming 2011 season)
http://www.nwmotiv.com/editors-blog/...3-2011-update/

dvsidboy

March 3rd, 2011 - XXR 009 Test Fit
For this race season I am jumping tires up to a 245/40 series V-710 R-Comp. To help fit this tire new race rims were a must....couldnt pass up the deal on these XXR 009 rims. 17x9 +35 offset. I knew they would be big for the car and require some speacial treatment to fit, the rear will be fun... Here are some photos, tires will be here tomorrow and mounted shortly after.

dvsidboy

March 4th, 2011 - Tires showed up
Well today the R-Comps showed up, looking forward to getting these mounted and start the long fun process of fitment, lol.

Psw Jdm

A little of roll and pull should help that easily.

hondawhore

Its good to see the car still looking good. Keep up the great work.

dvsidboy

Thanks guys, going to start the fitment process tomorrow. Going to have to do a little more than a roll and pull in the rear. Should be fun, lol

dvsidboy

March 6th, 2011 - Fender Roll
Today I took the car over to a friend of mine that happened to own a nifty fender rolling tool. After a few hours of magic, he was able to get the fenders to fit the new rims just right. Here are some photos of the process:

Driver Rear


Passenger Rear




Street Tire compared to Race Tire




Fitment








Also picked up the new race numbers and magnet for this year

dvsidboy

March 10th, 2011 - Race Mode
Here is the project SI in its race mode. Quick snap in the drive way before the storm moved in again. Still need to work on the rear a bit for fitment, either going to have to raise the car or put a little more camber in the rear.

lojikal

very impressive and well documented project

brian_b714

great car bro!

dvsidboy

March 16th, 2011 - Skunk2 Blog Blast
Logged into the Facebook fan page today for Skunk2 and saw this little gem sitting there:


Full Blog can be found here: http://cms.skunk2.com/id/663/Civic-S...hes-EVOs-WRXs/

dvsidboy

March 19, 2011 - Race Mode Shoot
With the race season starting in 1 week, I thought I would go do one final photoshoot in "Race Mode"

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dvsidboy

March 26th and 27th - SRRSCCA Events #1 & #2
Opening weekend was a blast, took a bit to re-learn the car on the new tires.

Saturday Recap
Little upset with the weather for the first event of the season, I was really looking forward to running on the R-Comps but Mother Nature was not a fan. For the first few runs the rear end of the SI was really loose and just wanted to kick out everywhere, so after talking with Alan Densmore (DS Driver) I was able to control the rear of the car a bit more and start working on scrubbing the tires in. After Saturday's results I was ready to sell the rims and tires and go back to a street tire setup, it was a really frustrating day for me to not be able to get the grip on the track I have been wanting all pre-season.

Saturday Results:
-- 3rd Place in SMF
-- 22nd in PAX
-- 22nd in RAW

Here is the video of my fastest run from Saturday's Event:
(never mind the new slicks at the start, lol)

Sunday Recap
Sunday looked to be a more promising day with the sun out in the morning to help dry the track off, sadly I was in the first run group again so I got a wet track for the morning sessions. This track layout started out very technical and had many off camber sweepers to deal with. The morning sessions I was able to move up to the 3rd place in the class again and was starting to think I would be struggling to run against the Mazda Speed3's in the class. After the lunch break the track was dry and starting to get fast, still working with Alan Densmore on the tires and understanding the different feels of the car in the corner can identify different areas to adjust I was finally able to start knocking some time off. After a minor spinout on the 5th run, I had the challenge set, run a low 43 second run just to jump to 2nd place. On the 6th run I jumped past my goal and ran a 42.817 moving me into the 1st place position of the SMF Class, only problem was, the red Mazda Speed3 still had two more runs. Lucky for me that time was deep enough to hold off the pressure and secure the win for the day.

Sunday Results:
-- 1st Place in SMF
-- 7th Place in PAX
-- 9th Place in RAW

Here is a video of my fastest run from Sunday's Event:
(out of car)

(in car)

Even though it was a roller coaster weekend with the car and handling I am very happy with the setup right now. I still need to work on the power side and get a flash to get some more power in the mid range...

Here are some photos from the Sunday event also. Photos are taken by Greg Myers who runs a awesome automotive blog site: http://sokudonomatsuri.blogspot.com/









Oh and YAY for cold tires and driving a bit to hot:

dvsidboy

Pretty much the same thing I already posted, but so some support and share this on your Facebook

http://www.nwmotiv.com/editors-blog/...ace-12-update/

dvsidboy

Little blog update on my trip to the 1/4 mile this weekend.

Note to self...don't race on autocross camber settings and get better tires for drag racing, lol.



Click here for more photos and in car video: http://www.nwmotiv.com/editors-blog/...g-race-update/

Share, share, share!!!!

dvsidboy

April 9th and 10th - SRRSCCA Event #3 / #4
This past weekend was the 3rd and 4th event for the Snake River SCCA club, I was able to pull the sweep and win back to back.

Here is a photo from the event:


To read more and see the times and videos: http://www.nwmotiv.com/editors-blog/...e-clean-sweep/

Share it!!!!

dvsidboy

April 23rd - Project SI Race 5 Update - SMF Victory
Extended the lead in the SMF class this past weekend with another win!!! Read about here: http://www.nwmotiv.com/editors-blog/...pdate-smf-win/

Photo from event:


Video Teaser:

Big updates coming this weekend, stay posted for that news to come here shortly. Also please show the support the Project SI and share!

dvsidboy

April 28th, 2011

New goodies showed up today for the Project SI thanks to the kind people at Ultra Racing. They have jumped on board with the Project SI to help stiffen up the SI quite a bit. Look for an update through the weekend as we install the many parts.

Here is the list of parts being installed:
Front Sway (25mm)
Reat Sway (19mm)
Front Fender Braces
Front Strut Bar
Rear Cross Bar
Interior Cross Bar
Front Lower Brace
Middle Lower Brace
Rear Lower Brace
Side Lower Brace

Photo of what will be installed:

dvsidboy

Sneak Peak:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDJ0Rs4kgY
(Available in HD)

BrendanTheGreat

dude how did you get those sponsorships? thats sick lol

dvsidboy

May 5th, 2011 - Dyno Session
With the race season under full swing, I figured it would be time to see what my current power was at. Having only dynoed the Project SI when it was stock and with the addition of only the Go Power Motorsports 3" exhaust, I was excited to see what the results would be with the addition of the Go Power Motorsports 575 Header.

Numbers:
Stock - 180.93whp / 128.92trq
w/Exhaust - 185.05whp / 134.13trq
w/Exhaust+Header - 201.36whp / 143.31trq

Great numbers, now I need to work on an Intake and Flash to really wake the motor up!!!!

Here is the dyno graph:


Video: