I created this account a while back, but never posted apparently... I feel that isn't true, but I'm losing my mind. Being married with 2 small children does that to you.

I live in the North GA area. I bought a GSR swap from a guy named Anton on Importlounge many moons ago. I swapped it into a 95 Civic Coupe I bought from my brother and promptly totaled the **** out of it. Luckily, the motor survived so I pulled her from the wreckage and placed her in the dank corner of a warehouse. I covered her lovingly with a tarp, unsure of what I would do with her next.

Fast-forward 8 years, 1 marriage and a child to December 2013. I buy a 95 Civic Sedan with a fart can as a baby hauling DD/project. The cherrybomb is appauling to me, so I dig the B-series out of cold storage and plant her on a stand in my wife's kitchen. She's ok with it I think... She must be.

Using the G2IC Turbo Bible and Honda-Tech forums as my guide, I begin reading and planning. I set a Horsepower goal-350. I set an price point-and massively exceed it. I decide that I will buy quality parts and not embark on this journey until I am ready. A year of planning and buying passes. A year of micrometer measuring, dial-bore gauging and clearance checking. A year of cylinder and bore honing, flywheel resurfacing, rotating assembly balancing, and machining courtesy of Julius Hughes Jr of Atlanta Speed Shop. The Manley H-Rods are mated to the CP Carillo 9.0:1 pistons. The ARP main and head studs are installed and the OEM Honda bearings in place, their wax clearances within spec. The Y80 transmission is torn down and cleaned, the synchromesh carbon coated synchros installed with a fresh 2nd gear. The ACT clutch and disc are lined up and mated to the Fidanza 10lb flywheel. The Hondata S300 board is soldered onto the stock P72 ECU. The GT28RS and street turbo kit courtesy of Greg and the fine men of Go-Autoworks is installed. All in my wife's kitchen. When I run out of parts to replace, and I have replaced many, I know it is finally time...

I take a week off from life and devote it only to her. With a borrowed cherry picker and a clean garage, I pull the tired D16 from the Civic and drop her in its place. She's a big girl and she makes for a tight fit, but she fits. I weld the 2.5" collector onto the downpipe and mate it to the Apexi Worldsport II Cat-back exhaust. I loom the Rywire milspec engine harness and plug her in. She fires and idles first turn of the key. I'm so proud of her. After a good idling session, I install the Innovate Dual-Function Digitals and Progress CS II's before taking her to Mony So at Import Xperts in Winder for her first tune. She lays down 302whp and 240ftlbs on the dyno. She's modest though. No pilar mounted gauge pods or flashy wings. You'd never know she was turbocharged unless she told you or you heard me spanking her. She screams loud at wot...

Lately, she's been getting jealous. I saw the new Civic Type R and contemplated selling her for 1, but I've had a change of heart. The new CTR is too flashy for us. Sure, it has working A/C, but she will too in time. Until then, we ride windows down, even in the rain. She likes getting wet. She's my special girl.