As some of you remember we had a '91 EF hatch with a stock Z6 engine making 375whp @ 24psi. At this power level it ran 11.41 @121MPH. Since then we had turned it up some more. It made 390WHP with a slipping clutch @26psi. We changed the clutch and ran it at the track @ 28-30psi. The car ran 11.3@127mph. We couldn't run anymore because the car had no roll cage. Instead of turning it into a drag car we and the owner decided to go in a different direction. We wanted to make it all wheel drive, work through the problems and have a reliable 4WD civic for the street. We converted the car to Real Time 4WD from a '89 Civic Wagovan. We used the transmission, axles, driveshaft, viscous coupling, rear differential and subframe. The clutch is a ACT 4 pad disc and Heavy Duty pressure plate. So far at 24psi the drivetrain is holding up great. We have a couple hundred miles and 40+ tire chirping launches without a problem. We will keep putting it through its paces and see what, if anything, breaks. We will have video up shorty along with new all wheel dyno numbers.












This is what a 400 HP stock SOHC bottom end looks like


Oil pan clearanced for transfer case.


Trans mount needed to be raised 1"


Viscous coupler mounted




Rear diff mount








New manifold. Shorter runners, undivided collector, front facing inlet.




Cable shifter mounted.

 

damn thats sweet AWD. Sick set up that **** is just crazy

 

thats ****** bad ***, wanna do it to my sol???

 

HAHA you guys are nuts. I was wondering where you were all year. Will you be at iss and fall nats?

Car looks good.

 

I would have not believe that the car actually would run 100% until i got a ride the other day. Launching on the street, with street tires and no wheel spin in 1st is a really weird feeling in a honda. It should be interesting to see what kind of numbers it makes on the awd dynojet compared to the 2wd numbers on the dynapack.

 

Looks awesome as usual guys

 

This is rediculous....... i wish i had my crx still, id be dropping it off for a swap.

Very nice, job..... interested to see the vids!!

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How much weight do you think was added? I cant imagine the car would be more than 2500lbs. With 400hp and awd............ wow

 

very impressive

 

400 hp on a stock Sohc bottom end.... wow... i wonder how long it will go...i wanna see some vids of this thing launching!!

 

amazing!

 

thats nuts!!

 

Man that's sick!

 

I wanna vid! Vid please.....street launch please....awd dyno please.....

 

Very cool! Im anxious to see vids as well.

 

very very impressive

 

This could be very interesting. Not sure if I have seen an AWD honda yet.

Can't wait to see.

 

excellent stuff! cant wait for vids

 

bump it up cause that **** is sick

 

You guys did a great job on this I thought that awd setup wasn't suppose to handle so much power though?

 

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i thought a stock D-series wasn't supposed to handle all power.

they have some voodoo magic.

 

damn!! that is too cool! i would love to go back to a sohc and awd makes it even more enticing!!

 

awesome.

 

stock rods at 400whp? man you guys are good or very lucky? Nice work !

 

What transmission is it? A CRV or is it an original old Honda one? That is just awesome! Good work guys.

 

so the question is were you make 390 whp on stock pistons and rods?