Ever wanted to video tape your driving during a track event or at an autocross? Or did you want to check if your suspension geometry is changing under racing conditions? Or did you just want to get some interesting video footage of your drives down twisty roads? I think most automotive enthusiasts can appreciate these video footages made popular by Speedvision in Touring car races and in World Rally races. [Read More]

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Here are lots of pictures of the new Civic Si in European Touring Car form. [Read More]

Zigzag Asia, the exclusive distributor of the famous Best Motoring videos from Japan, invited the TOV to the Long Beach International Auto Salon to see the Spoon S2000 endurance race car they were going to show. We had seen pictures and heard about the car before, but this would be a great opportunity to see it up close. [Read More]

Honda gave us a pre-production '02 Civic Si for a week long test drive in southern California. We used this opportunity to put the car through conditions a TOV reader would put their own car through: canyon driving, autocrossing, dyno testing, stop and go traffic, freeway cruising, etc.. [Read More]

Having a second set of race wheels/tires for the S2000 is a great way to save your street tires and to get further performance from the S2000. However, since the car is a two-seater, it makes transporting this second set of wheels very tough. You can always drive on your race tires, but this will prematurely wear out the tires. One solution is to trailer your tires. [Read More]

A stock S2000 has an incredible amount of grip and incredible steering response with the stock Bridgestone S02 tires. From the factory, the car is a very neutral and awesome handling car which can partly be attributed to the excellent OEM S02 tires. We will see why you will want a stiffer front anti-sway bar when you get a 225/245 front/rear Kumho race tire combination. [Read More]

Why get the dealership to charge you $110 to change your transmission fluid when you can do it yourself in 30 minutes and for less than $10? [Read More]

Having fun with a large patch of concrete. [Read More]

The JDM Honda Integra changed generation in early 1993. The new model, coded DB for 4-door and DC for 3-door received a body revision and quad-projector headlights. The most significant change however was the engine upgrade, from the 1.6l B16A to a longer stroke 1.8l DOHC VTEC B18C with a new intake manifold. [Read More]

In our last few Beyond Stock updates, we have been focussing on the Civic. In particular, we did a special look to establish reference figures for stock Civic SiRs, both automatic and manual. To continue this thread, I decided to look at stock DC Integras, i.e. the 1993-current generation. [Read More]

Our previous Beyond-Stock Integra article looked at the power of stock "regular" DC2/DB8 Integra SiRs. In this follow-up we will establish one more baseline reference, this time for the icon of Honda's lightweight performance cars, the legendary DC2 Honda Integra Type-R. [Read More]

April 1989 - Honda unleased the irresistible seduction of a race-tuned high-revving street car upon an unsuspecting public. This is the DA-generation Honda Integra, the first VTEC Honda. [Read More]

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BAR/Jordan testing and race preview [Read More]

HF1.vtec.net's preview of the upcoming Monaco Formula 1 GP [Read More]

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With an almost square concrete pad of tacky concrete running approximately a quarter mile on each side, the possibilities for course design are endless. [Read More]

A thorough analysis of the RSX Type S handling after a weekend spent at the track. [Read More]

Mike has been a TOVW regular for many years. Recently on a business trip to KL, he drove his black EG9 here. Once business matters are covered properly Mike made an appointment with Aerotech here to dyno his car, principally to know the power he is generating at the wheels. [Read More]

For a number of years, the 1590cc SOHC PGM-Fi engine has been powering the top Civic models in Malaysia. Recently Aerotech, HKS representative for Malaysia asked me an interesting question: what would be a typical Civic 1.6 owner's budget for an initial modification package? [Read More]

In 1996, Singapore along with a few other countries had the unique honour of receiving the EK4 Civic SiR into its domestic model range. This was the first time since its introduction that Civic type SiRs are available in the export market; the manual versions generating 170ps and automatic versions generating 155ps. [Read More]

In my last Beyond Stock article, I looked at the power of a nearly stock automatic B16A, used on an EK4. That has allowed us to establish that a stock automatic B16A will dyno at around 110ps at the wheels. Continuing on that article, here I will be looking at manual B16As and to establish how much they will dyno at the wheels in stock form. [Read More]

This series of video clips will tell you our impressions of the Si in an autocross environment and in driving through mountain roads. We also explore the underside of the car to dig deeper into the Si.

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Later generation Civics especially the 1.6SOHC EK export versions effectively lacks an engine that is commensurate with the rest of the car. As an overall package, the 1.6SOHC Civics really cries out for a more capable engine. [Read More]

Mike bought the car because it was the highest spec'ed EK-Civic available in the local (Malaysian) market at the time. As the top model, it uses the 1.6SOHC VTEC engine, spec'ed to deliver around 125ps. Unfortunately, after a few months driving around, Mike was already feeling a lack of midrange pull from the engine. As a result, he quickly developed a yearning for more power. [Read More]

Honda in the Monaco Free Practice! [Read More]

Review of the GP of Monaco 2002 [Read More]

This latest entrant into the Honda engine building book market is arguably the best yet. Penned by Mike Kojima, magazine writer and engineer with Nissan Motor Corporation, it provides a good look at the basics of Honda engines and really shines on the topic of forced induction. The book, titled Honda/Acura Engine Performance, is finally on shelves, and it is a useful engine theory and technology primer for followers of the big 'H'.
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