1993 Honda Civic CX

Among the scores of Honda enthusiasts there are Many different breeds. There are those who prefer to take the term "JDM" to its most literal meaning, by searching the earth for every Japanese piece for their car all the way down to the A/C controls. There are those who don't believe in the word "simple" and go full tilt on the show side with candy color paint and all. Then there are people like Javier Loarca.

Javier is among the rare breed who are all about performance and function. From the beginning, Javier has been all about speed. He got started back in the day racing in the Pro All-Motor category at local 1320s. After racking up a case full of trophies, he took a long break from drag racing to start a family and focus on his daily grind at Hondata.

After a painful four years away from racing and building, Javier got the green light to get back in the seat. It was time to once again start another award-winning build. This time around he wanted a streetable car that could still hold its own at the strip. For his canvas, he chose a '93 EG Hatch and planned on building the fastest all-motor car possible with off-the-shelf parts.

Since he has been to B-Series town and back more times than he'd like to remember, he recruited a K-Series motor as the motivation for his project. The K-Series was the perfect candidate since it has decent power right out of the box with potential for even more power. Also, Javier never touched one before so it was an opportunity to learn something new.

While the idea of doing something new was fresh in his head, Javier decided to run in a new class as well. He scrapped his original plan of building an all-motor car and chose to go turbo. So here Javier stands with a new car, an engine he's never used before and preparing to deal with boost, which was also a new concept for him. At this point he knew he needed some help so he consulted his good friend and fellow racer Carlos Alverez.

Carlos agreed to go with a K-Series motor. Together they scoured dismantle yards until they finally got their hands on a '04 TSX motor and they dug up a six-speed RSX Type-S transmission. From there, Javier got some aftermarket help. His friends at Hasport shipped out an engine mount kit and an adapter harness. Then he paid a visit to Myles over at Rev Hard who schooled him in the ways of the turbo. Luckily for Javier his list of friends is just about as long as his list of parts on his street car. After a lot of phone calls, $15,000 and a very understanding wife, he had everything he needed to piece together his project.

With his motor set up, he consulted Tein for a double-duty suspension and added a little flash with Work Wheels. The only problem was that all those pieces were laying on his garage floor starring back at him in a menacing fashion. Javier still had Carlos and his other friends in his corner though. With everyone doing their part and putting in countless hours, they eventually put together the amazing sleeper that you see gracing these pages.

So where are we at now? Javier found his inspiration, located his parts and then grouped his friends together to help put it all together. Now the question now was "how does it run?"

Javier took the ride down to Hot Rod Performance in Torrance, Calif. They filled the tank up with some VP Racing fuel and strapped the EG to the rollers. After many dyno pulls and some fine-tuning they finally squeezed out 430 horses and backed up those ponies with 325lb-ft of torque. With those numbers, Javier knew that the only question left to ask could only be answered by the racetrack.