You've seen the intense radiance from the headlights of an S2000 or a BMW, usually as it barrels down the other side of the road or in your rearviews. The brilliant, blue-white hue of the xenon beams catches your eye. It wasn't long ago that high-intensity dis
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The marketing and advertising industries have grossly abused the word tuner, using it to define everyone from the hard-core engine builder to the guy who threw on some clear corner taillights himself.
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Lately, it's been all about the head swap. In November '04 we constructed a 2.0-liter CR/VTEC motor that never had the chance to dyno. Then, in the 2005 March and April issues we let loose our single-cam Mini Me swap-a-roo, which showed 30 percent more horsepo
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Most of the mods we do in HT are intended to make cars faster and handle better. It's in our blood. One of the most important mods for your ride is also one of the most overlooked: brakes. We're as guilty of it as you are. We spend more time thinking about the
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Why do P29 pistons from D16A or ZC engines raise the compression ratio of a D16A6 when the bore and stroke are the same and the stock compression ratios are so similar?
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In 1994, Skunk2 started out as Group-A Autosports, Inc. It was primarily a racing development and performance parts distribution company that focused on selling highly specialized racing components. In '98, Group-A took on the Skunk2 identity and established t
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What's a Honda enthusiast to do when he's lusting after a B18C5 Type R motor but can't swing the hefty price tag? Settle for something else? No, that's not in our nature. The answer is simple: build one.
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In the behind-the-scenes world of automotive magazines, it seems like only a handful of project cars ever make it through to completion. Reasons for projects to be 86'ed range from the owner running out of money to the car getting wrecked halfway through the b
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With the race season over for the winter, it's time for racers to start building new setups. "Out with the old and in with the new," they say, right? So when our friend Jency from Do-It Dyno in Signal Hill, Calif., decided it was time to replace his jaw-droppi
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BDL Industries is no newcomer to the sport compact market, having been around in some form or another for quite some time. You may even have some of their parts without even knowing it.
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Check out our beloved our beloved S2000 "Berlina" black project roadster, as we finish off strapping in the Vortech supercharger.
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Most readers should remember our '05 RSX Type-S Challenge car that we built up for Acura in a number of tech stories throughout 2006 (Feb., March, and May). It was the one that ultimately made 310 wheel HP N/A, through a cat, on pump gas, and it still passed e
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Diamonds Are A Girl's Best FriendI just wanted to write in and tell you that your magazine really impresses me. Not only that, b
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Every time we do an NSX article somebody asks me why. They'll usually go on about the fact that most of our readers drive Civics
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Our Good Deed For The YearI have been working on my '85 Honda CRX Si build-up for the past six years. Up until about two years a
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Way back in the muscle car days, the easiest way to get more power out your engine was to put in a big, lumpy cam and some high-
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Honda Tuning shares an office with the staffs of Turbo, European Car, Car Audio & Electronics, Import Tuner, and, until recently, Sport Compact Car. When you have this many car geeks in one room together, day in and day out, you can expect friendly competition
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At one point, the fifth generation Accord, produced from 1994 to 1997, was the best selling car in America. It appeared on one renowned automotive magazine's 10-best list more times than any other car in the world. It's even arguably one of the better looking
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Somewhere between the boosted ZC's that roamed the streets long before mags like this one graced the newsstands and the exponentially more powerful B-series drag mills of today, the lost art of turbo sizing had become exactly that--lost. Proven mathematical fo
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No F-in' WayI have an '88 CRX Si and wanted to know if an F20B would fit. If so, which mounts would I use and is there any engine bay fabrication needed? Also, can I use any B-series aftermarket parts? A friend told me it's the same as a B20 from the CRV, and I've never heard of the F-series, so any
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It's possible that many HT readers aren't familiar with HyTech. It's not a huge company. It's not out there sponsoring any racers or placing flashy ads in the magazines. It's a low-profile company that operates big on reputation, a reputation that can extract
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With over 30 years of experience, S&B has been designing OEM replacement air filters and intake systems using leading-edge technology and testing equipment. In their 60,000 square-foot facility located in Ontario, Calif., S&B has been able to manufacture some
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Last month we started the D-series engine build to end all D-series builds. To recap, we're building a 400 wheel hp D-series motor to show one of our fellow editors at another magazine that: (a) we can, and (b) that we can school his sorry-ass Subaru when we'r
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In the April issue, we introduced you to John Rodriguez of Auto Innovations in Orange, Calif., a local wrencher who sold us on an interesting project build. Rodriguez has set out to convert his otherwise humdrum seventh generation Civic four-door into a beast
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If you've read our tech long enough, you would know that making horsepower can sometimes be a tricky business. It's a balancing act of air, fuel, and spark that can amaze in its potential to both create and destroy. Indeed, pushing the power envelope is a good
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