DSPORT Issue #251 Text by APEworks// Photos by Joe Singleton For a while, a partnership between Mitsubishi and dodge-Chrysler-plyMouth produced a series of cars that inspired import and “domestic” fans alike; these were essentially rebadged Mitsubishi models with only slight differences from make to make. The most popular pairings that […]
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Tech Series | “L” is for LEGAL, The Ultimate Swap?
DSPORT Issue #267 Text by Michael Ferrara No matter how new you are to the performance market, chances are you know something about engine swaps. Old hot-rodders swapped small block Chevy (SBC) engines in place of Ford flatheads beginning in the late 1950s. This trend continued for the next 40 years […]
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Engine Tech | Maximizing 10th Gen Civic Si Performance
All Honda Civics are happier turbocharged and the import performance aftermarket figured this out back in the mid ‘90s when a DRAG turbo kit was king. It took Honda nine generations of the Civic to finally concede that Boost is Best! Today, the 10th-generation Civic relies upon the efficient and […]
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Test & Tune: 2018 Honda Civic Type R | Hondata Fuel System Upgrade
Some 4,000-miles East of the United States, Honda engineers from the Swindon U.K. factory were tasked with the design of the Honda Civic Type R (FK8) fuel system. The engineers equipped the vehicle with an efficient fuel system with very little headroom, allowing for only a 10-percent increase in fuel […]
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Street and Drag Honda Civic Si’s
Honda Civic SI – the Type R’s less-liked brother. Think of the SI as the first child. It may not be as cute or funny as the new kid, but secretly, the SI hides a few tricks up its sleeves. It may not have the red badge or the crazy […]
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