1994 Honda Civic Hatchback Si

If there are two things that hold true in America, it's that drag racing and burnouts will never die. Trends on the show scene will come and go, and different car platforms will always die off, but the US is the US. Transcending all boundaries, it doesn't matter if you drive a Camaro or a Civic, the strip will be calling. A big, smoldering burnout is the late night American entertainment of choice, and the quarter mile will forever remain the de-facto standard of measurement for a car's performance. Forget the Brits and their obsession with the 0-100-0 test, in America, lining up at the tree is a rite of passage.

With 789hp and 531 lb-ft of torque available at the wheels, Paul Ho's1994 Honda Civic Si has run a best time of 9.96 at 149mph. Built to be one of the best looking drag cars around, as well as one of the fastest, Ho's car is street driven and often taken sans-trailer to local Southern California drag racing events. The original plan of attack for this EG was a weekend racer that made only about 550 wheel hp. With sponsors and shops failing to follow through on their word, Ho took the project into his own hands. As the head of research and development for induction and exhaust manufacturer Injen Technology, Ho was in the right position to finish his project. Together, with fellow R&D-man Byron Leggett, Ho formed PB Racing (get it?) and set out to create the fastest street-driven B-series Civic around.

The heart of the beast is a B18C1 Integra GS-R engine block, which was punched out to a 84.5mm bore to accomplish a 2.0L displacement size. Larger-than-stock 9.0:1 compression ratio Arias pistons and rings are now used, hung with billet Pauter connecting rods on a Pauter crankshaft. The cylinder head was lifted from a B16 and received a Manny Rodriguez port and polish with a 3-angle valve job. Custom "secret grind" PB Racing camshafts are used with Skunk2 cam gears to dial in mysterious amounts of lift and duration. Oversized valves are used in the head to support those cams, along with Eibach valve springs and Crower retainers.

A custom top-mount, equal-length stainless exhaust manifold was fabricated to hold the Innovative Turbo T72 dual ball-bearing unit. Custom compressor and turbine wheels were fit into the turbocharger, picked to provide the perfect balance of response and power output. A HKS GT external wastegate is used to regulate boost pressure, and flows exhaust gases into a custom Injen 4-inch downpipe and exhaust system. On the cold side, a custom Injen front-mount intercooler was fabricated, along with all the piping required and a flange for a GReddy Type-R blow-off valve.

The oiling system remains Honda stock, although the ignition has been completely redone using an MSD 7AL-2 CD ignition system and Magnecor 10mm spark plug wires. An Aeromotive fuel pump is used to send massive amounts of liquefied gold to 1600cc/min RC Engineering fuel injectors. A STR fuel rail sits on top of the injectors, along with a custom fabricated PB Racing fuel sump. Accel DFI's Gen 7 engine management system is tuned to deliver a reality-bending 790 wheel hp. If you're ever on the freeway and catch a glimpse of a golden arrow shooting down the lane next to you, don't bother; this car is completely untouchable at rolling speeds.