| v> | | | | Just before his 16th birthday we were planning to paint |
| He was only 14 years old when he spotted a wrecked | | | | the “race car”. About 2 days before |
| 94 Honda civic hatchback while he was out cutting | | | | we were going to start with this project the engine |
| yards. I don't think he liked the car so much as he did | | | | went out. Instead of painting the car and since it was |
| the idea that he could afford it. After days of pestering | | | | his birthday, I bought him a used vtec engine. This |
| me I gave in and let him buy the car. As it turns out his | | | | engine has about 35 more horse power than the |
| “race car” has turned into one great | | | | original engine. The engine swap took us about 3 days |
| father son project. | | | | to complete.To do this engine swap we also had to |
| He cut many yards for many months before he saved | | | | swap out the computer to a vtec p28 computer and |
| enough to buy a new front clip. He called all of his | | | | run two extra wires through the wiring harness. We |
| buddies and they worked on the car for a few days. | | | | were able to find a used computer on Ebay and learn |
| They got to a point where they needed help. That is | | | | how to wire up the computer conversion at |
| when I took charge of the project. My son and I didn't | | | | The next project for my son's race car (I have to |
| surface out of the garage for about three days. Just | | | | laugh) He wants to turbo charge it. I can't say that I am |
| him and I bending,pounding,cutting,drilling,welding and | | | | crazy about him going any faster. The truth is the |
| mostly getting everything straight to where we could | | | | “race car” has turned out to be one |
| mount the new body parts. The car looked good as | | | | great Father son project. |
| new minus a paint job. | | | | |