1993 Honda Civic - Go VTEC or Go Home

Transmission Gear Ratios

Bart Piotrowski — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:59:07 PDT

If you ever wanted to know the transmission gear ratios in your Honda Civic, I found some info on D-Series Forums that shows everything.

Click Here for the link.

Heater Core and CV Joint Have Fixed Them Selves

Bart Piotrowski — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:37:31 PDT

My recent issue with my CV Joint was actually loose lug nuts on one of my front wheels which was surprising but at the same time educating. From now on I will always have to double check and torque down my lug nuts as they seem to have gotten loose over time. And as far as the heater core I’m a bit confused, because the issue seems to have disappeared and no more smell of antifreeze is present in the car anymore and I’ve been driving everyday since the smell became present. I will keep my eye on this issue but so far it seems to be OK.

Heater Core and Drive Shaft a Double Header Issue

Bart Piotrowski — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:59:50 PDT

So 2 days ago I was driving with a friend and noticed a funny smell in my car and at the time I didn’t think of it and let it go. Well next day which was yesterday I was driving my car again and realized that the odor that I was smelling was antifreeze my Civic’s cooling fluid. I checked the engine bay and nothing leaking was visible and I couldn’t smell anything so I poked my nose inside the car again and guess what, ewwwww it stunk. So yeah it’s definitely my heater core as I have replaced the radiator already and most of the hoses were replaced when I did the engine swap. Oh and also while driving last night, I started hearing a scrubbing loud wheel noise. I thought it was just my tires but later noticed it got louder and louder. So today I looked into it and yeah my drivers side driveshaft outer CV-Joint is gone and making a whole lot of noise.

I will try to fix the CV Joint in the next day or so and after that look at the heater core issue. From the reasearch that I have done it’s not easy to replace the heater core as you have to pull the whole dash out to get to the heater core which is behind the blower.

Honda Civic Rally Build

Bart Piotrowski — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:59:23 PDT

I was on D-Series.org today looking at some posts and found this interesting one about a Honda Civic Build for Rally Racing. Very interesting build take a look click Here for the link

Enjoy Your 1993 Honda Civic Like No Other

Bart Piotrowski — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:06:55 PDT

I haven’t had much time to do any work on my 1993 Honda Civic for a while now but I still drive it daily and every time I get behind the wheel I get excited. It’s not the excitement of a new car or 500 horsepower but instead it’s the fact it works great and I did all the work myself. The turbo is still coming just on hold for now, but once that gets installed in her she will have a new ROAR to expel from her tail pipe. There is a special bond between some people and their car not just as a physical item but as a form of freedom and total control. When I drive my Honda Civic I know every sound, every creek, every reaction that she gives to me when I propel her through the roadways. It’s almost like were connected as soon as the engine starts, we become one entity and each one knows what they expect of the other. This might sound a bit weird for some but hey I don’t really care because when I drive down the road I know exactly what my Honda Civic is capable of to keep me safe from all the crazy driver out there. And you ask why I call my Honda Civic “She or Her”, well everyone knows that a guys car is a some what a female form.

Cleaning my K&N Filter Charger

Bart Piotrowski — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:56:13 PDT

It’s been a while since I cleaned my K&N Filter Charger so today I decided to do it. In the process I took some pictures for a Do it Yourself article.

Click the images below to go to the 6 Step process on how to clean your K&N Filter Charger.

Turbo Build Put on Hold

Bart Piotrowski — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:20:13 PDT

As you all may have noticed my posts about my turbo build have stopped and not much new has been posted for a while. The bad news is that the troubled economy has finally hit my wallet and right now I have to concentrate on this before any other major work is done on my engine. I will try to do my best to post some minor things I do to my car or engine but nothing major till get some things straightened out. 1993 Honda Civic Blog is here to stay just might be a bit quiet for a while.

Got Surging, Bouncy or Erratic Idle Look Here

Bart Piotrowski — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:19:01 PDT

If you have got surging, bouncy or an erratic engine idle read on. If you have a really nasty idle issue and tried the usual tuneup and it doesn’t seem to work then Click Here for a writeup on Honda-Tech.com on how to fix this issue.