Originally Posted by laguire

Just out of curiosity - at what age do you think a person is too old to drive a modded teg?

Is this question a jab at age discrimination?? Just out of curiosity - how many Hassidic Jews drive modded tegs? How many Lancaster Mennonites have black 95 GSRs hiding in the barn? How many Cherokee ring em up out in Okie?? etc...
Maybe I'm a little mad because a racoon caused me to wreck my EF hatch just a few weeks back. But if I was not in the middle of reconstructing the "BOLTADADABLUE" I would not be here posting today. I had lowered and installed Tokiko blues & Skunk2 springs and had fattened the 13" rims to 5" and applied Sumitomo 60x205x13 tires. When the frickin racoon popped my back wheels in the air and gave me a hipcheck sideways into the dew slickened median grass I slid for 60 yards instead of flippin and rollin like a NASCAR filmclip. Trouble came when my car veered into a stand of tree-bushes head-on. Engine blew and frame bent. End of story right??
NO. My big air cylinder head is coming home from the machinist any day. I'm matching it to a B18a1 block. I have the Eagle rods, ARP connect bolts, the girdle for the mains, a deep dish Type R windage tray and oil pan. I have the VTEC oil pump/ water pump ready to go. I have new B18c1 head bolts and the I+O dual valve springs etc for high rev. HAHA, I have the CV shafts rated at 250 HP with a GSR mid shaft. I have an entire interior and engine bay wire harness checked and ready. What about the Stage 11 clutch and flywheel - they must be prepped but are ready with surface attention. Oh, my my, I must re-assemble the tranny I reconditioned with new sychros, etc. etc.. etc...mumble...
Yesterday I took a metal cutter and removed the end piece from the valve cover so I can have easy access to the adjustment screws on the new adj cam gears. They will be adjusting the beautiful type R camshafts I picked up along the way.
So, I am going on with my build even though I've lost my platform to a racoon. Even if the engine sits in my garage and I have to strap a fuel tank and radiator to it I will start this machine one day before I pass on. I might even splurge on one of them HY-TECH headers before I purchase another EF platform.
Yep, I was born in Hawaii before it was a state. I owned a new 1973 CVCC civic, a 1985 CRX and the 91 EF hatch I just totalled. Did I mention the head on collision I had in the CRX?? Twice I've been totalled in Civic cars and I keep dreamin and workin on the LS/VTEC monster. YA CAN'T STOP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha.