Whenever a story starts with the clichff, "I thought I'd heard and seen all there was to hear and see," you know the follow up is something like, "Man, I was wrong"; this one's no different. We were interested in Kevin Yang's '93 Honda Civic. So imagine our surprise when Yang called late in the day and exclaimed, "You'll never believe it. I was kidnapped yesterday. These twin models took my car into the forest and made out."
I sat quietly on the phone, processing what Yang had just said. "Kevin, let me get this straight: You were kidnapped by a pair of hot chicks who were getting it on right in front of you? Make sure you include all of the juicy details when you fax over your tech sheet!"
In less than an hour the highly anticipated fax made its way into my hands. The following adventure is told through Yang's eyes.
Making her way through the twisty forest roads, Marisa Martino hammers the accelerator. The ACT Extreme clutch and lightweight flywheel make quick work of the front tires, bringing the 200-hp B18C GSR-powered Civic to life. "Not bad," praises her sister, Adriana.
She turns her head and notices Yang curled up in the fetal position, tightly clutching the Cusco four-point roll cage. "Don't worry," Adriana smiles, further heightening Yang's concerns, "you're in good hands with Marisa driving."
Marisa takes her eyes off the road and the JDM SiR II white gauge cluster in an attempt to loosen the 310 mph Takata harnesses, which has smashed her ample bosom. Letting go of the JDM ITR steering wheel to shift her body in the carbon-Kevlar bucket seat, she stares at Yang in rearview. Tauntingly, she demands he list the engine modifications.
In a faint whisper, Yang rambles off a laundry list of performance upgrades, all of which were installed and assembled by George of Accurate Performance of Orlando, Fla. "We bumped up the compression ratio to 10.3:1 using a Spoon Sports metal head gasket and strengthened the upper half with ARP head studs. All valvetrain components are of Skunk2 branding. The valve springs, retainers, cams and sprockets are fed though a Skunk2 intake manifold and throttle body. Cold air is extracted through an Injen intake with cold air extension, filtered though a GReddy Airinx element. A GReddy 60mm SP exhaust, Omni Power race pipe and DC Sports JDM spec 4-into-1 header bring horsepower numbers to a respectable 180 wheel ponies. Sun Auto Hyper ground wires and a Hyper voltage pack were added to maintain consistent voltage. "
"Yeah, the minute I saw your ride I knew it was overflowing with JDM components," purrs Adriana. Strangely intrigued, Yang manags to focus as he continues listing parts, which included a Spoon Sports plug cover, valve cover, reservoir cover, oil cap, radiator cap, drain plug and thermostat.
"As you can tell I have a fetish for Spoon Sports products," Yang says amiably. His hands were wrapped, kung-fu style, on to the upper A-pillar and Spoon carbon-fiber lower rear chassis for support.
"Let's open up this bad boy and really test it for what it's worth," screams Adriana. They both giggle like giddy schoolgirls on their first dates. A sudden uneasiness sweeps over Yang as the girls crank up the JDM Addzest head unit. G-Unit fills the air, drowning out the high-pitched whine of the Walboro 255 lph fuel pump.