Every month our 'Back In The Day' section features old cars like no other magazine. But it's not often we find a car for this section that has been owned the entire time by the original owner.
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1991 Acura Integra LS
Owner David Chik
Hometown
West Covina, CA
Occupation Engieer
Power Enough To Pass You
Engine '99 B18C Integra Type R head and 1.8L block (both polished); JUN Auto Type 3 cams; TODA cam gears, valve springs, retainers and header; Civic Type R crank pulley; HASport motor mounts with U70A race bushings; HKS Super Mega Flow Reloaded intake; Spoon 70mm throttle-body, carbon Kevlar spark plug cover, radiator cap, radiator hoses and custom anodized oil cap; Mugen thermostat and thermo switch; Mugen oil pan with Spoon thermal barrier; HAMP oil filter; Fluidyne aluminum radiator; SPAL pusher fans; B&M Command Flow fuel pressure regulator; polished B16A2 fuel rail; NGK spark plug and wires; T1R catalytic converter; Vision exhaust hangers; RS*R exhaust; polished distributor; Odyssey PC680 battery; re-zinced engine hardware; berry pink powdercoated valve cover
Drivetrain JDM YS1 transmission built by Jason Haradon; Wavetrac LSD; Exedy Stage 2 clutch and flywheel; ITR shift linkage; MFactory Pro 3.01 1st gear and 4.923 final gear; DC2 GSR 5th gear; polished transmission
Engine Management
Mugen N1 (EF9) ECU
Suspension & Chassis
Endless Zeal B6 coilovers (14K/10K springs); custom anodized and powdercoated Spoon front strut bar; ST front sway bar; ITR rear sway bar; Vision negative front a-arms; Next Miracle X-bar, c-pillar bar, and rear strut tower bar; Function 7 rear ITR style rear lower control arms with spherical bearings; MFactory rear camber kit and toe kit; Cusco front lower tie bar; Full Race front traction crossmember; purple anodized ASR rear subframe brace; EM Racing trunk brace
Brakes Acura NSX front two piston calipers; Fast Brakes 11'' HD 2-piece front rotors; Power Slot rear rotors; Endless CCX brake pads; Earl's brake lines
Wheels & Tires
SSR EX-C Neo wheels 16x7.5'' +32, restored with chrome lips, machined faces and Jasper Green Metallic highlights; Project Kics Neo-Chro R26 lug nuts; old school Nitto NT 555R Drag front tires; AVS Intermediate rear tires
Exterior Mostly original OEM Jasper Green Metallic paint; '92 spec front and rear bumpers with lightweight JDM support beams; JDM headlights and '92 taillights; JDP carbon-fiber front lip; custom modified brake duct front signals; JDM moldings; EC Works Type C side mirrors; FAL Flexite acrylic rear glass; JDM window visors; OEM rear sedan door handles; OEM antenna delete plug
Interior ASM Recaro SPG in sparkle gold; Recaro side mount brackets; Bride seat rails; ITR yellow stitched shift boot; OEM rear speaker, A/C and side mirror delete panels
Audio Original OEM head unit and Pioneer speakers
thanks you God! My girl, True Ngo. Without you, there's no me. Thank you! The Chik family, especially my brother Johnny. Love you bro! Metro Speed Performance, SGV and OC cliques. The homies from Bumberland, my second family. SoCal Inner Circle crew, the best of the best. Jason, Tiana and Cooper Haradon. Marky and baby Stella Lacap. Scotty for the OEM parts from Utah. Phat at RaceInspred.com for hooking me up. Miguel at MOB Works. Charles 'Eggman' Trieu for being down since day one. The Ngo, Mejia, Agoncillo and Hanna families, Mogwai and Cosmo. Robert Young and Pho. Digital Danny Horizon. Matt at ICB. City of West Covina. Scott Dukes for creating magic with a camera. All the OGs of the SoCal Honda scene. The few people that know who I am on NWP, G2IC and S2Ki. Super Street staff for giving me the chance. And all those that looked out for me, thank you!
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