19 Project Cars - Overview - The Bucket Brigade

You know how Super Street is your magazine? We are you guys. We eat, drink, breathe, and crap cars. Need proof? Look at the brigade of buckets that are our project cars. From a hooptie-ass shell of a CRX all the way up to a sick-ass JGTC shell and everything else inbetween, odds are we have a project that best reflects you. Although several notable rides are missing-namely Rikdaddy's Accord wagon and Carter's Accord-look for these cars in upcoming "Our Garage"s as they continue on their various quests (with the exception of a certain Maverick and BMW). With 19 projects and counting, you have a lot to look forward to.

FAST FACTS
'89 honda crx

OWNER Nads

HOMETOWN Loserville, USA

DAILY GRIND Doing everything but working on my CRX

PLAN OF ATTACK actually seeing the car in person after too many years

POWER 0hp @ 0rpm

UNDER THE HOOD cobwebs

DRIVETRAIN missing

BRAINS lacking

STIFF STUFF MIA

ROLLERS absent

STOPPERS AWOL

OUTSIDE possibly a fresh coat of Acura NSX Imola Orange paint

INSIDE hopefully a radically-built custom six-point Blindside Motorsports cage

ICE Truant

DATABASE "Project CRX: Part I" (May '03); "Project CRX: Part II" (Jun '03); "Project CRX: Part III" (Jul '03); "Our Garage" (Sep '05)

IMPRESSION I don't even know what to say about this one. If it wasn't for Yamz and Brian Havins from Blindside Motorsports I would have given up on this one long ago. I am still unsure of which powerplant to use-B18? K-Series? Maybe an old school single slammer? Whatever it is, I want it to be fast and I want to be able to handle itself on both circuit and strip and, most of all, I want someone who knows more than me to maintain it. Keep hope alive!

FAST FACTS
'02 acura rsx type-s

OWNER John "Go Nads" Naderi

HOMETOWN Buffet? Why yes, thank you

DAILY GRIND Primedia corporate puppet

PLAN OF ATTACK mild sleeper looks with "Wildo Speedo" performance

POWER 258hp @ 7700rpm; 196 lb-ft @ 5200rpm

UNDER THE HOOD Toda 2150 Stroker kit; K20 engine kit with A3 camshafts, uprated valvesprings, Race header, cam sprocket and exhaust; Type R intake manifold; Injen RS Series Racing intake; RC Engineering 440cc injectors; Optima yellow-top battery; Ingalls Stiffy Engine Torque Damper; Nads plans to ask Yamz to install a Koyo three-row aluminum radiator and Carbing coolant recirculation system and oil catch tank

DRIVETRAIN Exedy Hyper Single clutch; Driveshaft Shop Level 2 axles; '06 Civic Si LSD,final drive; Gear Speed transmission rebuild

BRAINS Hondata K-Pro ECU

STIFF STUFF HKS Hipermax RS coilovers; Toda front sway bar; energy Suspension motor mount inserts; Carbing Type R Special front strut tower bar and lower arm bar

ROLLERS 18x8 with +38 offset Volk Racing CE28NF wheels; 225/40R18 Falken Azenis RT-615 tires

STOPPERS Stillen AP front brake system with four-piston calipers and two-piece 13-inch cross-drilled rotors; Stillen Brake Pros XD rear rotors; Metal-Matrix pads and stainless steel lines

OUTSIDE dealer-optional driving lights

INSIDE Nads plans to ask Yamz to install a Defi Link Meter System with Link-Meter Display, Control Unit II, and Link-Meter oil pressure, oil temp, water temp gauges and Integra Type R gauge cluster

ICE Nads plans to beg the Car Audio guys to install his Pioneer system: AVIC-N3 DVD Multimedia AV Navi server, GEX-P10XMT XM Digital Satellite Data and Audio Receiver, CD-IB100 iPod adapter, GM-5200T 250watt two-channel and GM-6200F 120watt four-channel amplifiers, TS-SW2541D 10-inch subwoofer (2), TS-A161R 6.5-inch three-way speaker (2); Scosche installation kit

DATABASE "Our Garage" (Nov '04); "Our Garage" (Dec '04); "Our Garage" (Sep '05); "Toda Recall"(Sep '05); "Our Garage" (Oct '05); "Our Garage"(Nov '05); "Bigger and Stronger" (Feb '06);"Project RSX: Part III" (Mar '06); "Line It Up" (Apr '06); "This Is How We Roll" (Apr '06); "Our Garage" (Jun '06); "Project RSX: Part V" (Jul '06); "Nads Gets Gas" (Aug '06);

IMPRESSION It all started innocently enough. Rikdaddy dangled the possibility of 60 whp from only mild mods with no compromises to the rock-steady reliability of my RSX. Today it makes even more power with improved handling and braking to boot. And the reliability? Well, it still runs if that's what you're asking. In the end I just want a quick, competent street sleeper. I'll suffer the indignity of the overheating, rough VTEC changeover, and squealing brakes if I could just break off one unsuspecting fool in an M3.