When I was young, I wasn't exactly a Honda guy- I couldn't see what all the fuss was about. It wasn't until I drove (and later purchased) my first AP2 Honda S2000 that I gained a love for the high-revving VTEC machines. I still have an S2000 (sold my first one, bought another), but it still took me a few years after that to get into the FWD Honda's.
The years to follow led to me owning x2 S2000's, a 1988 CRX Si, an EK Civic hatch, a 2018 Civic Si and even an FK8 Civic Type R.
At one point, I had built my CRX to run SCCA STS and TT Tuner 5, but unfortunately, unforeseen circumstances led to me selling the CRX before I ever really sorted it out and dialed it in. While I was competing in the CRX it became, let's say, less than street friendly, leading me to only drive it back and forth to track/autoX events. So, to get my FWD, double-wishbone fix, I picked up an EK Civic hatch to use on the street.
After I sold the CRX, I started slowly amassing junkyard parts for the EK... even had a B18b motor and transmission sitting in my garage at one point, that I pulled from a local junkyard, waiting to give the EK a healthy dose of power it desperately needed... right before I was about to start really building the EK, about a year ago (in August 2022), I stumbled across a 1996 Acura Integra GS-R, unmolested with only 125,000 miles on the clock for a price I couldn't refuse:
Someone took very good care of this car. The original owner had it for 20+ years. The guy I bought it from essentially just parked it in a garage and didn't drive it. The result? A very clean GS-R. So clean in fact, that I was almost hesitant to start modding it. The only mod it came with was a now out-of-production Comptech (CARB legal) header. Everything else was bone stock with no signs of modification.
As much I was liked my little EK, after I picked up the DC2, I decided it was a better place to start and ended up selling my EK and putting my efforts into improving upon the merits of the DC2.