The Honda Civic--it's been called the '55 Chevy of the Nineties and recognized as the leader of the import sport compact car phenomena that is sweeping the country. If you dream of owning a tricked out Honda or already have a Honda Civic, CR-X, or del Sol and want to make it fly or just look like it can, Civic Duty is for you!
Civic Duty covers every aspect of Honda Civic modification from the mechanical to the artistic with chapters on: -Suspension modifications for street, strip, or track-springs, shocks, bushings, anti-roll bars, strut tower bars, wheels and tires. -Bolt-on performance-air induction systems, cam timing and overdrive pulleys, headers, exhaust systems, ignition, and ECU technology. -Hard core engine modification-complete engine swap information that tells you which are the best and easiest swaps and which are the ones to avoid, pistons, head work, cams, engine building tricks, supercharging vs. turbocharging, and nitrous. -Exterior/ interior styling - exterior styling components (including rear deck wings), a chapter on exterior graphics and interior design-seats, door panels, gauges, and cages. -Performance driving-road racing and autocross, drag racing, and driving schools.
Written by Alan Paradise, the import performance pioneer and creator and original editor of Sport Compact Car magazine, Civic Duty gives you all the answers! In addition to providing the specs and costs involved in building the ultimate sport compact, Alan lays out his unique "build by subtraction" method of intelligently deciding how to select and build the right Honda for you-the one that will give you the most satisfaction with the least amount of pain to your bank account.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
GUIDE < Look it up:
It's a guide, not an instruction manual. It's not a "hold your hand" approach, and quite frankly, if you need every detail spelled out for you, you shouldn't be allowed near a wrench.
It's a good starting point, but it wont turn you into an expert, so if you don't it expect to, you should be happy with it.
Acutally not that great:
It's really only for the beginner, it gives general information on everything related to the Civic, even custom paintjobs.
Not as specific as i had been expecting after reading the other reviews. Tuning the engine is covered in just one small chapter.
If you're really into engine tuning, take a look at Honda/Acura engine Performance from Mike Kojima. That is a really good book.
good startup book for those with a honda and an itch to mod:
book focuses mostly on basic suspension theory and NA performance, as well as a quick glance at on how to mod your car visualy
this book is NOT a step by step guide.
expect to walk away learned alot but still no concrete answers.
Biased towards well known car manufactures, hardly refers to a "junkyard approach". Sure titanium eagle rods would be a good upgrade, but used LS rods would be just as good.
good book for those that have NO CLUE, but if you have spent a good year or so hanging out in car... more info
Pretty good actually:
This book would help you to get to know your honda civic engine even more. Good book for beginners. It would tell you which mods are worth buying or not and what kind of power to expect. It tells you what kind of HP gains you can expect from your engine when modified from "don't even bother" to "mild" to the "best". The only thing I think it didn't cover is the auto tranny which some has... it mostly concentrated on the D16Z6 SOHC and B16A DOHC Si engines and manual tranny. All in all get this book if you... more info
