The EM1 sixth generation Honda Civic Si is considered one of the best Civic Si models ever made. The Si coupe had light weight, nimble handling, good gas mileage, and came with a very high revving four cylinder engine. The JDM tuning scene featured in the 2001 movie The Fast and the Furious was in […]
The last Honda-swapped Mini we featured was a raucous, rear-engined, rear-drive donut machine with a turbocharged K20 packing 495 horsepower. With “just” 185 horsepower out of a JDM Type-R B16B 1.6-liter pushing around a 1,400-lb curb weight, this Mini has a power:weight ratio of a C6 Z06. In a short-wheelbase front-drive layout, you would be […]
1999-2000 Civic Si coupes (“EM1” in JDM-tyte parlance) will one day cross the auction block as the Porsche 993 of Civics. These are the last of the golden era. A time when a low-displacement four-cylinder revved like a Ducati, sounded like an irritated weed-whacker, and inspired a million catchphrases. It was an honest car stolen […]