del Sol?

Here is the part of the magazine that we dedicate to our readers.  As the premier issue, I've decided to use myself as an example as to what I would like from you for your own article.  I don't care about length, it's the content that matters.

Jeff Herron from Lawrence, KS

1994 Honda del Sol Si

    Here is a picture of my pride and joy.  I have owned it since I was 18.  I wanted this car when I first saw it on the showroom floor when I was 15.  I was with my parents when they were buying their new car.  My family has owned at least 6 different Hondas.  When I was able to afford this car, I knew exactly what I wanted, and I found it.

   My Sol is a '94 Si with an automatic transmission.  I never learned to drive a stick and didn't really care to learn.  It took me about a year before I got bitten by the performance bug.  Oh the horror!!!

   I was already into car stereo systems at the time.  I currently have an Eclipse CD player with a 6-disc changer.  My system is completely amplified with the Rockford Fosgate 6-channel amplifier.  It pumps the juices to a JL Audio stealthbox with 2 8 inch subwoofers.  Mids and highs are going through MB Quart coaxials which have there signal split up with the MB Quart pro crossovers.  I competed a little bit this year in USAC (United States Autosound Competition) and did fairly well.

   About a year after I bought the car I got into performance items.  My first mod was a drop-in K&N air filter and removing the stock resonator.  Next I lowered the car with Neuspeed springs and tied it up with a strut tower bar from Neuspeed.  So much has changed since then!  Here is a list of my current mods:

Neuspeed strut tower brace            Neuspeed sport springs

Gude ported throttle body              Gude ported and polished intake manifold

B&M fuel pressure regulator            Greddy turbo kit

Greddy cat-back exhaust                Jacob's Omni-Magnum ignition pack

Neuspeed plug wires                        NGK v-groove spark plugs

   It currently sports only a couple of aesthetic mods.  A hybrid Stillen urethane front bumper.  Custom clear corner lenses and bumper reflectors courtesy of Slater.  Also the wheels are Konig Impacts that measure 17" x 7.5".  The weight of these things keep these from being a performance mod!  They do help cornering though.

   I have no complaints about the products I picked.  The only problem I have had is when dealing with these companies after I have purchased from them.  They can be the dumbest characters in the world.  Oh well...price to pay for performance I guess!!!