While we have no idea what the relevancy of brilliantly crafted gardening tools is here, the namesake motivated Ejay to give his friend Vi at JVT Performance a call regarding a certain K-series turbo kit that had recently been completed. Just out of the prototyping stages and into his hands he, along with his crew (Jerkwrench) and the MAHU-built family, went straight to work on mating the kit to its new home. "To make the build a lot easier, we stripped down the engine bay and took out the motor, dropping it from the bottom of the car along with the subframe," he says.
A Clutchnet six-puck clutch and Evolution Industries flywheel were also installed. As soon as the turbo kit and assorted upgrades were installed the newly boosted Civic made its way to Bisimoto Race Engineering where infamous drag racer Bisi Ezerioha was called upon to tune the K engine. "We ended up with 242 hp and 219 lb-ft of torque at 10 psi of boost," Ejay says. "However, we were losing power due to restrictions with some of the piping, which was all banged up from the car being too low to the ground."
What's next for the Jerkwrench EP? "The car is done, I'm going to test it out and see how it does at the track," Ejay says.
His friends refer to him as a "show ho" who drives a "minivan". Gardening tools? Vans? We have no idea. We see an individual who possessed the wherewithal to take something completely ordinary and transform it into something special. Ejay will simply tell you, "It's been a long journey but this is not the last for me, I will be back, guaranteed!"
BOLTS AND WASHERS:
Ejay Cruz's EP3 Civic
Propulsion:
K20A3
Innovative engine mounts
RC Engineering 650cc fuel injectors
BDL fuel rail
BLOX Racing fuel pressure gauge
JVT T3/T4 turbocharger
JVT FMIC
JVT cast-iron, top mount manifold
JVT 2.5-inch downpipe
JVT 38mm wastegate
GReddy Type RS blow-off valve
NGK Iridium spark plugs
GReddy SP2 exhaust
JVT test pipe
Clutchnet six-puck clutch
Evolution Industries flywheel
Hondata K-pro engine management
Stance:
Buddy Club N+ Spec dampers
CorSport rear upper strut bar
Rims & rubber:
17x8 Volk Racing CE28N (+38 offset)
215/45-17 Falken Ziex
Outside:
JDM '02 CTR front end
Walker Japan front lip
ARC air splitters
VIS Racing side skirts
VIS Racing rear bumper
VIS Racing rear wing
Honda Access window visors
Type-R emblems
Taffeta White paint
Inside:
Recaro Pole Position seat
Memoryfab rails
Takata MPH340R four-point harnesses/gel pads
Autopower rollbar
Nardi Deep Corn steering wheel
Mugen steering wheel boss
NRG V2.0 quick release
DC2 ITR shift boot
Mugen shift knob
J's Racing C-pillar bar
GReddy Profec B-spec boost controller
A'PEXi turbo timer
JVT boost gauge