Steve is probably the last guy you want to give Honda history lessons to. The dude's owned more turbocharged, twin-cam Hondas then most people have cars and he's been playin' with them, both for fun and on a professional level, for more than a decade. His shop, Velocity Trends, began the same way so many other small-sized tuning shops have. Years of parts installs on friends as well as one's own arsenal of vehicles leads to few outcomes other than that of moving the toolboxes from the apartment garage to a full-fledged shop, which is exactly what Steve and the boys from Velocity Trends did back in 2001. They've since doubled their location size and built more Hondas then you can shake a stick at.
As shops go, they often lead to project cars...rolling billboards, you might say. Such was the reasoning for many of the projects Steve's taken on and such was the reasoning for this brute of an EG. Is there another bubble in this Honda fan's future? Likely. Could it possibly be any better than this beast of a hatchback that's near tripled factory power figures? Doubtful.
BOLTS & WASHERS
Steve Soto's EG Civic
Propulsion:
K20A2
Five-speed EP3 transmission
Hasport mounts
Golden Eagle sleeves
Wiseco 9.0:1 pistons
Crower rods
IPS camshafts
Skunk2 valves
Skunk2 valve springs
Skunk2 retainers
RBC intake manifold
Two Walbro fuel pumps
Precision 1,600cc fuel injectors
AEM fuel rail
Earl's fuel lines/fittings
Earl's fuel filter
Aeromotive fuel regulator
Garrett GT4294R turbocharger
Precision 750 FMIC
Velocity Trends 3-inch piping
TiAL 50mm blow-off valve
TiAL 44mm wastegate
Velocity Trends exhaust manifold
Velocity Trends 3-inch downpipe
Competition Clutch twin-disc clutch
Competition Clutch flywheel
Quaiffe LSD
Driveshaft Shop axles
GM Solenoid (boost controller)
Hondata K-Pro engine management
Stance:
TEIN flex dampers
TEIN flex springs
ASR rear upper strut bar
ITR rear antiroll bar
Si front antiroll bar
10-point rollcage
Skunk2 alignment kit
SPC toe adjusters
Full Race traction bars
Skunk2 rear lower control arms
Resistance:
Power Slot discs
Hawk pads
DOT3 fluid
Goodridge lines
ARP extended wheel studs
Rims & Rubber:
16x7 Rays Gram Lights (+42 offset)
205/40-16 Toyo Proxes
Outside:
'06 STi Bronze Metallic paint
Spoon carbon-fiber rear spoiler
Carbon-fiber rear hatch