Alex was recently announced as the winner for throtl Dream Build #2! As the winner of #throtldreambuild2, Alex got his car shipped out to San Diego California to be fully modified by the throtl team. When Alex's car arrived, it was a mostly-stock 2014 Subaru BRZ. As soon as the car arrived at the throtl headquarters, the team immediately got to work on some modifications. Alex's car got the works with some new interior, exterior, and performance-based modifications. Interior Modifications For the interior of the BRZ, we installed a custom black suede headliner, throtl shift knob, and a new audio system from OEM Audio+. The OEM Audio+ system sounds significantly better than the factory audio system. This made it way more enjoyable to listen to music in the BRZ. The Opelite Optics headliner had a space theme with led shooting stars that lit up the roof of the BRZ, adding a nice bit of style to the interior. The new throtl shift knob was the cherry on top for interior modificati...
Building a Rear Wheel Drive, K20 Turbocharged Honda Civic EK Hatchback - Reassembly
In today's episode of throtl, Mickey continues installing parts on our front-engine
rear-wheel-drive K20 turbo-powered Honda Civic EK hatchback, starting with the
hood scoop. We call it FREK (Front engine Rear drive EK).
Modifying EVO 8 Hood Scoop to Fit on
Honda Civic
We wanted to make an EVO 8 hood scoop fit on a Honda Civic hood. That of course wasn’t a walk in the park, so we gave good thought to it and acquired
M6 1.0 hardware and buffed the 10-millimeter head off of them to get a flat
surface and then 3m panel bonded these M6 1.0 screws directly to the back of
the scoop.
It
allowed us to drill holes in the hood and slide down the M6 1.0 through the
holes, and put a nut and washer on the back of the hood. It permitted the fiberglass
to take the shape of our hood by applying a little heat to get it to take the form that we wanted.
The
idea was for the nut to bring it down and align with our hood. It should
accomplish all of those things and let us get this thing sucked down on the
carbon fiber. We left the hood vent sit overnight with panel bonded screws to
the back of the hood, and everything turned out very good.
It
allowed us to tighten up the washer and nut on the back of these really tight
and suck this thing down to the hood, which is precisely what we were trying to
do. Remember, it is an EVO 8 vent for an EK hood, so they don’t line up at all,
but we made them line up. Check out the video to see how we did it exactly.
Cutouts in the Rear Bumper
The
next modification we did is regarding the rear bumper. Another cosmetic change,
we wanted to take the design cue from the front bumper for our oil cooler and
carry it throughout the build. To make it happen, Mickey transferred
the same type of lines with round ends onto the rear bumper, and for this, we
had to make three cuts on both sides of the bumper. We took inspiration for
this from Mugen that made a rear bumper with these cuts back in the day.
These
cutouts are not merely to step up the design of the car. These serve a great
purpose; for such a car with no flat-paneled bottom, the air gets trapped in
the rear bumper because it is basically capturing all the air coming under the
car, and it has nowhere to go. By cutting these reliefs in the bumper, we let
the air and the pressure built up underneath the rear end alleviate itself by
exiting out the bumper holes we have cut.
It
definitely adds a cool and subtle look to the car.
S1 Built Arms
The last modification we did is install the S1 built arms,
camber, tow, Coilover bottom caps, etc. We appreciate the work done by the S1
team and thoroughly recommend them for all-wheel and rear-wheel drive
conversions of the Honda Civic.
We
have also received many products from different manufacturers that would help
us complete the FREK built. We got engine harnesses, a scratch and dent
firewall plate, a titanium bolt, and a chassis harness from Rywire.
Special Announcement
Guys, we have something exciting to share in our merch store! We have a
brand new merch drop t-shirt with a nod to Harry’s speed shop from Fast and Furious.
We simply have put our little spin on it. Go ahead and grab some inspiration
from the Fast and Furious first movie for some of the merchandise. It will go
along with our Mitsubishi Eclipse modern-day hero car built, go check it out!
