It’s official: Eric’s car is fully done—K-Pro installed and tuned by Church Automotive. Seeing this project through from start to finish is indescribable. Watching the happiness it brings him makes every second worth it. At the start, his expectations were a bit wild—he wanted the fastest street-dominating car, something to smoke supercars and motorcycles. Convincing him a K20 would be plenty fast was a challenge. Honestly, that much power in a daily driver would’ve been pointless—you’d just spin out everywhere and lose races on sketchy streets instead of a prepped track. So I told him, “Trust me, let me build you a fast, reliable car.”
With that pressure on my shoulders—and not knowing if an all-motor K20 could meet his sky-high demands—I went for it. Deep down, I knew a K20 had more than enough juice for a Civic hatch. Horsepower’s just a number; it’s about power-to-weight ratio and how you use it. I can’t stand clowns who say, “If we were at a track, I’d smoke you,” or “If I had slicks, I’d win.” Eat a dick, douchebag—don’t bring a gun to a knife fight. Still, I kept worrying his car wouldn’t feel fast enough for him. But a month ago, when I delivered it, I was stoked—he loved the performance. Constant phone calls through the month drove it home: he’s thrilled. Mind you, this was pre-tune, stock ECU, only pushing 210-220 hp to the wheels.
So as of today, I’m happy to say the car’s on K-Pro and fully tuned, with numbers that beat both my expectations and his. He’s thrilled it’s making 250 hp and 174 ft-lb of torque (of course these are hub dyno numbers). He knows he won’t be outrunning Ferraris or Lamborghinis, but he’s more than excited with the result—which leaves me feeling incredibly relieved.
Thanks to justin my Honda hookup with out him this project would have cost a million bucks.
At churches
And the final reaults.