Thom Voisinet's 96 Civic hatch
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Featured in the Winter 2003 issue of Velocity magazine, and the July '99 issue of Car Stereo Review .
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Thom's wife Jessica bought the car new in early '96. She competed in sound quality competitions for a few years, beginning in '98 when she won IASCA finals in her Novice 1- 150 Sound Q and Sound Q plus classes. She later competed in IASCA's Pro Ultimate 1- 300 watt class and got 5th place at the '01 and '02 IASCA finals.The car remains a daily driver and has over 165,000 miles on it.

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The original motor is out of the car and a K20A3 from an '03 Si is now powering the car. The motor is mounted with Hasport's EKK2 mounts. Hasport swap axles, AEM fuel rail, fpr, fuel filter, hybrid intake, DC header, and Mishimoto radiator with slim fan were used to get the K to fit. More pics of the swap are near the bottom of the page.                                                            

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Wings West front type R front and rear lips and tuner side skirts, Street Scene upper and lower grill inserts. The car was lowered with Suspension Techniques springs and Koni adjustable shocks were added as well as front and rear S.T. anti- sway bars. The headlights were taken apart and painted body color (Midori Green Pearl) and the stock reflectors were kept for a different look. Carbon fiber hood from APC. The OEM tail lights have been swapped for 99 OEM units. 18" Momo X1 wheels with body- colored inserts are wrapped in BFG g- force 215/ 35 tires.

A carbon fiber type R replica wing from Seibon sits atop the hatch.

18" Momo X1 wheels with inserts painted body color, and wrapped in BF Goodrich 215/35R18 g- force tires. SSBC brakes and 12" rotors sit behind them.

Autometer silver face Ultra- Lite gauges replace the stock cluster. BEL radar detector and laser diffuser sit between the smaller gauges.

Momo Street Racer seats with Momo sliders and custom brackets.

The green console is out, and replaced with an OEM gray one, and the top was wrapped in carbon fiber.

Alpine iDA- X001 runs the system- not seen are the Alpine HD radio tuner and Sirius satellite radio tuner. Zapco remote status displays are mounted to a piece of carbon fiber.   

The auto shifter was replaced by an RSX shift box mounted to a Karcepts plate, and topped with a Momo carbon "Shot" shift knob with black leather boot.

SR tweeters and 2" mids (from home speakers that resemble the SRs) are in the a- pillars. With some time alignment from the Zapco DSP-6 it sounds great from the driver's seat. SR 6500 mids are in the kicks for midbass.

Looking into the hatch- four Zapco C2K series amps (4.0, 3.0, and two 1.0), a Polk MM2124 sub with G12 grill, and a Spoon carbon fiber rear pillar bar.

The K20A3 sitting and waiting for the swap, and the donor- Polk's old show car. It went to Europe last Fall and we had to make sure it couldn't be driven. So out came the K20A3 and in went a bad motor and trans. The motor had less than 1,000 miles on it, so the '96 hatch should be on the road for a while.

The D16Y7 is out of the car:                                                                                           

Under the hood was a different color from the factory (it was a flatter version of the exterior color). I tried to touch up the paint under the hood, but it wasn't a very good match. So everything came out (brake lines and booster, all grommets, etc.)  and the engine bay was painted the same base/ clear as the exterior.

The auto "shifter" is out of the car, and the Buddy Club RSX adjustable short shift box is test fitted on the Karcepts plate.

Subframe from from a 98 Integra, so I can use the EKK2 Hasport mounts. LCAs are off to remove the worn- out bushings, to be replaced with Energy Suspension bushings. Suspension Techniques sway bay replaces the OEM bar.

The auto brake pedal out of the car, next to the manual pedal from the junk yard. On the right- three pedals in the car.

SPC rear lower control arms and upper adjustable camber arms keep the rear wheels in line. Suspension Techniques rear sway/ tie bar combo, and adjustable toe arms. KW coilovers allow height adjustability at each corner. Up front are SPC adjustable upper arms to make sure the camber isn't out of control. Energy Suspensions bushings replaced most of the OEM rubber.