LAST UPDATE:
-trying to update the page... please wait some day until it will be finished! (12/08/2005)
-CAR IS BACK !!! Sorry for the long pause mates! (30/07/2005)
-Happy Easter! ENGINE DIED at Varano Race Track (28/03/2005)
-DC2 intake mainfold and Throttle body (20/03/2005)
-new ecu! (12/02/2005)
-added pics, page 7 (07/01/2005)
-added racetrack video, page 6 (15/12/2004)
-added dynotest, page 6 (03/12/2004)
changed "future mods", page 8
-added 3 experimental pics, page 7 (04/11/2004)
-added dynotest, page 6

!!! WHAT HAPPENED !!!
My spoon b16 died during a track day here in Italy.
Cause of death was the abnormal comsumption of camshafts.
When i bought them there was a fault on the superficial treatment. I had them to be fixed... but it looks like this was not enough. Pieces (of camshaft) went all over the head... and... well, everything screw up.

What about now ?

well... i had to give up about my glorious project of an awesome b16... my motor was going REALLY fast before dying... it run well over 200hp at dyno... my ek4 was going exactly like the new EP3 civic (2000c - 200hp) on the racetrack.
I bought an used B18c6 ... now i'm driving an hybrid :(
I still have my spoon exhaust, the spoon air filter, spoon flywheel... but i can't use any of the internals nor the ecu (it was a b16 one).
What can i say ? It goes... almost like the old engine... maybe a little faster... but i miss the old one. That was MY engine. this is just another hybrid. Bah.

SUMMARY:
Page 1 : My toughts about tuning
Page 2 : My car modifications list
Page 3 : Suspension
Page 4 : Intake & exhaust
Page 5 : Engine
Page 6 : Dyno results
Page 7 : Pics
Page 8 : The future

PHILOSOPHY of tuning

Tuning MUST mean upgrade. there is NO use in modifying a car to make it a WORSE car. Car need to handle better, stop better, run faster.
Thus you will never find things like NEON, fancy bodykits or other unuseful things in those pages.
I prefer an anonymous car which runs goes like a thunder on the race track than a F&F looking car which loses 1sec in 0-100km/h.

When tuning your car always focus on total balance, power is a consequence.

To not trash your money, always remember that every single step you take modifying your car should be considered from the fartest point of view, there is NO single component you should change alone. Everything is connected, everything has to be changed accordingly.

Do not ruin your car with half modifications.
If you want to gain something, change everything.

Total balance means you have to choose.
You have to choose what you want from your car, then you have to change things in an harmonic way. Rarely you will be able to combine different compoents from different brands in an equilibrate way. This is why i choose SPOON SPORTS.
I choose the same "dream" as Spoon Sports, a highly tuned street car, fast but usable for the "everyday ride".
You can build a faster car, you can swap with a B18type-r or B18c6, i choosed to try to express the best my b16a2 can.

NOTE:
NEVER BELIEVE at incredible power gains.
On a naturally aspirated engine (which already express 100hp/l ratio) gaining a single HP means to spend A LOT and change A LOT MORE.
Honda B series are awesome engines, every single modification which is made without knowing what to do leads (in most cases) to a power loss.
DO NOT modify your car with a particular component because you see that "everyone" does that mod too... everyone IS WRONG unless you prove the gain with your own eyes (and track times).
The best example of the last advice is the "direct air intake". They SUCK, the ALL suck. Best way to give air to your engine is a well sized airbox with a good filtering surface. Direct air intakes loose too much power due to heat.

Continue to next page if you still want to know what happened (and is still happening)...