If you like Honda’s Fit, then you’re going to like May’s issue of Honda Tuning featuring BJ Jaraba’s HKS-turbocharged cover car.
BJ’s Fit is one of a kind, boasting a T25 turbo, HKS F-CON engine management system, Bride seats, a J’s Racing front lip spoiler and Mugen rear wing, and 17-inch Volks surrounding a Brembo big-brake kit. It’s truly one of the best Fits we’ve come across and the first to grace our cover. If the Fit’s not quite your thing, then maybe Steve McClesky’s Straman-modified, B16A turbocharged, convertible CRX will grab you. Steve’s is one of only 310 made – each genuinely commissioned by Honda, exclusively for the first-generation CRX. You don’t have to necessarily like convertibles to dig Steve’s car. May’s issue also features Tan Nguyen’s AP2 S2000, which features tons of ASM goodness, a super-rare Mugen hardtop, and Prodrive wheels. We also check out a genuine DC2 Integra Type R that’s part track car, part street car – straight from Japan but living in Scotland, yes, Scotland. If you’re familiar with the Southern California tuning scene, then you’ve likely heard of Shawn Church of Church Automotive Testing – one of the premier tuning facilities around. We take a sneak peak inside Church’s shop and see what it takes for him to get things done. Wanna know how much horsepower your near-stock B-series can take? Pick up this month’s issue and watch he we netted more than 500 hp using stock connecting rods and cylinder walls – that’s right, no sleeves. Read on for a full profile of one of the rarest ’88-’91 Civic performance exhausts to date – HKS’s. There’s also full coverage of the Northern California J’s meet, Eibach’s NWP meet, and coverage of Honda Tuning’s trip to the 2008 Tokyo Auto Salon. Pick up a copy today.