1993 Carbon Fiber Laden Civic CX
See what one man has achieved with his obsession with speed.
Cody Loveland
Cody Loveland was a huge bike fan when growing up and spent most of his childhood working at bike shops. It was not until when he was 16 that he fell in love with cars. It was around that time that he met Andy Hanna who introduced him to the art of tuning. Cody went on to establish a small company called LoveFab back in 2003. The experience taught him how to install simple turbo kits and build functional aero-intensive cars.
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Honda Civic
In 2013, Cody decided to get a daily driver for his ins-and-outs workhouse routine. He opted for a V6 swapped EG instead of an ordinary four-cylinder Civic and that's when it all started. He loved the already-built chassis but soon got bored with its power. It could only generate 234 horsepower stock and some changes were surely needed. He then decided to spend his 30th birthday putting together a turbo kit for the EG. It took him just 17 hours to get the car to a nice force inducted 400 whp.
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Beastie Hatch
A good friend of Cody's named Chris Post later expressed his interest in the car and after some negotiating Cody sold it to him. Chris nicknamed the car Beastie Hatch and owned it for about three blissful years. He later sold it to Aric Streeter, another close friend who is the current owner from whom Cody currently borrows the car.
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Affinity Aerodynamics
Cody had a dream of building his cars from start to finish. He founded Affinity Aerodynamics to help him achieve this dream. The first car built under his company was an Acura NSX nicknamed Enviate. In 2017, his team participated in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. They ended up taking second place and Cody realized that he was onto something. His company's current focus is large aero products built towards providing heavy amounts of downforce. These are equipped in cars that can withstand extreme amounts of aero pressure.
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Turbo System
Beastie's turbo system still includes most of the components that Cody installed during his 30th birthday. He used Vibrant Performance's tubing and HD clamps, a water-to-air intercooler core from Garrett, an MVR wastegate that's linked to a Garrett motion GTX3576R turbocharger, and a TiAL Q blow-off valve. He had installed some cheap headers that he got from eBay but had to replace them with the Garret Motion GTX3584R which is controlled by a Link Thunder ECU.
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Brake Details
The first track event that Beastie performed in left the team with a bent upper control arm. This was due to the car's extreme braking force in the turns. The only option was to upgrade everything to enable the car to withstand the braking power. Currently, Beastie rides on 15-inch RPS carbon rotors and Wilwood six-pot calipers at the front. Cody plans to install 13-inch carbon rotors and a Wilwood four-pot system at the rear in the near future.
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Other Upgrades
The team has also installed control arms reinforced by Kingpin spherical bearings to prevent the brakes from completely destroying the rubber bushings. The aero setup is one of the most complex loadings to ever be put on a Civic. The car rides on 1,500-pound bump springs and 2,000-pound front springs just to keep it moving at extreme speeds. This brings its total curb weight to 2,456 pounds.
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Tires
Beastie rides on some custom HRE wheels that Cody bought back in 2012. They were used with the NSX during the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and now they're on the EG. Cody presented the idea of installing them in the Civic, because why not?. It took the team an entire month getting the car ready in order to fit the 18x13s. This is probably the first time someone has ever fitted 335-series tires on a Civic without tearing a fender liner to pieces.
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Going Hybrid
Cody's team isn't finished with the Beastie just yet with plans underway to make the car hybrid. Already, the electric power has been dabbled this year with the help of the Palatov Motorsport team which took second place at the 2019 Pikes Peak Unlimited Class. The setup will include a torque vectoring that will help the electric motors transmit as much as 250 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels. The setup is expected to add 316 pounds of extra weight to the car. but Cody has a fix for that by building the entire car with carbon-fiber and adding even more aero enhancements.
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Challenges and Frustrations
Cody notes that Beastie is 98 inches wide since the extended dimensions made handling more planted. The 335-series tires also mean that there needs to be more power steering to make the Civic driveable. Drivers have to keep remembering not to lift as the car has a lot of grip at the wheels. One of the failures the team has experienced is trying to maintain a decent lap time amidst all the tweaking. The list of parts to upgrade is also growing short, but Cody and the guys are still pushing limits. According to him, he wouldn't change anything on Beastie. The formula remains the same: to achieve huge power, improve braking, and amass downforce, along with a driver that's a bit crazy to make it all worthwhile.
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