I'm only 17 so I dont have much experiance but here goes.
First - 1998 Civic LX, my friend chris, who's about, 2-3 years older than me lived up the street from me, I came by his house once cause I heard a load of noise and I saw this blue LX sittin there, of course, I asked if i could help and told'im I've done some work on dirt bikes and basic maintinance on my parents other car ( it's a bucket, eitherway ) so I helped him with that from the time I was 15 to about..16 and a half. then he went off to college, took the car with'im, but he comes down every now and then so we can chill and whatnot..total ricer..
Second - me and my friend nick bought a 1996 Civic EX from a dealer up in denver. Nick's 18, he'll be 19 on the 7th, and yea, he was lookin for someone to help him pay for it and I had been workin for about..5 months and had enough cash to cover about half the charge, so, of course nick bein a guy I really trusted, I was all " yea, alright dude, as long as it's half and half on ownership and I get to drive it every now and then." he agree'd. First thing we did was contact this guy we know who has a '94 integra..yea..he riced that shit out, not much by way as obvious performance parts, but more so new headers, gaskets, pistons, piston rings, ect.. so..he hooked us up with this guy down at ZCSpeed downtown colorado springs. the guy down there said it's best to start with air Intake, Nick had just gotten his pay check and we were all, "alright..I've heard AEM are good." then the guy was all, " yea, AEM are a great company, you'll probablly want a Cold Air Intake." and of course me bein a dumbass back then asked why. he put it simple, " Cold air is denser than warm air. " I said, " aand??", he looked me like I was an idiot and said, " Cold air has more oxygen. " then i got it..and yea...here I am, 17 years old, still workin the same dead end job and at the same time trying to manage my school work and keep things goin with my GF..yea...it's tough, but yea..I try..
sorry if I got a bit wordy
Peace.
- NightCat