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Hello everyone

My name is Keith. In my 'later' 30's, from Alberta, Canada. Been stalking the site for a while, finally decided to join and become legit.

I've been involved in car modification since around 1994. Experimenting with different things, believe it or not, wired a HOUSE SPEAKER into my Oldsmobile back in 1993, sparking my lust for car audio. (Yes, I said a house speaker. Tower with horns & 2 full range and one sub in bottom.) man was I uninformed!!

Fast track 10 yrs I was finally accomplishing big things on all areas of car modifying. I had two cars constantly on the go, One was speed, and one was sound. My speed car, was a little turbo honda civic SiR, 450 HP, 1/4 mile time of 11.2 due to traction issues. (Potential for a lot better)

And my sound car was a pontiac sunfire. My last compitition I entered I hit 158.4 DB's, which I was really proud of. This was measured on dash both doors closed. I ran all RF equip., I can't recall all the items, long ago, but do remember I ran 2- Power DvC 15's, cpl sets of fanatics in the doors and amped all RF. Everything RF, and multiple quasi sponsorships. I had an interchangeable port in my wall, one for comps (large opening) and one for cruisin (smaller port). It was mainly a SPL vehicle, and back in 'the day' there wasn't much along the lines of 'tuning' anyways..... Some serious SQ cars invested in high end gear for tuning but wasn't an 'issue' for most competitors.

My civic speed mods:

Short Block - 1mm Overbore, JE Pistons, Eagle Rods, Race Engineering Block Guard (machined), genuine Honda bearrings and gaskets

Headwork - Port, polish, flowbench, and a competition valve grind

Turbo - Precision Ball Bearring SCGT3261 with a 56 trim compressor and a 84 trim turbine wheel

Oil Lines - Goodridge

Manifold - Drag Gen 3 Cast Iron

Downpipe - Custom 2.5" mandrel bent

Dumptube - Mandrel bent

Heat Wrap

Intercooler - Spearco bar and plate

Intake & Piping - Mandrel bent chromed. K&N Filter

Hose / Fittings / Clamps - High temp

BOV - Greddy Type S

Wastegate - Tial 38mm

MAP Sensor - GM 3 Bar MAP

Engine Management - Hondata S200 with boost option

ECU - P28 Chipped ECU and harness

Plug wires - MSD Magnacore

Injectors - RC Engineering 550cc

Fuel Rail - AEM

Fuel Pump - 255LPH Walbro

Fuel Pressure Regulator - AEM

Fuel Filter - AEM

Fuel Pressure Guage - AEM/VDO

Motor Mounts - Energy - Urethane

Clutch - ACT Stage II

Flywheel - JDM ITR

Springs - Eibach Pro Kit

Axel Assembly - Honda - New

Guages Autometer - Carbon Series - Boost, A/F, Oil, Temp.

Guage Pod

Shifter - B&M short shifter

Shifter Bushing Kit - Hurst

Exhaust - Tanabe Hyper Madallion

Catco High Flow Cat - Test Pipe with flex section

Wheels / Tires - Stocker wheels, newer rubber

Boost Controller - AR Fabrication

Power Pulleys - AEM

Slim Fan - FAL

Alarm System - Clifford

Shift Knob - ITR

Note: this has been professionally street/strip tuned for 94 oct. gas. I use a combo of 91 and Toluene. Works great. Its also at a very conservative 12 lbs of boost, with room for SOOOOO much more

Fast forward another 10 years to now. I sold both, am driving a 2012 dodge minivan, have a wife & 3 children. But recently purchased a 2006 Volvo wagon.... My attempt to get back into the stereo world I have grown distant from. Amazing how things have changed!!!

I'm planning on a complete tear down & interior build for the Volvo. Always loved RF through out my life, and will continue to show my support. Being a wagon, the possibilities are endless! Can't wait!

SOOOO.... That's me in a nutshell, love what I have seen on the forum, and have been following a lot of you guys as a guest, some amazing builds & ideas & knowledge out there!! Thank you all for what has been contributed here, its a library & wealth of knowledge!

*Once I figure out how to post pics I will*

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I now remember I had RF - bd1000's for the subs & some punch power 200.2's for the separates in the doors and dash. The end caps were gold, which matched perfectly to the gold color of my sunfire! Haha

I also found recently in my basement storage some older stuff I still have. Some 10'" RF subs never used, a head unit brand new still. I even found this archive RF amp, it's completely all chrome. It was a monster little amp, 800a4, never pushed power through it.

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