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![Dyno Testing Air Filters ($9 to $90) in My Civic Si: Do Any Make Power? Dyno Testing Air Filters ($9 to $90) in My Civic Si: Do Any Make Power?](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/11/15/Civic-Air-Filter-Comparison.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Dyno Testing Air Filters ($9 to $90) in My Civic Si: Do Any Make Power?
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Nov 15, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: How My Cheap Diesel BMW Has Slowly Driven Me Insane Project Car Diaries: How My Cheap Diesel BMW Has Slowly Driven Me Insane](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/10/17/Lewin-Days-Cheap-Diesel-BMW.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: How My Cheap Diesel BMW Has Slowly Driven Me Insane
By Lewin Day / Updated Oct 18, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: A ‘Bolt-On’ Upgrade Sidelined My Toyota MR2 Turbo for Months Project Car Diaries: A ‘Bolt-On’ Upgrade Sidelined My Toyota MR2 Turbo for Months](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/09/03/PCD-James-Gilboy-MR2-Brake-Project.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: A ‘Bolt-On’ Upgrade Sidelined My Toyota MR2 Turbo for Months
By James Gilboy / Updated Oct 11, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: Track-Prepping My BMW 128i for GridLife at Laguna Seca My BMW 128i is set to take on GridLife Track Battle at Laguna Seca](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/10/03/PROJECTCARDIARIESBMW128I.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: Track-Prepping My BMW 128i for GridLife at Laguna Seca
By Peter Nelson / Updated Oct 4, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: Fixing Annoying LCD Scratches by Fabricating a New Part Project Car Diaries: Fixing Annoying LCD Scratches by Fabricating a New Part](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/09/27/8th-Civic-Si-HeadunitIMG_9133.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: Fixing Annoying LCD Scratches by Fabricating a New Part
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Sep 27, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: A Simple Honda Civic Intake Swap Turned Into a Scavenger Hunt Project Car Diaries: A Simple Honda Civic Intake Swap Turned Into a Scavenger Hunt](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/09/05/8th-Civic-Stock-Intake-Gold-Wrapped.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: A Simple Honda Civic Intake Swap Turned Into a Scavenger Hunt
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Sep 20, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: I Made These Sad Old OEM Wheels Look Cool With Minimal Effort Project Car Diaries: I Made These Sad Old OEM Wheels Look Cool With Minimal Effort](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/09/06/Civic-Wheel-Restoration.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: I Made These Sad Old OEM Wheels Look Cool With Minimal Effort
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Sep 6, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: The Dark Art of Dialing In My ’69 Charger’s 440 V8 Project Car Diaries: The Dark Art of Dialing In My ’69 Charger’s 440 V8](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/08/30/Hank-OHop-1969-Charger-Project-Engine.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: The Dark Art of Dialing In My ’69 Charger’s 440 V8
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Aug 30, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: How My BMW 128i Is Holding Up to a Summer of Track Days 2011 BMW 128i](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/08/21/ProjectCarDiariesBMW128i.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: How My BMW 128i Is Holding Up to a Summer of Track Days
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 23, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: Tweaking My 1969 Dodge Charger’s Balance With a Battery Relocation Project Car Diaries: Tweaking My 1969 Dodge Charger’s Balance With a Battery Relocation](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/08/15/1969-Dodge-Charger-Battery-Relocation.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: Tweaking My 1969 Dodge Charger’s Balance With a Battery Relocation
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Aug 16, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: Making My Civic Type R Faster With Downforce Honda Civic on a race track.](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/08/09/Civic-Type-R-Verus-Aero-Top.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: Making My Civic Type R Faster With Downforce
By Chris Rosales / Updated Aug 9, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: My 1975 IH Scout Teaches the Joy of Short, Slow Adventures Project Car Diaries: My 1975 IH Scout Teaches the Joy of Short, Slow Adventures](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/07/20/WD40-EZ-REACH-in-Use-with-IH-Scout.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: My 1975 IH Scout Teaches the Joy of Short, Slow Adventures
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Aug 2, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: Free Old-School Industrial Paint Transformed My 1969 Dodge Charger Project Car Diaries: Free Old-School Industrial Paint Transformed My 1969 Dodge Charger](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/07/25/1969-Dodge-Charger-Repainted.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: Free Old-School Industrial Paint Transformed My 1969 Dodge Charger
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Jul 26, 2023
![Project Car Diaries: Dyno-Testing My BMW’s Junkyard Intake Upgrade E82 BMW 128i dyno track](https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/06/06/PCDBMWTRACK1.jpg?auto=webp&crop=2%3A1&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
Project Car Diaries: Dyno-Testing My BMW’s Junkyard Intake Upgrade
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jun 7, 2023