Mid West - Illinois

Anyone here from Illinois?

naperville

Niles

Aledo

10 minutes from st.louis on the illinois side. collinsville

CHICAGO

chebanse

Canada.......eh!

Come visit my igloo for a few drinks.

canada is not in Illinois, at least last time I looked.

rockford

Johnsburg / Mchenry here

CHICAGO

Bloomington

I thought i was the only one in the Chicago area. Good to hear that Chicago is well represented.

KANKAKEE AREA HERE UP IN CHICAGO SOMETIMES

Granite City

What part of IL is Granite City? I've never heard of it. I don't get out of the Chicagoland area much.

Like five min from St. L its a small town thats only here because of the steel mill. Real close to collinsville thats where i work.

For all my friends in Illinois. Anyone know of a drag strip or where there is AutoX in chicago? I know about Route 66 and i know that there is a place in wiscolnson for drag racing, but i got nothing on the AutoXing scene.

ORIGINAL: AgentofDarkness

Anyone know of a drag strip or where there is AutoX in chicago?


http://www.scca-chicago.com/

So it appears that the SCCA Chicago office is in the town right next to mine, thats quite convienent. Now i gotta find a way to email them. THX a bunch MXS.

Des Plaines

Holy ****, ur in my backyard. I've lived in Des Plaines for over 10 years. I moved down the street to Niles 6 months ago.

Hillside

Schamburg area

chicago

Rockford

rockford/belvidere

Morton, population:15,400

ORIGINAL: tools52

Morton, population:15,400


Is morton the same as Morton Grove (suburb of chicago) or is it a totally different city?

I'm from Princeton, IL. about an hour north of Peoria, and 2 hours south of chicago. im completely a Honda newb, and im looking for a D16Y8 for my new EG hatch.

Craig's List is your friend, put an ad up in the auto parts section. www.chicago.craigslist.com
Also i would look and see if you can find a B18B swap. They aren't too expensive and add some power as well as greatly expand the amount of power you can make.

^^thanks for the heads up man!! its well appreciated. yeah, i still don't know what i would need for the B18 swap. i could imagine its probably the engine/trans, wiring harness, ecu, and axles?

of course i need alittle guidence in all this. im excited, but i don't know exactly where to start. does a B18 drop into the stock EG mounts w/out having to get aftermarket mounts? what does a B18 clip usually go for as far as a LS vtec or GSR motor?

i appreciate any info and help. thanks!

I wouldn't do an LS/VTEC personally. It is a very potenet engine but the problem is reliability. If you wanna go VTEC, get a B18C1. However, this engine is not cheap. Use the search feature to find what you need to do a swap. I've never done one (but i want to) so i couldn't tell you.

^^hey bro, thanks for the info. any is appreciated!

yeah, i've been searching the forums and finding alot of very helpfull links and ideas. i think i'd like to get a D16 vtec and go from there. maybe just a cheap DIY turbo build up.

Thats not a bad idea if your gonna go with a D series build. I hope you checked out Pete turbo shopping list

yeah, i've checked out some of the shopping list for a turbo d series. i have to say, i didn't think that it was going to be that easy, or to say the least, simple.

not that turboing a car is a simple task, but most of the items needed are throw aways for the most part. right now the most important is to get a D16 that i can drop in w/ a tune up and run.

it is however amazing the decent "street" power that you can obtain from a basic D16 vtec motor, with a good tune of course.

i do want to keep it up there that i am looking for a D16 vtec motor/trans, harness, and ecu.(sorry for the shameless plug!)

Call the local junkyards. I would tell them you need the engine out of ________ car instead of i need a D16 VTEC motor. Also check out Sunrise JDM and other online engine dealers.

yeah, i've checked most online places, even ebay. a JDM del sol motor is going for about 700. im hoping to find one for maybe a little less, but eventually i'll have to bite the bullet and just buy a jdm swap or something.

Macomb, Illinois.

chicago specifically franklin park/ bensenville

Hey guys, i am in need of someone to swap my motor out on my 1997 Honda Civic EX Coupe. The old engine (D16Y8) is blown and I just recieved a motor, (same exact motor), but i need help putin it in. I am located in Wauconda, IL (NW Burbs) SOME PLEASE HELP!!!

did you just get the motor? what are you doing w/ the old motor if i may ask? how did it blow up?

I'd love to swap a motor. Except i've never done it before.

hey bro, i got your PM. my friend and i could possibly be of assistance to you in swapping your motor if you have all the right stuff there. deffinately hit me back and we can work something out k! im always down to help!

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ANYONE???? Just brought a new 06 blue civic, 18 factory wheels/tires, sweet looking Honda. My 1st time owning a new car, paid in full, so no car payments!!!! ( that's such a great feeling knowing i can save that money for mods, YAHOO!!!) I'm looking for a better exhaust, but DONT want that loud, high pitched, ****ty sound. You know the ones that sound like a loud fart!!!! Will a Cat-Back exhaust be quiet???? Or am I out of luck????? Hope to meet some people close by, to talk honda's, start a club maybe, anything lol..... I work with people who drive VW's, God I hate those. Have to hear all about those crappy VW's allday, so a change of pace would be good....

I too hate VWs. Anyway, i would get a full exhaust over a cat back but full exhausts are much more expensive than cat backs. A cat back will give you a couple ponies but the real power is in the full exhaust.

skokie, north chicago suburb, holla

Greenville, IL representin ha.

YO IM IN HICKORY HILLS

I just moved from the Quad Cities area, Rock Island and Moline

Rock Island = far from me.. im in Elmhurst area

Born and raised in Moline.

LETS GET SOMETHING GOING!!. Im willing to drive a little

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

whats so wrong wit vw's?? = (

:(:(:(:(

EDIT: naperville here.

Well naperville aint to far from me

I'm from Springfield. Not a lot of action here, lame. :B

I'm gonna be going up to Chicago from the 22nd-24th tho for Evo North if anyone wants to meet up, hang out and watch/participate in some sweet fighting game action.

Here's some info on it: http://www.evo2k.com/north/

That's where I'll be for the majority of my time there.

BTW Bensenville is where my companies home office is.

What company?

Namco Cybertainment

[hr]Chicago

Homer Glen south west suburb of Chicago.

Des Plaines

u in rockford ?? really same here im up by 251 and 173

I'm in berwyn by the north riverside mall. If any of you guys are close and would like to help me tunemy 95 civic coupe pm me.

anyone from Illinois go to hall street on sundays?

ORIGINAL: stlhondas

anyone from Illinois go to hall street on sundays?


Illinois is a big state, its kind of hard to know what you are talking about if you name a street without a city/town.

hall street in st louis missouri sorry...

wilmette, northern burbs just off 94

anyone from de kalb??















was in the city of corn like 12 years back ... when i was in NIU ... really miss the place...:D

Strats in Villa Park is starting to get going again. Anyone go there on the weekends? Wheres the IL meetup spots other than Streets of Woodfield and Strats?

ORIGINAL: phan10m

Strats in Villa Park is starting to get going again. Anyone go there on the weekends? Wheres the IL meetup spots other than Streets of Woodfield and Strats?


I hear strats is full of ass hats. Considering I don't have a car and my bike is a POS, I don't go there. I have a buddy with a 3000GT that goes to Strats often in the summertime. Apparantly a big street racing spot

Peoria, IL, most of my family lives in Chicago suburbs, I am also a member of Chicagoland Prelude Club.

ok so that mean we should have a west chicago part meet or event ?? anybody ?? last year was a blast

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z30/jaydubsr/ed220ea71.jpg

come out and compare your Civic to scion tC

Lake Zurich. About 30 minutes north of shaumburg.

Lasalle/Peru