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The Spectre Performance street legal short ram intake for specific 1992-2000 Honda Civic models uses a polished aluminum air intake tube and reusable HPR air filter to direct air into the engine

Spectre Performance offers an affordable 50-state street legal short ram intake system for many 1992-1995 5th Gen Honda Civic EG D15B or D16Z powered models, as well as 1996-2000 6th Gen Honda Civic EK D16Y powered models. This includes 1992-1995 Honda Civic DX, LX, EX, Si and Del Sol models. Spectre Performance short ram intake 10146 also provides a street legal boost in performance for 1996-2000 Honda Civic HX, EX and 1996-1997 Honda Civic Del Sol models. This Spectre Performance short ram intake, number 10146, offers increased performance, better acceleration, and improved engine sound at an exceptional price without concerns about street legality.

Spectre Performance short ram intake, number 10146, is designed to add power without compromising engine protection, emptying your wallet, or creating issues with local authorities

The Spectre Performance street legal short ram intake system for many 1992-2000 Honda Civic or Del Sol models is equipped with a Spectre High Performance Racing (HPR) universal cone air filter, number 9132. The HPR synthetic air filter used in this short ram intake kit is designed for high airflow without sacrificing engine protection. A Spectre HPR performance air filter is manufactured using high quality materials throughout, including a pre-dyed synthetic filter media that will not fade, top quality urethane, and steel mesh. Spectre High Performance Racing air filters are pre-oiled and ready to use. A Spectre HPR reusable air filter can be serviced when dirty, using part number 884820, and used again.

The Spectre Performance street legal short ram intake for specific 1992-2000 Honda Civic models includes all necessary parts and can be easily installed for a bolt on performance upgrade

Spectre Performance short ram intake, number 10146, is designed to add horsepower and torque without compromising engine protection, emptying your wallet, or creating concerns about the local authorities. This short ram intake system uses a high quality polished aluminum air intake tube to direct air into the engine. The Spectre Performance street legal short ram intake system for specific 1992-1995 5th Gen Honda Civic EG D15B or D16Z powered models, as well as 1996-2000 6th Gen Honda Civic EK D16Y powered models includes all necessary components and can be installed using basic hand tools for a bolt on performance upgrade.

The Spectre Performance street legal short ram intake system for many 1992-2000 Honda Civic or Del Sol models includes reusable High Performance Racing (HPR) universal air filter 9132

Owners of 1992-2000 Honda Civic models can rest assured knowing that Spectre Performance warrants all products to be free from workmanship and material defects with a limited 90 day warranty. Since 1983 Spectre Performance has designed and offered unique, innovative, parts and components to fuel your car or truck obsession. Whether your fixation happens to be a classic muscle car or a late model sport compact, Spectre will help fuel your passion for performance.

Spectre Performance 50-state street legal short ram intake 10146, will replace the stock air filter box and air intake tubes of the following Honda Civic EG and EK models:

2000 Honda Civic HX 1.6L L4 F/I
2000 Honda Civic EX 1.6L L4 F/I
1999 Honda Civic HX 1.6L L4 F/I
1999 Honda Civic EX 1.6L L4 F/I
1997 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.6L L4 F/I
1996 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.6L L4 F/I
1995 Honda Civic SI 1.6L L4 F/I
1995 Honda Civic LX 1.5L L4 F/I
1995 Honda Civic EX 1.6L L4 F/I
1995 Honda Civic DX Hatchback 1.5L L4 F/I
1995 Honda Civic DX 1.5L L4 F/I
1995 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.6L L4 F/I
1995 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.5L L4 F/I
1994 Honda Civic SI 1.6L L4 F/I
1994 Honda Civic LX 1.5L L4 F/I
1994 Honda Civic EX 1.6L L4 F/I
1994 Honda Civic DX Hatchback 1.5L L4 F/I
1994 Honda Civic DX 1.5L L4 F/I
1994 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.6L L4 F/I
1994 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.5L L4 F/I
1993 Honda Civic SI 1.6L L4 F/I
1993 Honda Civic LX 1.5L L4 F/I TUV
1993 Honda Civic DX Hatchback 1.5L L4 F/I
1993 Honda Civic DX 1.5L L4 F/I
1993 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.6L L4 F/I
1993 Honda Civic Del Sol 1.5L L4 F/I
1992 Honda Civic SI 1.6L L4 F/I
1992 Honda Civic LX 1.5L L4 F/I
1992 Honda Civic DX Hatchback 1.5L L4 F/I
1992 Honda Civic DX 1.5L L4 F/I

Please use the Products by Vehicle Search to find Spectre performance products specifically made for your vehicle. If assistance is required please feel free to call Spectre Performance at 909-673-9800. Browse all Spectre automotive products by category at SpectrePerformance.com.  While you are there  To find a Spectre dealer near you use the Spectre Dealer Locator.

Spectre convoluted tubing, available in several sizes and colors, will protect electrical wires while adding a clean professional look under the hood or inside the vehicle

Spectre Performance offers spark plug wire looms and spark plug wire separators in a basic 7 mm plastic economy version all the way up to machined billet aluminum wire looms

Under the hood of most vehicles exists a network of wires which have a necessary function, but certainly create clutter in the engine bay. All the go-fast parts and chrome accessories in the world can go unnoticed if the mess of wiring under the hood isn’t tamed. Fortunately, Spectre Performance not only offers go-fast performance upgrades and chrome accessories; but also offers accessories to clean up the mess of electrical wiring and spark plug wires under the hood.

Not only can spark plug wire looms tidy up the engine bay, but they can also help maintain performance by separating the wires and possibly avoiding a misfire situation. Spectre Performance offers spark plug wire looms and spark plug wire separators in a basic 7 mm plastic economy version all the way up to machined billet aluminum wire looms. Another handy spark plug wire accessory from Spectre Performance is the set of spark plug wire markers. This set includes numbered rings, up to 8, as well as an installation and will help avoid mixing up wires when performing routine maintenance.

The distributor is a crucial element in performance, yet is often overlooked when it comes to aesthetics; luckily Spectre Performance makes dressing up a vehicle’s distributor easy

The Spectre Performance coil mounting bracket and cover features a triple chrome-plated finish, with a design engineered for easy mounting either horizontally or vertically

The next logical step in organizing wires under the hood is Spectre Performance’s vast assortment of convoluted plastic tubing. Spectre Performance convoluted tubing installs easily with a split running parallel along the length of the tube. Spectre convoluted tubing will protect electrical wires, and add a clean professional look under the hood or inside the vehicle. Spectre offers multiple size and color options to match most color schemes. Spectre convoluted tubing is available in 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch, 1/2 inch, 3/4 inch, 1 inch and 1-1/4 inch tubing sizes as well as optional colors including black, red, blue and chrome.

Spectre Performance offers additional chromed accessories to compliment chrome air cleaners, valve covers, and more. The Spectre Performance coil mounting bracket and coil cover, 45183, features a triple chrome-plated finish, with a design engineered for easy mounting either horizontally or vertically. The distributor system provides a crucial element in performance, yet is often overlooked when it comes to aesthetics. Spectre Performance makes dressing up a vehicle’s distributor easy with a chrome plated vacuum advance cover, HEI cover, and distributor hold downs for Ford and Chevy engines.

Spectre Performance offers a starter motor heat shield designed to fit many Chevrolet V8 and V6 engine block mounted starters to deflect heat while looking great

A vehicle’s starter motor rarely crosses people’s minds, until it fails to work properly. Starter motor failure is usually caused by normal wear and tear over the course of years. However, in performance vehicles, especially those with aftermarket performance exhaust headers, heat can lead to premature starter failure. Spectre Performance offers a starter motor heat shield designed to fit many Chevrolet V8 and V6 engine block mounted starters. The Spectre Performance starter heat shield is designed to deflect engine or exhaust heat while looking great with its stainless steel finish.

Since 1983 Spectre Performance has designed and offered unique, innovative, parts and components to fuel your car or truck obsession. Whether your fixation happens to be a custom hot rod, classic American muscle car, or even a modern pickup truck, Spectre will help fuel your passion for performance.

Browse all Spectre automotive products by category at SpectrePerformance.com.  While you are there use the Products by Vehicle Search to find Spectre performance products specifically made for your vehicle.  To find a Spectre dealer near you use the Spectre Dealer Locator.

Spectre Performance universal finned aluminum automatic transmission fluid cooler 5466 is 12-inches long

Most cars and trucks are equipped with a coolant temperature gauge or warning lights that allow the driver to keep an eye on engine coolant temperatures. When an engine has to work harder than usual the coolant temperatures will increase. The same principle applies to an automatic transmission, yet the transmission is often overlooked. An automatic transmission is designed to keep an engine's revolutions per minute (RPMs) within a usable range and transmit the power from the engine to the drive wheels. Stop and go driving, heavy acceleration, and towing, force an automatic transmission to work harder than usual and this hard work will produce extra heat.

Spectre Performance universal finned aluminum automatic transmission fluid cooler 5467 is 15-inches long

Automatic transmissions rely on automatic transmission fluid (ATF) to lubricate and cool the transmission’s internals. When heat builds up the automatic transmission fluid can become discolored. Dark brown or black ATF can be an indicator of a transmission problem, vehicle abuse, or fluid that has far exceeded its useful life. One way to prevent premature transmission wear and extend the life of automatic transmission fluid is by incorporating an auxiliary automatic transmission fluid cooler. Spectre Performance automatic transmission coolers look great and are designed to lower transmission fluid temperatures.

Lower ATF temperatures will help to lengthen the overall life of an automatic transmission. Spectre Performance transmission coolers feature a finned polished aluminum single pass design and include two 3/8 inch NPT fittings. Spectre Performance automatic transmission coolers do not rely on traditional coil radiator designs. Instead Spectre Performance transmission coolers act like a heat sink using aluminum fins to increase the surface area in contact with the cooler air surrounding it. The solid aluminum design of Spectre Performance transmission coolers makes them ideal for applications where durability is a consideration.

Spectre Performance universal finned aluminum automatic transmission fluid cooler 5468 is 18-inches long

Spectre Performance universal automatic transmission coolers are available in three lengths depending on the mounting space available and the desired cooling capacity. Spectre Performance transmission cooler 5466 is the smallest version offered at 12” in length. Spectre Performance universal trans cooler, number 5467, is 15-inches long while 5468 is a larger 18 inches in length. Due to differences in flow rates, these transmission coolers should not be used for engine oil. Spectre Performance warrants all its products to be free from workmanship and material defects with a limited 90 day warranty.

Since 1983 Spectre Performance has designed and offered unique, innovative, parts and components to fuel your car or truck obsession. Whether your fixation happens to be a custom hot rod, classic American muscle car, or even a modern pickup truck, Spectre will help fuel your passion for performance.

Browse all Spectre automotive products by category at SpectrePerformance.com.  While you are there use the Products by Vehicle Search to find Spectre performance products specifically made for your vehicle.  To find a Spectre dealer near you use the Spectre Dealer Locator.

The PCH Rods 1972 Chevy C10 R successfully made its debut at the 2014 SEMA show and earned an invitation to the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

The 1972 Chevy C10 based C10R owned and driven by Rob & Brandy Phillips was over two years in the making before it made its debut at the 2014 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The goal for the C10R was to keep it from becoming a full blown race car, but still be able to hang with the top competitors on the Autocross race circuit. A tried and true Chevrolet LS1 iron block engine was chosen to power the C10R truck but with the modifications Rob Phillips made he estimated the engine at around 585 horsepower with 575 lb-ft of torque.

At the push of a button the Chevrolet LS1 V8 engine roared to life and Rob backed the 1972 Chevy C10 R onto the Spectre Performance dyno for the moment of truth

Following a few shake down runs, the PCH Rods 1972 Chevy C10 R successfully made its debut at the 2014 SEMA show and earned an invitation to the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Following the OUSCI Brandy headed to the Goodguys Autocross event, the first time in three years after becoming a mother, for the Goodguys 6th Spring Nationals presented by Brown’s Classic Autos in Scottsdale, Arizona. There Brandy was technically 5 seconds faster than her closest competitor in the truck class taking the win and moving into the Goodguys Autocross Pro Class.

With the PCH Rods built 1972 Chevy C10 R securely strapped down, the hood up, and fans blowing it was time to see what the Spectre intake equipped Chevrolet LS1 engine was made of

Autocross is a timed competition in which drivers navigate one at a time typically through a short and technical course. This means that sheer power isn’t going to be the deciding factor in winning races. Having the right combination of suspension, wheels, tires, brakes, usable power, and driver technique tends to be far more effective than mind blowing amounts of power. However, as a true car guy Rob Phillips continued to have the question of how much horsepower the C10R LS1 engine makes nagging at him. To estimate power output is one thing, but to actually have numbers from a dyno test gives credibility.

So at long last Rob and Brandy brought their 1972 Chevrolet C10 based C10R race truck by the Spectre Performance facility to strap it onto the dyno. After carefully unloading the truck from their enclosed trailer Rob fueled with standard pump gas. At the push of a button the Chevrolet LS1 V8 engine roared to life and Rob backed the C10R onto the Spectre Performance dyno for the moment of truth. With the truck securely strapped down, the hood up, and fans blowing it was time to see what the PCH Rods built Chevrolet LS1 engine was made of.

The exhaust note emitted from the Chevy C10 R’s NASCAR inspired low profile side exhaust was enough to get any American muscle car fan’s blood pumping

Even before knowing the final numbers it was evident the Chevy LS1 was well built. The engine spun up to a nearly 6,500 RPM rev limit at which time the engine was screaming. The exhaust note emitted from the NASCAR inspired low profile side exhaust was enough to get any American muscle car fan’s blood pumping. When the runs were complete it was determined that the PCH Rods built Spectre Performance intake equipped 1972 Chevy C10R maxed out at 400.3 horsepower and 354.2 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels. The Chevy LS1 engine was built as a race engine with the meat of the horsepower curve coming on strong at nearly 6,000 RPM and continuing until redline. Peak torque hits just a shade lower in the RPM range making for very predictable and usable power.

The PCH Rods built performance Chevy LS1 is well built screaming to a nearly 6,500 RPM rev limit maxing out at 400.3 horsepower and 354.2 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels

Most vehicle manufacturers estimate horsepower at the crank, not at the wheels. It’s estimated that around 20% of the engine’s power is lost as it is transferred through the transmission, driveshaft, differential and finally to the wheels. Using a 20% drivetrain loss due as a rule of thumb this puts the Chevy C10R LS1 engine at over 500 horsepower and 425 lb-ft of torque at the crank. Considering the variances found between dyno manufacturers, and knowing that this particular dyno is more conservative than others, Rob believes that crank horsepower would be rated closer to 515 up to 525 HP. These are pretty good numbers for an iron block Chevrolet push-rod engine running pump gas and easily, not to mention fully legally, driven on the street.

Autocross is a timed competition in which drivers navigate one at a time through a short technical course, where suspension, wheels, tires, & brakes are more effective than insane power

Since 1983 Spectre Performance has designed and offered unique, innovative, parts and components to fuel your car or truck obsession. Spectre makes a wide array of air intake systems, air intake components and engine accessories just to name a few of the popular product categories. Whether your fixation happens to be a classic muscle car or a late model pickup truck, Spectre will help fuel your passion for performance. Browse all Spectre automotive products by category at SpectrePerformance.com. While you are there use the Products by Vehicle Search to find Spectre performance products specifically made for your vehicle. To find a Spectre dealer near you use the Spectre Dealer Locator.

Easy installation, included mounting hardware, and a securely fastened lid ensure that Spectre Performance universal polished stainless steel radiator overflow tanks keep things flowing

Spectre Performance polished stainless steel radiator overflow tanks incorporate a built in loss tube eliminating the unsightly rubber hose exiting the lid of most factory overflow reservoirs

A radiator overflow or recovery tank is necessary as fluid in the cooling system heats up and expands, causing pressure to build up in the radiator. In a properly functioning cooling system the radiator cap is the only place where this pressure can escape. When the pressure reaches the PSI rating of the radiator cap it forces open a valve allowing coolant, and pressure, to escape from the radiator. By incorporating a coolant overflow or recovery tank this coolant will flow through the overflow tube into the bottom of the overflow tank. This set up keeps air out of the cooling system while allowing the radiator to suck water back in by the vacuum created as it cools back down. This helps maintain proper coolant levels in the radiator by continually replacing fluids that were expelled.

A radiator overflow tank or recovery tank is standard equipment on most cars and trucks. Overtime though, the typical plastic overflow bottle will crack and deteriorate. Additionally, many custom hot rod or race car builders are searching for a functional and attractive coolant overflow tank to install on their build. Spectre Performance has a solution to these problems with its line of universal polished stainless steel radiator overflow tanks. Spectre Performance coolant overflow tanks are offered in a 2" or 3" diameter, and lengths between 10-inches and 17-inches. With five different sizes and a universal mounting system with brackets, Spectre Performance polished stainless steel recovery tanks are sure to meet the needs of most car owners and builders.

Spectre Performance universal radiator overflow tank, number 4179, is 2" in diameter by 13" in length and will hold 18.27 fluid ounces

Spectre Performance 3" diameter x 16 long" stainless steel radiator overflow tank, number 4194, offers high capacity at 52.80 fluid ounces

Spectre Performance radiator overflow tank, 4179, is two inches in diameter and 13-inches in length. It is designed to hold 18.27 fluid ounces before exiting through the built in loss tube. The built in loss tube eliminates the unsightly rubber hose which exits from the lid of most factory coolant overflow reservoirs. Spectre Performance radiator recovery tank, 4180, is also 2" in diameter but it's 15" long and holds 21.75 fl-oz of coolant. Spectre Performance radiator reservoir tank, 4189, takes capacity up to 24.36 fluid ounces by retaining the 2" diameter but an increased 17' length.

In addition to the Spectre Performance 2" radiator overflow bottle options, Spectre has 3" diameter overflow tanks that are designed to hold more fluids without increasing the length. Spectre Performance 3" diameter x 10 long" radiator overflow tank, 4192, will hold over 31 ounces of coolant. Spectre Performance 3" diameter x 16 long" radiator overflow tank, 4194, offers the greatest capacity with a rating of 52.80 fluid ounces.

Easy to follow installation instructions, the included mounting hardware, and a securely fastened lid ensure that Spectre Performance universal polished stainless steel radiator overflow tanks will keep things flowing. Additionally, Spectre Performance warrants all its products to be free from workmanship and material defects with a limited 90 day warranty.

Since 1983 Spectre Performance has designed and offered unique, innovative, parts and components to fuel your car or truck obsession. Whether your fixation happens to be a classic American muscle car or pickup truck, Spectre will help fuel your passion for performance. Browse all Spectre automotive products by category at SpectrePerformance.com. Or use the Products by Vehicle Search to find Spectre performance products specifically made for your vehicle. To find a Spectre dealer near you use the Spectre Dealer Locator.