Carlos Martinez  2001 Acura Integra 

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Carlos Martinez 

2001 Acura Integra 

Instagram: @mightyhondacarlos

Photographer: @puredeathmedia

I am a 28-year-old entrepreneur from Colorado. Owner of two businesses in the Construction industry. Thankfully this has allowed me to get money for my number one hobby… CARS! I have 3 Honda builds and recently purchased a GTR.  Out of my Honda builds, my Integra is definitely my favourite!

What or who got you into cars?

Ever since I was little my dad was always restoring old classic cars! Even to this day, there’s always something to do with them! Him being a Ford guy I wanted to do something different. Fast and the Furious really influenced me to get into the tuner scene! I started with a boosted CRX and was instantly hooked!  I had 3 Crx’s but still every time I saw a jdm Integra I knew that was the car I really wanted! I had an Evo that I had bought to flip.

I had it up on Craigslist and thought one of my friends was pranking me when someone offered me a jdm front k series turbo Integra as a trade. I thought ok I’ll trade and the car is basically done…. Yeah right haha the engine in it ended up needing a head gasket but I figured I’d swap it with a fully built sleeved k20 to handle some big boost! Later down the road, I decided to change just about everything on the car anyways and now the Integra is AWD and makes 730awhp. Soon to be turned up! 

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Why this car?

This Integra has been a project ever since I got it! Ever since I got into the Honda game this was my grail! Besides an NSX of course… but I loved the way the jdm front Integras looked. I always had a vision of how I would make it when I got one and now I’ve brought this dream to life! 

What made you build this car?

The goal was always to have an Integra that was a beast on the street! Back when the car was AWD I would hate that it would spin sometimes causing people to get the jump on me. This problem was “easily” resolved when I took the AWD components off my 1990 civic wagon RT4WD! Since I had the parts for the AWD build we went ahead with it! I wanted to build an Integra that would inspire more people to use this platform for racing. As the hatchbacks are more popular for their low weight! 

What is it like owning this car?

I love owning this car! Every time I park it’s one of those cars that you look back at as you walk away! I’d you don’t do that too you don’t have the right car. It’s definitely rowdy to drive too! It torques steers and pulls hard when it hits full boost! Having the fender exit makes it amazing as well! Turbo noises make it sound like a jet about to take off! 

What makes it unique?

One of the big factors that make this car unique is the hyper shift liquid wrap! It sets it off because it changes colour as you go around the car. That along with the carbon parts, crazy-sounding exhaust and meaty tires it really sets it apart from other Integras! 

Spec List

Exterior

• Jdm Integra front end 
• Seibon carbon fiber hood
• Seibon mugen style wing 
• Top 1 motors winglets and canards (don’t place an order as they scam now) 
• ZTU hypershift AutoFlex liquid wrap
• PCI side skirts

Wheels 

• VMS Racing 15x8 wheels 
• Nitro r888r tires 235 50 r15s

Engine

• Fully built k20
• Sleeved and forged piston and I beam rod combo
• Webb cams 
• S2k oil pump 
• Metigulous turbo manifold 
• 6466 gen 2 precision 
• Metigulous Titanium fender exit 
• Gear x gear set 
• Autocross gearing with 4.03 final drive 
• Competition twin-disc clutch 
• Magnafuel 625 tuner series electric fuel pump 
• ID 2200 cc injectors 
• S1 built AWD components
• Alpha 6 Trailing arms, 
• Diff mount,
• Biller forks and carrier bearings 

Interior

• Type R conversion including front and rear seats 
• Aem Infinity standalone 
• K tuned billet race spec shifter
• K tuned race-spec shift cables  

Who did the work?

Shout out to one of my best friends Hayden Wilson @Metigulous weld and fab! He has done a lot of the work on my car. He has a YouTube channel and has documented a lot of the progress of the build of the car! 

Future Plans

We want to change out the turbo to make more power! The turbo now has been great for quick spool but we want to make more power top end! I eventually want to Dona Dog Box or Sequential to turn it up to over 1000 whp! 

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Advice/Tips

I would say buy parts that will support more than your power goals. This way if you ever want to make more power it’s as simple as turning it up instead of having to change things out! Have patience builds like these take a lot of fabrication. lastly, select the right parts! S1Built has been great and really makes the AWD conversion super easy. 

Shout Outs!!

@Metigulous on YouTube for the build!

@MightyHondaCarlos on YouTube content coming soon! 

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What has the car scene brought to your life?

I’ve met a lot of people in the car scene.  a lot of my close friends now come from going to meets and working on our cars together! It’s a good feeling to put passion into your car build and have other people see that it has hundreds of hours into it! More than anything you know that the car scene is a bug… once it bites you it’s hard to think of other things other than cars! 

Dream car

• TT Lamborghini 
• K20 swapped Exige 
• K20 swapped NSX 

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