Growing up as a kid whether you are a car enthusiast or not, there was always that one car that we would only dream of owning when we grow up. Typically the type of cars we would dream of owning as children would be that of the highest performance and almost always something from the exotic class. For Zeeshan, the car of his dreams was certainly not in the form of a high performance exotic, but in the form of a hatchback made by automaker, Honda Motor Company of Japan.

Although not available to the public in North America at the time, Zeeshan made his dreams a reality as he decided to build the car of his dreams, an EK9 Honda Civic Type-R.

As soon as Zeeshan acquired a Civic Hatch, he knew exactly what route he wanted to go take to make it the EK that he envisioned in his dreams. With inspiration from JDM modifying, the direction that his EK was going to go in was that of a simple, clean, subtle yet aggressive approach. Inside and out, you will find nothing but pieces from the JDM EK9 Civic Type-R.

The main focus of Zeeshan’s EK however, is found under the hood. Originally sporting a built B16B from an EK9, Zeeshan felt that there just wasn’t enough power and felt that his EK needed a little more of a push. To give him that push, Zeeshan implemented a Jackson Racing Supercharger to give the B16 a little more pep. Unfortunately, the Jackson Racing Supercharger gave Zeeshan some engine troubles and caused two of his intake valves to bend. Instead of rebuilding the B16 however, Zeeshan decided to do something different for his EK and began working on a Frankenstein K20/K24 motor. Once Zeeshan got the Frankenstein motor swap running, he made an impressive 221whp during a dyno run. With the light chassis of the EK and a hybrid K20/K24 engine making good power paired with a DC5 ITR transmission, Zeeshan’s vision of building the EK of his dreams, became a reality.

Fast forward to today and as we all know, all good things do eventually come to an end. Because of the K24 being a much taller block, it’s steel oil pan hanging really low, and the city of Calgary known for having some of the worst roads in Canada, the beating the oil pan took caused blockage to the pick up, and resulted in a spun rod. As for the future of this EK? A good friend of Zeeshan’s now owns it, currently running with a B-Series motor.

On the brighter side of things however, Zeeshan certainly has not shied away from car modding and even has plans of a completely different build in the works. With dreams becoming a reality from this build, there is no doubt in our minds that Zeeshan’s next project will be just as formidable, if not more than his EK. For now though, let’s take “one last look” if you will, at Zeeshan’s Honda Civic Hatchback…

ENGINE
Fully built k24/k20
Supertech 12.5cr piston
Skunk2 rods
Prb oil pump
Arp headstuds
Supertech valve springs
Supertech seats & retainers
Kelford 179B2 Cams
RBC Intake manifold
Skunk2 header
Custom 3″ exhaust
Hasport Ekk2 mounts
Karcepts Intake
karcepts Throttle Body Adapter
RDX Fuel injector
Golden eagle fuel rail
Custom fuel lines
Walbro 255 fuel pump
Fuel lab FPR
Hondata Kpro
Deka battery
Hybrid racing rad hose
Griffin K swap radiator
Chasebay brake line tuck
Valve cover sharpie by 403sharpie

DRIVETRAIN
DC5 ITR transmission
Hybrid Racing shifter box
Karcepts shift knob
Exedy Stage 1 clutch
Exedy Flywheel
Dss Stage 0 axles

WHEELS.&.BRAKES
JDM Ek9 5 lug conversion
Rota Slipstreams 16×7 +45 and 16×8 +48
1″ Prelude brake booster & MC
Brembo blanks
Hawk brake pads
ARP Extended Wheel Studs

SUSPENSION
Skunk2 LCA
Megan Racing C pillar bar
EG Subframe with DC2 rack
ITR front sway bar
ASR subframe rear brace
Suspension technique sway bar
Tein S techs on Koni Yellows

EXTERIOR
First molding lip
EK9 side mirror
EK9 thin side molding
Ek9 spoiler
Custom spoiler tilt brackets
EK9 rear lip
EK9 side markers
EK9 tail lights
EK9 front grill
EK9 window visor
Custom tow hook
R crew canards
ARC style splitters

INTERIOR
EK9 Recaros
EK9 cluster
EK9 steering wheel
EK9 block off plate
EK9 air bag delete
EK9 arm rest
EK9 carpet
EK9 cup holder

More pics of Zeeshan’s EK can be found on our Flickr page HERE