OJ Juicizzle's Sizzlin' Si

First off, I'd like to say that I really enjoy this forum and the helpful members on here. Thank you to everyone who shares their projects, tests, results, and opinions for everyone to benefit off of. This forum has been a huge help to me making decisions on which way I want my build to go.

Now for a brief run down about myself. My real name is John. The name OJ Juicizzle comes from my first place of employment. I worked at a pizza restaurant in high school and there were two Johns. I was oven John or OJ and that was my nickname the entire time I worked there. OJ quickly turned into Juice and then OJ Juice and then OJ Juicizzle by one of my fellow co workers. It got so bad that even people I didn't work with called me OJ Juicizzle. So yeah... I went with it lol

I recently just graduated college with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering. I'm just starting my career at 24 years old.

Enough about me. Lets talk about the reason you are here.

I bought my civic with 31,000 miles, bone stock. This is my first build. I've had a car for about every year I've been driving (bad luck) and I'm tired of buying other people's problems. Now, if there is a problem, I will have no one else to blame but myself. :biggrin:

The car now has 59,000 miles on it and I'm ready to start my build.

The only aftermarket parts on the car are SKF wheel bearings, KN drop in filter, Buddy Club short shifter, Skunk 2 magnetic engine and trans plugs, and Skunk 2 Battery tie down.

The reason I started this thread is so I can have a sense of time of the build, track my progress with the build, share my progress, get suggestions, and look back and say, "Oh I remember when I did that."

I am currently planning my build and saving up for all of the components. Here is a little spreadsheet I made to estimate my cost of what mods I had in mind:

I have a lowering kit that is awaiting install:
Truhart struts
H&R lowering springs
Rear Dorman camber arms

Winter's in Indiana are unpredictable so I'm waiting until spring since this is my daily. I'll be starting a new job in two weeks. I currently drive 30 miles in 50 minutes to work but the new job I got I'll be making a lot more and it is only 4 miles away from home and I can get there in 7 minutes. The money that I'll be saving in gas will be going towards this build. I'll also be saving throughout winter so that I can buy everything in April.

Thanks everyone!