Max's Civic Si gets the LegitStreetCars workshop treatment

An Electron Blue Pearl Honda with a Type R engine swap brings the channel's editor into the driver's seat.

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My Editor Bought A Honda Civic SI That Needed Some Love & I Gave It The Full LSC Treatment!

LegitStreetCars' Alex Palmeri brings a flashlight and a magnet to Max's car-shopping trip, because an editor's dream Honda deserves the same scrutiny as any workshop project. Inside a Wisconsin storage bay sits a 2000 Civic Si, complete with a B16B engine swapped in from a Civic Type R.

Max's plea during the inspection is wonderfully direct: "Do not crush my dreams." Alex checks underneath for corrosion and examines the suspension, while Max explores a cabin with an aftermarket shifter and an S2000 steering wheel. A coin toss settles the final price before the test drive and purchase.

Then the video jumps forward six months. Max has already added cosmetic touches, including underglow and gauges; Alex now brings out brake kits, wheel bearings and maintenance parts. The upload includes a sponsored ceramic-coating segment.

The channel's only new release this week has reached roughly 709,000 views. In the comments, viewers are talking about attainable project cars and remembering their own Honda and Acura builds. Others want Max to document a stereo installation, while mechanically minded viewers are examining the control-arm bushings.

Across the channel, daily views are running at more than twice their usual level, and the subscriber count grew by about 10,000 over the week. WhistlinDiesel 1000 is also drawing above its usual daily audience, while Samcrac and Hoovies Garage are having slower days than normal.

Max's Civic is currently the busiest upload, but the abandoned SL65 AMG from September remains a substantial draw and is now the channel's most-watched regular video. The Hellcat-supercharged Sierra is also gathering views, leaving a small blue Honda in some decidedly muscular workshop company.

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The numbers

Here's how LegitStreetCars' week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

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9,562,599

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6,974,877

WhistlinDiesel 1000

2,918,636

LegitStreetCars

2,125,017

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639,784

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531,490

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287,216

subscribers

1,580,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

350,872,915

views per day

751,338

typical day: 347,056

first-day views of each video posted this week

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489,637

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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1,700,000

WhistlinDiesel 1000

1,680,000

Hoovies Garage

1,660,000

Samcrac

1,660,000

Dave's Auto Center

1,620,000

LegitStreetCars

1,580,000

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1,500,000

Clearview Driving

1,500,000

Street Speed 717

1,440,000

As of October 20, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.