Big Update:
Been a good start of the year for the Civic!
-At the end of last year I swapped the AD08R's to the rear to stop wearing them down as much, was actually surprised with the budgets in the wet as they were better than the Advan's! I then got the budgets replaced last week with two more AD08R's so I'm running them all round now, went for 215/45 this time and they seem to suit the car really well. Fill the arches nicely too which is a bonus!
-Last weekend (on my birthday funnily enough) I did another oil & filter change, been 11k miles since I did it last so it was needed. Good job done that.
-The car then ticked over 100,000 miles on Tuesday evening, the big milestone! Which means i've done over 13k miles in just over 8 months
-Then this Wednesday it was... K100 and mapping day!
What a good day that was, headed down to Perfect Touch in Hoddesdon to meet Romain, a few hours later I left with a big smile on my face and a transformed car! I didn't really know what to expect as i'd not been in a k100'd EP3/DC5 before, but I was more than impressed, overwhelmed to be honest.
Mods: AEM V2 SRI, Japspeed 4-2-1 Decat & Tegiwa Catback.
Before: 215BHP
After: 231BHP/199WHP & 164lb/ft
Romain was impressed with the power made considering I don't have an RBC or similar Inlet fitted, as was I, seems the engine is quite a strong one! But dyno figures are dyno figures at the end of the day and it's really the way the car drives now that is what it's about. VTEC crosses over at 4K, the power comes in smooth but hard at just over 5K and she pulls all the way to about 8.5K (9K+ on the Tacho). The car really is much quicker, not only do I now have more power and torque, but it kicks in sooner and goes on for longer! Really is a great change, the car is much smoother when both cruising along and when stepping on it, sounds incredible and I do believe I'm using less fuel on my daily commute! It's only been two or so days so this is my initial impression, so i'll do an update/review of what the car is like with the k100 in the coming months.
Thanks so much to Romain for his time and excellent work! As well as Phil from Dream Automotive for sorting me out yet again! Much recommendations.
Can't wait for the better weather so I can really exploit the car at the current spec. She's now at a stage I'm really happy with, now it's just time to learn the car more, improve my driving skill with it and enjoy
Also went out to get an exhaust vid the other week after a few friends telling me i've been spitting flames out the back of the car... Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPaO_qbtmHo (excuse how dark it is, quiet roads at night yo)
Picture time;
Now for the clean ones!
Thanks for reading!
Tom