Hello peoples, I lurked around on here for a bit while researching an EP3 race car I was looking at buying for our Touring Car Championship we have out here.
The car used to belong to TJH Motorsport who built it and it raced in Britcar in 2008 came in 6th and won a fair few races back in the day,
In 2011 it was exported to Dubai where it took part in the touring car champs there, again winning races,
...after an accident it was completely rebuilt in a new shell with engine, gearbox, suspension and pretty much every component on the car being overhauled, including having a full respray inside and out!
The then owner put it into storage after buying Matt Neals old Halfords BTCC Civic and it sat there for a year.
Previously I used to own and autocross this little 530bhp beastie...
but decided after a couple of years of fun to sell it and try my hand at real racing, and so I bought BANZAI! I heard how complete the build was and actually bought it without even seeing a picture of the car, and thankfully my friends who knew the car were right, it is a great first race car and should prove to be pretty competative here in our little Touring Car Championship!
When I picked it up it looked like this...
Unfortunately there was alot of problems to get it over from Dubai to Qatar, and I was delayed in getting it here for a race, I eventually got the car 24hrs before a race but it overheated (turned out to be a broken fan switch) and I had to retire after the first lap. To say it was a baptism of fire was an understatement, I'd never driven it before, managed to jump into it for the first time for 1 qualifying lap and not embarrass myself!
Thankfully there has been a pause in the season that has allowed me to go over the car and run in an Autocross event to give the car a shakedown it deserves! Somehow I even managed to pick up 3rd in class too for the Autocross event even though it was meant to be a shakedown to see if it wouldnt overheat any more..I didnt even have a working Tacho at the time even!
Anyway, in the mean time I have been working away to fix bits and refresh bits and now it looks like this!
....
On my list of things to do are...
Get wheels repainted ( the company that did the job first time didnt let the paint set, hence the damage when a tow strap was put on!)
Tidy up the stickers from my sponsors (we did it in a rush so I could at least represent them at the Autocross)
Get the spare wheels painted (I have 10 wheels being plasti-dipped as we speak)
Paint the brake calipers as they're a bit tatty
Remove and install propper wing mirrors (already at home waiting for install this week)
Re-wrap the exhaust as the wrap is frayed at the min
Clean engine bay completely
Learn how the Ohlins coilovers work and set them up for optimal performance
Install new sponsors Radiator, Radiator fans, Oil Cooler and thermostat (Mishimoto) that they have in the post to me as we speak!
HAVE FUN and WIN RACES!
Anyway, I hope you like my little Honda Civic, any questions?
The car used to belong to TJH Motorsport who built it and it raced in Britcar in 2008 came in 6th and won a fair few races back in the day,
In 2011 it was exported to Dubai where it took part in the touring car champs there, again winning races,
...after an accident it was completely rebuilt in a new shell with engine, gearbox, suspension and pretty much every component on the car being overhauled, including having a full respray inside and out!
The then owner put it into storage after buying Matt Neals old Halfords BTCC Civic and it sat there for a year.
Previously I used to own and autocross this little 530bhp beastie...
but decided after a couple of years of fun to sell it and try my hand at real racing, and so I bought BANZAI! I heard how complete the build was and actually bought it without even seeing a picture of the car, and thankfully my friends who knew the car were right, it is a great first race car and should prove to be pretty competative here in our little Touring Car Championship!
When I picked it up it looked like this...
Unfortunately there was alot of problems to get it over from Dubai to Qatar, and I was delayed in getting it here for a race, I eventually got the car 24hrs before a race but it overheated (turned out to be a broken fan switch) and I had to retire after the first lap. To say it was a baptism of fire was an understatement, I'd never driven it before, managed to jump into it for the first time for 1 qualifying lap and not embarrass myself!
Thankfully there has been a pause in the season that has allowed me to go over the car and run in an Autocross event to give the car a shakedown it deserves! Somehow I even managed to pick up 3rd in class too for the Autocross event even though it was meant to be a shakedown to see if it wouldnt overheat any more..I didnt even have a working Tacho at the time even!
Anyway, in the mean time I have been working away to fix bits and refresh bits and now it looks like this!
....
On my list of things to do are...
Get wheels repainted ( the company that did the job first time didnt let the paint set, hence the damage when a tow strap was put on!)
Tidy up the stickers from my sponsors (we did it in a rush so I could at least represent them at the Autocross)
Get the spare wheels painted (I have 10 wheels being plasti-dipped as we speak)
Paint the brake calipers as they're a bit tatty
Remove and install propper wing mirrors (already at home waiting for install this week)
Re-wrap the exhaust as the wrap is frayed at the min
Clean engine bay completely
Learn how the Ohlins coilovers work and set them up for optimal performance
Install new sponsors Radiator, Radiator fans, Oil Cooler and thermostat (Mishimoto) that they have in the post to me as we speak!
HAVE FUN and WIN RACES!
Anyway, I hope you like my little Honda Civic, any questions?
