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I have been on Civic Type R owners forum for years but I didn't really post that much and I thought it was about time to broaden my horizons. So hi to all of you here.
This is my second EP3 and this time I thought I would go for a completely stripped track car.
My previous cars have all been great in their own way but for some reason or another they weren't quite right as a track car for me.
My previous cars are as follows-
2001 Astra 2.2 Coupe
2004 EP3 CTR
2005 Mazda MPS Aero
2010 Mk2 Focus RS
2009 FN2 CTR
2009 E92 BMW M3 Monte Carlo
2015 Seat Leon Cupra 280
2003 EP3 CTR
So to my new ish baby, I've taken her around Brands Indy and achieved a 56.60 but most recently I managed to put in an 8 min 02:42 around the Nurburgring which has made the car the fastest EP3 and FN2 around there.
I've had her for about a year and bought her fairly stock albeit with most of the interior already ripped out. Its taken a while but shes now a good spec car that is well balanced and quick.
Her spec-
2003 Non A/C
229bhp 170 ft/lbs mapped by Romain @ Eurospec
Japspeed 4-2-1 manifold
Tegiwa Catback
Injen CAI
Non ported RBC
Hondata K100
New Exedy OEM Clutch
Fidanza lightweight Flywheel
MFactory Plated LSD
Clockwise baffled sump
Shortened steering arms
Inverted tie rod ends
Rack raiser
Fully polybushed
75A engine/gearbox mounts
Camber bolts
Caster bush kit
Yellow speed track coilovers
Rear camber arms
Tegiwa 24mm ARB
Stoptech 328mm BBK w/ Pagid RS29 Endurance pads
PBS rear pads
Fully stripped
Safety devices half cage
Personal snap off steering wheel
I-Shift lights
Sparco Circuit VTR seat (winged)
Sparco Evo seat (Non winged for the road driving)
I think that's most of the spec from memory. She been a good car and although shes been used hard she has been maintained meticulously and hasn't put a foot wrong.
I love the fact that a 13 year old N/A hot hatch can be so fast (relatively) compared to brand new turbo metal makes me happy. These cars are really quite fast when a few choice mods are applied.
I'll go back to the 'ring sometime this year to get that first sub 8 lap (which should of been in the bag if it wasn't for traffic) but I would like to aim for a sub 7 min 45 so a few choice mods will have to take place for this to happen. This would be in the serious quick category and i'll be consistently harassing GT3RS and Schirmer E92 M3. This is my aim.
Final drive, probably a 5.46 as anything higher will take too much top speed away.
Stage 1 cams for some extra horses
3" catback with a better exhaust manifold.
I would like to get some proper aero on her maybe a Stuke front splitter and a Mugen spoiler.
I'm hoping with another 20 odd horses and a more accelerative FD a 7 min 45 is achievable, even if I may need a bit more tuition to be able to extract that time. With a 250 bhp ish car I think I could be close to this goal.
So those are my plans, that and a few more UK based track days.
I'll get some photos up of her once she's been cleaned and here is my fastest 'ring lap of 8 min 02 if you fancy watching it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDjQzPFRksc
Cheers.
This is my second EP3 and this time I thought I would go for a completely stripped track car.
My previous cars have all been great in their own way but for some reason or another they weren't quite right as a track car for me.
My previous cars are as follows-
2001 Astra 2.2 Coupe
2004 EP3 CTR
2005 Mazda MPS Aero
2010 Mk2 Focus RS
2009 FN2 CTR
2009 E92 BMW M3 Monte Carlo
2015 Seat Leon Cupra 280
2003 EP3 CTR
So to my new ish baby, I've taken her around Brands Indy and achieved a 56.60 but most recently I managed to put in an 8 min 02:42 around the Nurburgring which has made the car the fastest EP3 and FN2 around there.
I've had her for about a year and bought her fairly stock albeit with most of the interior already ripped out. Its taken a while but shes now a good spec car that is well balanced and quick.
Her spec-
2003 Non A/C
229bhp 170 ft/lbs mapped by Romain @ Eurospec
Japspeed 4-2-1 manifold
Tegiwa Catback
Injen CAI
Non ported RBC
Hondata K100
New Exedy OEM Clutch
Fidanza lightweight Flywheel
MFactory Plated LSD
Clockwise baffled sump
Shortened steering arms
Inverted tie rod ends
Rack raiser
Fully polybushed
75A engine/gearbox mounts
Camber bolts
Caster bush kit
Yellow speed track coilovers
Rear camber arms
Tegiwa 24mm ARB
Stoptech 328mm BBK w/ Pagid RS29 Endurance pads
PBS rear pads
Fully stripped
Safety devices half cage
Personal snap off steering wheel
I-Shift lights
Sparco Circuit VTR seat (winged)
Sparco Evo seat (Non winged for the road driving)
I think that's most of the spec from memory. She been a good car and although shes been used hard she has been maintained meticulously and hasn't put a foot wrong.
I love the fact that a 13 year old N/A hot hatch can be so fast (relatively) compared to brand new turbo metal makes me happy. These cars are really quite fast when a few choice mods are applied.
I'll go back to the 'ring sometime this year to get that first sub 8 lap (which should of been in the bag if it wasn't for traffic) but I would like to aim for a sub 7 min 45 so a few choice mods will have to take place for this to happen. This would be in the serious quick category and i'll be consistently harassing GT3RS and Schirmer E92 M3. This is my aim.
Final drive, probably a 5.46 as anything higher will take too much top speed away.
Stage 1 cams for some extra horses
3" catback with a better exhaust manifold.
I would like to get some proper aero on her maybe a Stuke front splitter and a Mugen spoiler.
I'm hoping with another 20 odd horses and a more accelerative FD a 7 min 45 is achievable, even if I may need a bit more tuition to be able to extract that time. With a 250 bhp ish car I think I could be close to this goal.
So those are my plans, that and a few more UK based track days.
I'll get some photos up of her once she's been cleaned and here is my fastest 'ring lap of 8 min 02 if you fancy watching it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDjQzPFRksc
Cheers.
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