Well Ive had the Supercharger for 4 weeks now, and I thought I would share some thoughts and decisions I have come up with. The Car itself is running perfect (with exception to the wings of smoke when its in Vtec). I really couldn't be more pleased with it.
In dry weather its awesome, when you plant it from a standing start it grips and digs in and its away like a rocket, Vtec comes in at 4,000 rpm and with a little bit of throttle control the grip is held and its away, its the same in second and third, if your too heavy in Vtec it will just spin the wheels and make lots of noise and smoke the tyres.
When it rains its a totally different story, I have learnt not to even bother trying to get the power down until 4th gear, and even then traction is lost when you give it too much. Driving conservatively is the only way you can get anywhere in it when its wet.
Driving around town in either rain or shine is almost exactly the same as before the Charger went on, stop starting traffic and not getting into the Vtec range is no different to anything else, good fuel economy and nice and easy to drive.
Right then I was considering the possibility of having the internals uprated, as the engine is totally stock and try and push for 400Bhp, but after watching it wheelspin on the Rollers at TDi yesterday, I have decided that I am already running up to and beyond the limits of grip my Pirelli's will give. I have never had a car that I can throw around like the Civic, the FRSU gives so much confidence in the bends, but its pointless if the wheels are spinning. A lot of people say more is better, but have you ever had a cup of tea with 10 sugars. So I have decided to leave the engine now, I may get a better B-Pipe next year but besides that Im not going to touch it, 350Bhp is plenty.
I am going to put it on a crash diet though, the rear seats are coming out, with the carpets, spare wheel and any plastics behind the front seats. Im going to replace the front seats with some race seats, and get some harnesses. I think Im going to get myself a Roll Cage installed also, for track day use. To hide the fact that the back of the car will be empty Im going to get the windows tinted. I still love the fact that its a Sleeper, I have suprised a lot of people and I want to try and keep it this way, I know it has Red wheels and a Carbon Bonnet, but it still looks bog standard, unless you look closely at the small tell tale signs.
Considering that this car was bought as a stop gap for a few months while a few things where sorted out, I don't see myself ever selling it, it is too much fun to drive, and is the reason my other car has only done 2500 miles between MoT's.