Bought this car in july 05, im the second owner. Cant say how much i love this thing. I was originally planning on getting a RSX-S (since i dont like the idea of the wheel being on the "wrong" side with a DC5R) but didnt care for the whole import thing so when this car showed up in an advertisement and looked mint i just bought it and never regret it.
First of all, this car is expensive and rare over here. I think there are 5 of them that were sold new in my country and 2 or 3 that were used cars imported from germany last year. Making it a total of around 8. Brand new you had to pay 385 000NOK wich is roughly 35 000£. The horsepower tax has also went up since last year, so now it costs 5000£ more to import and register one.
After driving it for almost a year and reading everything i could find about improvements and upgrades i decided last year to buy and install the following:
- Energy Suspension motor mount inserts
- Mugen Power air intake (carbon box thingy)
- Toda Racing 4-2-1 SS exhaust manifold (the one with the flex pipe instead of cat)
- Fujitsubo RM-01A SS catback
- Hondata K-pro with PRB ECU
- Denso OEM wideband lambda
- JDM Honda front swaybar
After 4 hours of tuning on a dynapack on the wheels it gave the following result:
A month ago i decided to finally install my new splitter and grille that had been laying in the basement for almost a year.
- Mugen Power frint splitter and grille
Still have some stuff laying around that i havent installed yet though:
- stainless steel brake and clutch tubes
- aluminium bushings for the shifter
- Ingalls engine torque damper (to tighten it even further if necessary)
- Spoon Sport progressive springs
Also just bought and on its way:
- Mugen gas cap
- Mugen oil cap
- Mugen radiator cap
- Mugen pedals
- Mugen thermostat switch
- Mugen thermostat
- Spoon magnetic plugs
Soon ill have to replace my brake rotors and pads in front for the first time. Not sure what to get though. I think ill buy Hawk pads, but not sure about the rotors. Looking at Mugen, Brembo and OEM atm. Any suggestions?
First of all, this car is expensive and rare over here. I think there are 5 of them that were sold new in my country and 2 or 3 that were used cars imported from germany last year. Making it a total of around 8. Brand new you had to pay 385 000NOK wich is roughly 35 000£. The horsepower tax has also went up since last year, so now it costs 5000£ more to import and register one.
After driving it for almost a year and reading everything i could find about improvements and upgrades i decided last year to buy and install the following:
- Energy Suspension motor mount inserts
- Mugen Power air intake (carbon box thingy)
- Toda Racing 4-2-1 SS exhaust manifold (the one with the flex pipe instead of cat)
- Fujitsubo RM-01A SS catback
- Hondata K-pro with PRB ECU
- Denso OEM wideband lambda
- JDM Honda front swaybar
After 4 hours of tuning on a dynapack on the wheels it gave the following result:
A month ago i decided to finally install my new splitter and grille that had been laying in the basement for almost a year.
- Mugen Power frint splitter and grille
Still have some stuff laying around that i havent installed yet though:
- stainless steel brake and clutch tubes
- aluminium bushings for the shifter
- Ingalls engine torque damper (to tighten it even further if necessary)
- Spoon Sport progressive springs
Also just bought and on its way:
- Mugen gas cap
- Mugen oil cap
- Mugen radiator cap
- Mugen pedals
- Mugen thermostat switch
- Mugen thermostat
- Spoon magnetic plugs
Soon ill have to replace my brake rotors and pads in front for the first time. Not sure what to get though. I think ill buy Hawk pads, but not sure about the rotors. Looking at Mugen, Brembo and OEM atm. Any suggestions?
