Hello,
For those of you that are interested here is my write up regarding the mods to my CIVIC Type R EP3
The car already had decent tyres, upgraded brakes, upgraded suspension and a Tegiwa intake. It was filled with Shell V Power
I had a lot of work done during the two days that I was at TDI North so I will break it into two packages:
Power Works (Day 1)
K100 & Map
Exhaust Manifold - Japspeed
Inlet Manifold - M2
Full Exhaust – Fujitsubo
Radiator and Rad Hose - Tegiwa
Approximate Cost parts and labour £2,700.00
Gearbox work (Day 2)
LSD - M Factory Stage 2 Race Pack
5.1 Final Drive – Spoon
Longer 6th Gear - HONDA
Approximate Cost parts and labour £1,900.00
Results
Well I was very surprised by the results; I was hoping to get somewhere between 235 and 245 ………………….
Now it was a very very cold day so maybe this helped a little but the car achieved:
248.8 BHP and 172.4 LBFT
So – was it worth it? Well here is the funny thing, I drove the car at the end of day 1 after the power works. If the car was still running the standard 197 BHP before the work then I was driving it with an impressive 51 extra horsepower after the work. To be honest I thought it would feel vastly different, but it did not. The pickup was a bit faster, it revved a bit more freely and you could tell that the engine was less restricted with the new breathing mods.
Anyway, moving onto day 2, the LSD and the 5.1 were ridiculous, if I planted my foot the car just took off due to the additional traction from the LSD and the additional acceleration from the 5.1 gearing. Roundabouts are almost comical now; I can barely believe how much I can put my foot down and the car just tracks around them.
Recommendations
If I was in this position again knowing what I know now I would have had the gearbox work done but not the power works. The LSD gives the car far more traction and the 5.1 makes it accelerate faster – that is all I was ever really hoping for.
Oh, and some other benefits of gearbox only – nobody would ever know that you have had it done so it would not affect your insurance, you don’t need a map for this work and the car will still pass an MOT.
Big shout out to Jamie and the mechanics at TDI, every one of them was friendly and took the time to talk to me about my car and their own projects. They are passionate about what they do and it really shows.