2014 Update: A lot of sitting around, an ignition fault and a dyno figure…
Not much exciting happened last year, after I dropped the car off at the beginning of April to have the engine/gearbox/tuning completed, it sat there a very long time before I got it back… the best part of 6 months!
They finally dropped the car off to me in late September and I only got to drive the car a day before I was suffering a problem with the ignition. A local(ish) CRX forum member kindly offered to fix the problem, which he did, but I didn’t have the car working till the middle of October by which time I really wanted it back in winter storage.
I drove the car during the last two weeks of a pretty cold/wet October and didn’t really get to exploit it’s full potential before laying it up for winter.
The car made 205.5bhp (190whp) and 140lbft, figures that I wasn’t overly excited about, but I was assured by my tuner that the dyno was very tight and that a couple of weeks earlier he had mapped a healthy DC2 that only made 185bhp after tuning.
From what I could tell at the time is that the car was extremely responsive and very un-Honda-like where it just wanted to go in any gear, at any revs. I also noticed the clutch was pretty savage in its engagement and it may as well of had an on/off switch.
Here’s the Dyno graph:
Update April 2015 - MOT and annual CRX Santa Pod meet
I took the car out of storage at the beginning of this month and got the all clear from the MOT station. He literately commented how clean it was underneath… which amused me highly.
I been driving the car round for a few weeks now and it really is a hoot to drive. It’s a bit of a challenge, but very rewarding at the same time. It takes concentration to pull away smoothly, requires a blip of the throttle on the down changes and you need to be awake if you go near the loud pedal. With all the changes, this certainly isn’t a great daily car (well not at my age anyway), but then I’m using it as a fun summer car now, so it’s just what I’m after!
I took the car to Santa Pod for the annual CRX meet at the weekend and was blown away by the times I was achieving. All ranging between 13.5-13.7 seconds and 106-107mph. My best time being 13.58 @ 106.9mph!
None of my launches were particularly good either and I was suffering a little with wheel hop, giving me pretty poor 60ft times. I’m hoping to switch my tyres to R888Rs when they are available (soon), fit my master poly bush kit and get hold of a innovative traction bar to remedy some of the issues I was experiencing. Then I should be able to shave another 3-4 tenths off my time.
I’m hoping to get it on track a couple of times this year, but I’m still wary that my brakes weren’t up to the job on my last outing with seemingly less power. So I’m currently on the hunt for some EP3 calipers/carriers/300mm discs which can ‘just’ be persuaded to fit under my 15” wheels.
I’ll leave you with a snap from the Pod meet.
Chris.