Damm ryan, what are you gonna get now?

 

yeah each little mod makes you feel a little bit better, i was in your exact spot many times haha, first i crashed my car, had a primered hood and black front bumper, people kept hitting my car, so dents all over. Eventually had a spray painted hood and bumper, blue fender, rear bumper and valance, and a different color green driver side door, finally the car is all clean and one color hahah

 

That makes me a SAAAAAAAAAAAAD panda.

 

ap1 is the plan herb


i know man, its the weirdest feeling being without it.

 

i think if i was going to get rid of my da i'd want a dc5

 

I owned an RSX and i didn't like it compared to my DA or DB8.
now the TSX thats a badass car IMO

 

Honda fell off the map with the RSX and EP. The suspension design is pure crap.

 

idk i used to like the feel of driving my friends 06 type s. Tsx ftw though, if i could come up on a 6 speed i would use that as a daily

 

if i sold my da, i would buy another da lol naw i'd probly get a ek hatch and slam the
**** outta it

 

what did you on the da when you sold it and how mush did you sell it for

 

i could never get a civic unless it was already swapped. Dont want to down grade motors

 

b18a1 already is down grade lol jk i know what you mean, its a hassle

 

Dave I had that happen before my thermostat was sticking...maybe try to replace that...My da use to give my problems when motor was stock...Now new hg new thermostat, aluminum rad and slim fan...I beat on it all day long in 100 degree weather never over heats...

Knock on wood lol

 

It's not that it's crap, it's just that it's a lot harder to tune correctly. The traditional "low and stiff" that worked for the '90s chassis just doesn't work on the DC5 and EP3.

 

It seems like the stock suspension the dc5 handles really good compared to others i've rode in, never touched and ep3 though.

 

Stock is fine. I think we're talking about what happens when you modify a DC5 or EP3 with aftermarket suspension. There were a lot of problems with suspension stroke and handling with those cars when lowered, and they weren't too popular to use as race cars overseas like the older chassis.

Seems like Honda fixed the bugs they had with the DC5 and EP3 with the FD2. They've had great success with that car and its handling.

 

It's crap. Why change things that work? Why not follow proven tradition? Fact is still they went downhill with those designs making it harder to tune with no greater benefit for time spent.

 

what did i what? i dont like talking numbers but i felt it was a good enough amount that i should take the deal.

 

Well, it's not always good to stagnate. For example, the Civic went from a mushy, understeering hatchback to a rigid, neutral handling sedan that now destroys all of its predecessors.

As much as I'm not a fan of change, you can't deny that sometimes it's for the better. I had to concede that once I saw FD2 Type R Civics breaking off S2000s on the circuit and the togue.

If not for learning from its failures with the DC5 and EP3, Honda wouldn't have perfected its new suspension setups.

 

It all depends with whose hands the tuning is done with. The FD2 can just as well be put to shame like a DC5 and EP3 if you put it against a properly set-up DA for example.

The FD2 suspension isn't that great either. Out of the new Civics the one successful competitor is the FN2. The European Civic Type R. What did they do? They followed tradition and went with what works on a racecar, a rear torsion beam or multi-link design as seen on a TSX.

 

what did you leave on the car lol

 

Well, if I was building an FF race car, it would most definitely be a K20 DC2. Can't get much better than that.

 

Yes it can. K20 DA9. Check out the track widths on a DA and a DC.

 

i left the lips, skirts, seats, and turbo kit.

 

a little teaser from the last shoot