Is it a good upgrade?

Why would you and why would you not?

Love my car though, just playing with the idea.

 

Buy the DC5R and keep both

 

I've never driven a DC5R, and I'm guessing most people here haven't either... Can't offer any opinion on a car I've never driven. Sorry.

 

why not just test drive it first

 

would be extremely rare. i've never even seen a dc5r on the street. the JDM ITR's while not common do float around from time to time.

 

i've only seen 1 in seattle. there are a handful of JDM DC2's though.

 

Where is the vid of the two DC2's kicking the DC5's asses

 

i saw it! i saw it! nice whooping

 

someone find this

 

here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQwHKNGDbE

 

didnt they also compare them stock to stock and the dc5 won?

 

everytime i watch that video, makes me smile.

 

same here

 

i love that video haha.

 

DC5R swap into a DC2R

best of both worlds.

 

Oh sorry guys, here in Trinidad the ratio of DC5 to DC2 is like 4 to 1. Seeing a DC2 is rare.

I've driven my friend's own for a few minutes; the DC2 is definitely more racy. But statistics show that the DC5 can do everything the DC2 can do and in some cases better.
And oh yeah, the chicks love them.

Here's my pals' DC5s




And here's a lil mountain run we did last week. (no sound though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBU5ArqIR1M

 

Care to elaborate on this?

Based on videos I've watched and articles I've read, the DC5 handles well if left 100% stock and if I'm not mistaken, it did record a better lap time at Tzukuba, but everybody knows its suspension design has big flaws and they're a PITA to modify to Moderate or Pro levels. Crazy camber, crazy spring rates, etc. just to make it rotate as one would desire.

You can have a streetable DC2 that handles amazingly on the track, the DC5 will handle well on the track after mods, but it could get to a point where it stops being streetable.

When the owner of Spoon Sports tells you that you shouldn't lower the DC5 and just leave it at stock height, then you know something's wrong.

Just take a ride through the RSX forum here on HT and check the FAQ's, you'll find plenty of info on this uploaded by themselves.

 

Video: http://www.gtchannel.com/content.php?cid=35870

 

This is a good point. The DC5 chassis has some peculiarities that require addressing to really get it to perform well on the track. Not to say it can't perform well....

 

When I say 'racy', stock vs stock, the DC5 feels dull and in some cases 'mushy' as compared to the DC2 and the DC5 is much quieter inside the car than the DC2.
Also, IMHO the dashboard is too high.
But those things aside, the car is very comfortable and neat inside. I think daily driving will be much more tolerable.

I have never driven one ballz-out so I can only base the performance on track times in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBnq4DyNRq4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Jb5lmNjG0

 

that true!!! I remember that i saw a video where the owner of Spoon Sport told too that this problem was fixed with the 2005-2007 dc5 type r.

Do you know something about this??

 

im with that!

 

I think you misread what I tried to say. When you get into ultra stiff spring rates and very aggressive camber, etc., the car stops being drivable on the street, and sadly, that's what's needed to take the DC5's handling to a higher level.

With a DC2-R you don't have to go crazy on suspension mods, it will handle superbly and be streetable at the same time.

I don't dislike DC5s, I think they're nice cars, they definitely have a great engine, they look good, nice brakes, etc., they're just not the ideal/legendary platform the DC2 will always be.

If you watch the video I posted, they explain that while the latest model got some minor tweaks, the suspension design and geometry is still the same. So 05-07 handles better than 01-04, but eventually you'll run into the same limitations.