Hello Everyone,

My names Will and i like Hondas, god that sounded like i was at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting!! Started Building Hondas a fair few years back now with no experience and used a granny spec shopping car ek4 Civic as my project/learing tool. Over the course of a year or so i completley stripped the car and rebuilt using nice coilovers, upgrading brakes and importing an Integra type R motor from Japan. After a steep learning curve, lots of long nights and weekends over about 2 years it was complete and ready to be abused...



and then 3 days later some idiot pulled out on me and did this>>



Was absolutley gutted. Nothing i could do and luckily all parts where insured. 60mph t-boning a bmw e46 bloody hurts. Seat lifted off the rails and flung my head into the windscreen and chest into a nice 320mm momo wheel!! I ended up losing about 6 grand when the insurance finally paid out a year and a half after the crash!!

Onto better things... I decided that i couldn't buy another ek as i would always compare it to my old one which i did actually adore. So i just wanted to buy a ropey JDM DC2 Integra R, take it on track and kick its head in. After a month or so found a mechanically sound but abit of a minger JDM integra. But what did i do... I have spent the last 2 years stripping it down and making it mint(ish). Couldn't help myself and couldn't have a ropey car. Spent silly money on it now and we are finally getting somewhere with it. Fully caged, full flocked interior, big brakes, rock hard chassis set up, semi slick tyres etc etc and i love it. Just got it out of the workshop after a few months of hell. I thought i would try my hand at a simple wire tuck. Nothing fancy just a tidy up and delete my PAS, ABS and AC. Well this didn't happen. I went a bit mental and tucked, shaved and resprayed everything i could. I did it just to prove to myself i could really. I take pride in my car and it means alot to me that i tackle everything myself. Sorry to go on and on and bore you lot. Track time for 2011 starts as of Tomorow with a session at Oulton park. Then the day after a few sessions at Mallory before going back to Oulton for a half day on Wednesday making sure i use it properly .


Spec..

Chassis
Pjdm front brace
Blox rear lower control armsBeaks lower tie bar
low milage drive shafts
meisterR Zeta R coilovers
Front under strut brace
OEM Honda rear strut

Wheels and tyres
SW98 wheels in CW
R888 tyres
black oem lug nuts

Power/ Engine bay
F1 stage 3 clutch
3.4kg Fidanza flywheel
Sump baffles
Spoon n1
98 spec manifold
pjdm carbon plug cover
pjdm carbon slug intake
ngk blue leads
cooling plate
New Timing belt
NGK platinum plugs
Decat
skunk vtec solenoid cover
bonnet dampers
Spoon Yellow rocker cover
Ek throttle cable
Ek throttle cable adaptor
Spoon res socks
Tegiwa washer and bolt set
Non ABS prop valve
Custom braided clutch line
resprayed engine block
resprayed engine bay and smooth
extended and tucked engine loom
extended and tucked headlight loom
relocted fusebox in glovebox
relocated batt in boot on custom fabricated bracket
removed ABS, AC and PAS

Brakes
MeisterR mx550pads
MeisterR Grooved disks and pillar veined 286mm disks
MeisterR 286mm converter carrier
Hel braided lines all round

Interior and safety
Slim line snap off boss kit
One off Roll Cage made by Caged with door bars and harness bar
Race spec shifter
TAKATA harnesses
Snooper unit
buddy club gear ****
Buddy club fixed seats
Bride Low position rails
life hammer
Carbon stereo block off
batt cut off
OMP corsica wheel
Momo boss
Mugen pedals
Ipod subtly wired up to hidden amp and speakers
Fire ex
custom cut out plastics to accomodate roll cage
fully flocked interior

Other
98 spec rear bumper
HID kit
Clifford alarm system
JDM Plates
underseal inside and out!!
LED lights
New carpet
New door cards
new wing
Respray bumpers and rear quarter
new H badge
Dent man session
Detail session
replacement window glass
replacement door strip
replacement rear lights

Things i still need to do before Summer ends:
touch up underseal
paint all suspension arms black
roll cage steering wheel hook
rta bushes
brake ducts
remove arch liners
Oil temp/pressure gauges
Oil cooler with thermostat
roll centre adjusters
camber and toe items
goe set up
corner weight

Longer plans:
Rebuild a close ratio box, maybe 4.9 final drive
winter 2011 will be rebuilding engine, maybe some management and ITBs. Purley because this seems like the next thing for me to really get hands on with to improve my knowledge, action learning and all that .

 

OMG..

 

Nice projcect! The flocked interior is interesting. Have fun at the track.

 

96spec with 4lug 16"s? Did I miss something?

And can't say I like the DC5 stickers on a DC2, but the rest of the car is SUPER CLEAN!

 

Beautiful job restoring that caR, and great photos!!

 

nice set up. looks good

 

IIRC rota made 4 lug replic's in Europe.

 

Those are probably Sprint Wheels SW98.

How do you keep the engine bay so spotless?

 

Good to see he went with a roll cage OTHER than Cusco (which isn't even cage.)

 

damn this R is mint "CLEAN"

 

I love it so much! Definitely the cage/dash.

 

Nice car. Cleannnnnnnn !!!!!!!!!!

 

how you do the dash like that?

 

The dash is my favorite part!

 

dash and all interior panels as well lol

 

Awesome car. Great work!

 

beautiful R

 

Cheers guys, means alot to me .

Oh, and i didn't even know they where DC5 decals! I like them though . The wheels are made by Sprint Wheels in the UK. They are pretty damn strong and light but the best bit was the price. I really wanted some Enkei RPF1s and in time i will get some but for track wheels they are perfect as if i have a little off and buckle a wheel i can simply drive 15 mins down the road and pick up a new one .

Dash and litrally all interior has been flocked. Flocking is the coating of a substrate with nylon fibres using a high voltage electro-static process. Each individual nylon fibre (flock) is just a fraction of a millimetre thick. Nylon is used due to it's excellent durability, strength and high melting point.

Engine bay is actually really easy to keep clean. Just spending a few mins each week to keep it clean isn't a hassle. There's nothing to get in your way so its quite simple to clean .

Spent a good few hours last night tweeking my suspension setup adjusting hights, RARB and removing splash sheilds and the car is just insane now. I was running a little too low and the ride felt crashy. Glad i sorted it with only a few hours before i am on Oulton Park .

Again thanks for the replies people! Honda-Tech has such a high standard of cars on here i was affraid to post my humble DC2 up !! Will update with track pics and vids within a day or two.

 

WOW! congrats OP.

This car has the essence of awesome spewing out of it.

 

Just can't have a car without making it great, eh? Looks beautiful. I can understand the notion but w/o the $, I'll keep on driving my beater as is. That dash is wow

 

Such cleanliness!

 

Very well built car! love it

 

Amazing! Beautiful R!

 

Cheers guys .

All in all yesterday was incredible and litrally made the last few years of saving, building an pain worth it all. First lap i was on with a Corsa on slicks and a VW cup race car again on slicks. Past both within a lap!!! I couldn't beleive it! As the day progressed i was gaining in confidence. Had no hairy moments what so ever and drove well within my comfort zone. It took me a few laps to get used to how late the apexis where on some of the corners! I am used to batering it down mountain passes so thes long high speed corners took some getting used to. Lots to learn still and i really need to get my temps more stable as after 4 laps the temps would rise a touch so i would back off. Unfortunatley my camera run out of power so i only got this vid from earlier on in the day. Not that fast but ok. As i sorted my gearing out later on and worked on my turn ins my lap times kept dropping . Tyre screetch through Druids was imense and 100mph through island was again very cool..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug2MPizwY5c

 

easy for you to say; you have a wire tuck and shaved bay