It's a shame, because apart from the rust issue they are bombproof when accompanied with a stringent oil maintainence schedule. My issue was not being able to find the 'right' one. There was no middle ground, it ranged from rust riddled cheaper cars to garage queens and dreamers that were around £5000 for a UKDM, they were out of my budget. It's just that type car.
Love the Exhaust you put on it, reminds me of my pugsport I had on my Rallye. I will own one, B18 VTEC crossover is addictive and the handling sublime.
Indeed it is, epic handling cars. Believe the hype, LSD is awesome.
Funny you should mention oil as I'm still not sure what grade I want to use. I started with 0w-40 Fully Synthetic Mobil One which I already had and saw some owners using on ITR-DC2. It barely used any oil but did sound a bit tappety at times.
I had a look what Honda recommend and they say 10w-40 Semi Synth, so bugger it, I bought some Castrol stuff and put that in for now.
But then you go on the forums, and they say "thou shalt always use fully synth 5-40" etc, for now, I'll listen to Honda
There's actually a clip of the video that Honda made about the differences between the 96 Integra R and the 98 Integra R where one of the chief designers of the engine states that you do not need expensive oil, theyre designed to run semi synth 10-40. I'll listen to him too
Awesome motor, Daniel - looks like a really well-kept example!
I realise I may be in the minority but UKDM front end > JDM front end.
Thanks mate, the previous onwer had it 7 years and went to Honda for everything. Pretty epic history.
The Victor X that I have is designed for improvements between 7K and 10K rpm.
TBH for a boost motor like mine will be, the performance side of it intake wise isnt really an issue, so its not needed really for me, but it fits a lot better than the original one in the tiny mk1 clio engine bay, so that seemed a good excuse to get one even though I didnt really need it for the engine spec. Quite a lot lighter too!
I'll have to look for your thread mate, sounds like youre doing an epic build