My old car back on the market

Phate · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:03

Jesus Merlin thats awesome, when did you own that?

merlin · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:16

I bought it May 05 first UK owner, I think I had it maybe 18 months.

Phate · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:18

That's just.....mental :cool:

merlin · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:20

250bhp, 1/4 in 13.8 seconds.

Wife just said why don't you buy it back. :eek:

loltim · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:23

merlin said:
The remap and 3 hours dyno tuning was £800 alone.

Seems about right, assuming it was something decent like Hondata S300?

Vtec at 4250 is interesting though, was that advise from the tuner?

Phate · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:24

DO IT!

You have wife approval

DO IT

Have it as a weekend car

DO IT!!!

Batf1nk · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:24

Dup · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:30

Tim said:
Seems about right, assuming it was something decent like Hondata S300?

Vtec at 4250 is interesting though, was that advise from the tuner?

Would be a Hondata Kpro or K100. Lowering the VTEC is what they usually do alongside the quality breathing mods. Much better mid range power (and torque lol) but you do lose the kick somewhat. The difference is night and day though. My mate had a similar spec EP3 and it felt so different, but in a good way.

Buy it back eh? You've obviously been going on about it a bit much. Did you ask if she was paying?

loltim · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:31

ah noob error. K20 isn't it... yea KPro would be about that price!

Conanius · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:40

Tim said:
Seems about right, assuming it was something decent like Hondata S300?

Vtec at 4250 is interesting though, was that advise from the tuner?

the guys in america with s2k's do the same. lower it as far as you can so theres no kick and you get the best power you can through as much as the range as possible. Usually that is around 4-4.5k depending on your mods.

With the right bits and pieces you can see huge gains in the midrange and maybe 15-20bhp peak.

mjt · 10 Jul 2009 at 18:52

Phate said:
DO IT!

You have wife approval

DO IT

Have it as a weekend car

DO IT!!!

indeed.
you've got your 325d for relaxed cruising, get it back for silly weekends

Hilly · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:12

merlin why haven't you bought it back yet?!?!

merlin · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:33

hilly said:
merlin why haven't you bought it back yet?!?!

Because I'd rather have an NSX for £6-7k more.

Housey · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:36

My wife said the other day, why did you sell you're GT3, most stupid decision you've made in years. Considering the amount of utterly idiotic decisons I have made over the years, it must have been ultimate fail.

Conanius · 10 Jul 2009 at 19:36

NSX prices seem to be bizarre. That, and I can't ever seem to find Type R's, or Sub Zero's in the UK

Sam · 10 Jul 2009 at 22:08

How much is it up for merlin

is it on pistonheads ?

Jonnycoupe · 10 Jul 2009 at 22:55

Tim said:
Seems about right, assuming it was something decent like Hondata S300?

Vtec at 4250 is interesting though, was that advise from the tuner?

S300 not on a K

KPro

You dont need advise to establish VTEC points, you just read the dyno curves you get from £800 of mapping and switch it where the low cam crossed.

HeeroUk · 10 Jul 2009 at 22:56

Always loved that car

DrDee · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:39

Conanius said:
NSX prices seem to be bizarre. That, and I can't ever seem to find Type R's, or Sub Zero's in the UK

There are some NSX's that go for as low as around £10k, why the hell people ever spec'd them with autoboxes though I will never know, I cannot understand that for the life of me.

Firestar_3x · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:44

I'm yet to see an NSX worth owning that comes close to 10k.