My DC5 track toy

ci_newman said:
You get a push-button start too.

The biggest bonus of the C-pack is the rear wiper, the shape of the car means that you need it in all weather if you want to be able to see out the back. Less of a problem for a track car, but very useful on the road.
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The start button is an optional extra, my first DC5 which was a C Pack didn't have one.

Agreed, it's annoying at town speeds in the rain. However on the motorway the water runs off it.

I think your old car is for sale on the DC5 forum.
 
ChrisD. said:
The start button is an optional extra, my first DC5 which was a C Pack didn't have one.

Agreed, it's annoying at town speeds in the rain. However on the motorway the water runs off it.

I think your old car is for sale on the DC5 forum.
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I can only see a couple of silvers for sale, and neither match my old registration (SL52 EXV).

I would love to buy mine though :(
 
Actually you're right, the private plate was throwing me off :)

He's right, it was a gem of a car. He paid £2k less than that when he bought it though!
 
Just home. Car has some minor issues but nothing of great concern. Didn't crash, had fun. Here's a quick vid before I sort the rest out. Speedo isn't working because I had to disable the VSS in KManager (one of the minor issues).


Drive past at Adenau.

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On the GP circuit, it's whacky races on there! Not sure what was up with my hand positioning.


Slow lap as it was very bouncy and I had no confidence in the car.

Would have been better if I knew how to adjust the B16's properly. Lefty tighty, righty loosey, did not know till it was too late. No wonder my car had a lot of front end roll and felt bouncy on the 'Ring!

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Yes, loads, but always on stock suspension, never on coilovers. Going into Schwedenkreuz was horrendous as was going down the Fox Hole. I've never driven the 'ring and felt that scared before.

I did find out that my tyres needed more air and my dampers needed softening later on.
 
Yep, a much more compliant suspension setup is needed there for sure. Even in my stock M135i I don't feel comfortable wearing my helmet because it's so bumpy it keeps banging on the grab handle above the driver's window. I can't get the seat low enough to stop it being an issue.
 
Bilstein in their infinite wisdom have the damper adjustment as lefty tighty righty loosey. I'd done Donington, Brands, Spa, the GP circuit and 2 laps of the full 'ring before realising.
 
I thought I'd write up a post Spa and 'Ring report since all I've done really is post videos and pics so far! I can't remember how much I put in here but in short the primary O2 sensor has been causing me grief. It originally came on when I bought the car so swapped it for a new one which has been fine till the Kaaz diff went in. Long story short, I've had to disable the primary sensors for now till I get a chance to get it to TGM for them to look at it properly.

Also while out on circuit at Spa, the speedo stopped working and the car went into limp home mode, which as you can imagine on circuit, was pretty naffing scary! I managed to limp it back to the pits and after removing the Mugen airbox Kevin mentioned to just disable the speed sensor on the KPro. I had luckily asked him to bring a Windows laptop, USB cable and KManager due to the O2 sensor playing up. After a few calls to the Simon at PA, I managed to get in and disable the sensor which gave me VTEC back albeit no speedo or reverse selection with the ignition on! #becauseracecar

The problems did not stop there! I seem to have inherited a fuel gauge issue where when it's below half a tank it lies, it'll go from fuel light on to just under half, then in between. Also the Clifford alarm keeps making noises! So I'm not sure if I have some electrical gremlins on some random faults that are just happening at once. Because it's a Honda and it still works (to an extent), plus with me being broke because I've bought a BMW, I'm going to Mimms with it in its current state. I figure if it can do many laps of the 'Ring and a days journey home it can do a day at Rockingham.

Once I've done Mimms I'll be leaving the car at TGM with a fix it and take my money attitude before deciding on the next track day. Oh and having driven Kevin's car I want his castor top mounts, but because things generally aren't easy with cars, I need new front springs to make them fit. On the 6 month old coilovers! Apart from that and slightly numb steering due to it toeing out at the front, the car behaved faultlessly and was a complete animal on track, moving a lot of nice machinery out of the way.
 
Electrickery wise, did you replace the battery when you picked it up originally? Doesn't sound like battery but could be worth doing anyway - and check the earthing points too; I'm sure I remember a post many moons ago on the owners forums about someone having a dodgy speedo and some god awful earthing kit - stripped that off and it was fine after that...
 
bJN said:
Electrickery wise, did you replace the battery when you picked it up originally? Doesn't sound like battery but could be worth doing anyway - and check the earthing points too; I'm sure I remember a post many moons ago on the owners forums about someone having a dodgy speedo and some god awful earthing kit - stripped that off and it was fine after that...
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Yes, a new battery was fitted. I'm sure TGM will find the problem.

Went to Mimms to drive around the track. Won't be going back to Mimms.

I do like Rockingham, 3rd time there I think. Bit odd as it's a left handed circuit and very hard on the right hand tyres.

Pretty happy with the performance once I got the tyre pressures sorted, the only car to go past me was my mate in a supercharged DC5. In some of the later sessions, I pretty much kept up with him (1-2 seconds a lap down or so).

Now need new front tyres, a decent clean and a trip to TGM to get the niggles sorted.

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Finally got the seat rail so fitted the Pole Position today. Love it.

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When I fitted the seat is that I also took it to my local tyre place. Two of the AD08R's on the black wheels where at the legal limit, it seems Rockingham had finished them off. Plus they had blue lines on them from heat which made Karl and I laugh. I wanted to put the bronze wheels on with the RS-R's on. I have the equipment to change wheels over at home however with the steering feeling quite numb off centre I wanted the geo looking at.

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Well I guess that explains why then. I couldn't test too much on the short journey home but it did feel much better. I then took the car down to TGM for a few things:

- Oil change
- Gearbox oil change
- Fix speed converter
- Investigate fuel sender

It's there now and I'll probably pick it up at the end of next week. On the drive down I noticed that the steering felt much better and far more alive off centre. I don't really have much throw away cash at the moment so once I know what the damage at TGM is I'll look at booking another track day.
 
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