Type R and VTEC owners

NathWraith · 29 Nov 2012 at 09:13

merlin said:
Excellent choice, all of the fun but none of the danger!

Wasting your time with SC's. Just open the bonnet - somewhere near the southbridge chipset jump connect pins 2-3 - raises the front side bus to 166mhz - free 30 bhp overclock.

lmao, need some more vcore!

godinman · 29 Nov 2012 at 09:14

It'll come true eventually I guess, just up the regulator or something for more power but less mpa.

merlin · 29 Nov 2012 at 09:20

godinman said:
It'll come true eventually I guess, just up the regulator or something for more power but less mpa.

It's only a matter of time - we're heading electric and electric = overclock.

The next generation of tuners are going to be electrical engineers.

Vita · 29 Nov 2012 at 09:48

Muffin` said:
You've got a good choice for track day cars, EP3 is cheap to buy and run or there's the bargains like EG6 SiR's - comes with a B series like the EK9 and DC2 but alas not as powerful, but that's not always a major issue on track days, low weight will be a winner!

There's a SiR DC2 on the bay but it's been on for ages. I had my eye on it but it doesn't seem to be in good nick at all and the asking price was near £2k last time I looked.

The prelude Type-S I had my eye on is back up for sale, that's pretty cheap looks good in the pictures.

Muffin` · 29 Nov 2012 at 10:06

Yeah Preludes are good buys and easy to insure too for those in the ghetto. I'm not sure if I'd want a 2WS or 4WS and then if it's Mech or Electric, Mech being reliable but heavier iirc

ChrisD. · 29 Nov 2012 at 10:33

The thing about Prelude's that I'm not keen on is the interior. It's just too 80's IMO.

Vita · 29 Nov 2012 at 10:33

It's a type-s so it's uncommon to find. The motegi kit etc are common. I don't think I'll purchase it though. I may wait till next year and make a decision depending on my circumstances. Although I suspect a import prelude to have high insurance, no?

ChrisD. · 29 Nov 2012 at 10:35

I had a tear up with a Prelude Type S when I had my 250 ish BHP DC5 and there was barely anything in it, very capable cars.

lee1101 · 29 Nov 2012 at 11:30

Vita said:
There's a SiR DC2 on the bay but it's been on for ages. I had my eye on it but it doesn't seem to be in good nick at all and the asking price was near £2k last time I looked.

The prelude Type-S I had my eye on is back up for sale, that's pretty cheap looks good in the pictures.

If its the Type S on ebay then Ive been keeping an eye on that one as well. Looks good from the photos

Vita · 29 Nov 2012 at 11:35

lee1101 said:
If its the Type S on ebay then Ive been keeping an eye on that one as well. Looks good from the photos

Yup that's the one. Doubt I'll go for it tbh, but it's one of those cars which I would like to own at some point. Just for the sake of driving one and not that I really want one/need one. I think they are underestimated and the rareness of them appeals to me. Maybe sometime in the future I'll bite the bullet and get one.

Noxia · 30 Nov 2012 at 17:37

Nath did you get the Mugen CRZ brochure that shows all the bits you can get?

Frozennova · 30 Nov 2012 at 17:54

Love the CRZ, had the Supercharged Mugen demo car at pipercross for development while I worked there, it did sound a little broken when running on the electric motor though.

Jonnycoupe · 30 Nov 2012 at 19:05

ManLoveRulesOK said:
Love the CRZ, had the Supercharged Mugen demo car at pipercross for development while I worked there, it did sound a little broken when running on the electric motor though.

Huh

Seriously what on earth are you talking about?

Buckster · 30 Nov 2012 at 20:17

after being disappointed by another non Honda demo today - re-looking out for an EP3 - so if anyone sees a nice one in the S-East/London area give me a shout

A local Honda dealer has 2 at 8.5k !!!!

car demoed today was a 06 2.0TFSi S-Line A4 - was nice, quite quick, but felt dated inside, and didn't seem really any-much larger inside than the Civic. The particular car I went to look at wasn't for me quality wise either

somehow a lot of these Turbo engines - don't have the character of the Honda engines even if they are "quicker"

rjk · 30 Nov 2012 at 21:20

The interior of a civic isn't quite the level of an audi though.

Before anyone says it, yes. Even the A1...

Ev0 · 30 Nov 2012 at 22:30

Dash of the CRZ looks a little S2000 like with the controls either side of the wheel.

Looks good though.

Frozennova · 1 Dec 2012 at 09:03

Jonnycoupe said:
Huh

Seriously what on earth are you talking about?

While I worked at pipercross they had the prototype Mugen CRZ for a short while to develop an intake kit, pretty sure it was supercharged IIRC.

Jonnycoupe · 1 Dec 2012 at 10:34

ManLoveRulesOK said:
While I worked at pipercross they had the prototype Mugen CRZ for a short while to develop an intake kit, pretty sure it was supercharged IIRC.

I was refering to it sounding broken when on the electric mode considering there isnt one, what with the motor directly coupled to the crank shaft, if the electric motor is turning so is the engine.

SPARC · 1 Dec 2012 at 12:41

NathWraith said:

I want a CRZ so much !

While I save for that I will continue to look after my wee civic. Remember to change your pollen filters folks, this was not very nice at all.

Conanius · 1 Dec 2012 at 12:48

Someone in the office is considering getting an EP3 Type R. Looking to spend 4-5K, isn't bothered whether it is facelift or not, but ideally wants one with Air Con.

I think after having a 30 second look on Autotrader that there appears to be ok cars available under £4k (Found one that is 1 previous owner, Full Honda SH, all old MOT and Tax Discs, AC, 56k Miles for £3850).

Am I right to think that this is about 'right' money wise, or is this a bit cheap and likely to be hiding Cat D or somesuch.