Type R and VTEC owners

TacticalFish · 22 Jun 2017 at 13:30

Dup said:
I'm using Castrol Edge 0-30 in mine. It's on 132k miles now.

If you need genuine parts and service items, check out http://www.coxmotorparts.co.uk. I use them for mine and my mums Jazz.

Is there any difference between using 0-30 to 5-30?

Dup · 22 Jun 2017 at 14:04

TacticalFish said:
Is there any difference between using 0-30 to 5-30?

It's within Hondas spec (Wiki on Oil here). 5w just means it's a little more viscous I believe, which is mainly an issue for colder temperatures on first start.

TacticalFish · 22 Jun 2017 at 14:31

Dup said:
It's within Hondas spec (Wiki on Oil here). 5w just means it's a little more viscous I believe, which is mainly an issue for colder temperatures on first start.

Thank you, I just found Castrol's own oil checker, 0-30 it is!

ChrisD. · 22 Jun 2017 at 15:13

You may find, as it's entirely different between engines, that oil consumption is higher with the 'thinner' oils such as 0-30. For example my DC5 burns about a litre a trackday on 0-40 but uses next to nothing with 10-60.

Muffin` · 22 Jun 2017 at 15:47

When did 10-60 come in outside of M cars? Isn't it a bit thick for the engine?

ChrisD. · 22 Jun 2017 at 15:52

Muffin` said:
When did 10-60 come in outside of M cars? Isn't it a bit thick for the engine?

TGM have been using it in their race cars and track going customers cars for years.

I've been told by a few people that it is too thick. I'm not going to say I've used it 'without an issue' as I haven't and I don't know if anyone has actually analysed the oil yet.

Dup · 22 Jun 2017 at 16:04

I find I burn less oil with the R18 on the thinner oil. Burning a litre over a year. They spec lower viscosity for fuel economy reasons also I expect. Unless you're redlining it all over the place, and tracking it, for a road car the low viscosity should be spot on.

FYI, doing ~15-20k miles over a year and driving it hard I burn about 1l over that time.

My old EP3 burnt 1l over 1k miles haha. Thrashed that thing though.

DazQ87 · 23 Jun 2017 at 20:49

I use 5W-40 in my FN2, it used to burn about 200ml every 1000 or so miles, until I did a bit of research and discovered I needed a new PCV valve. Swapped that out and it hasn't burned a drop yet.

ChrisD. · 24 Jun 2017 at 20:13

Had the car detailed today by Jimmer on the DC5 forum. He's starting out doing other people's cars after doing it as a hobby. Really pleased with the results! Also renewed the side decals as they were past their best.

Also cleared out and sorted the garage so I could fit the car in. I've been meaning to do it for ages because there's new houses going up so there's dust everywhere.

Fits nicely.

I've had the house two and a half years and the garage has always been full of junk so I'm proper chuffed with it.

As per my other thread I had an issue with the RBC throttle body adaptor which was sorted. Very productive day!

Zeed · 24 Jun 2017 at 20:32

Dman nice clean DC5. Anyone at Japfest 2 next weekend ??

brightside229 · 27 Jun 2017 at 10:16

Got my S2000 back from the body shop on Saturday and got it all put back together.

Car is now the colour it is supposed to be and looks so much better in the correct shade of new formula red, few bits that need sorting, and it needs a full machine polish to remove holograms and buffer trails in the paint work which i will do in around a month to give the paint a little longer to cure and gas out and then get some wax on it to protect it!

Its hard to get the true colour in a photo, and pictures dont really do it justice

Gibbo · 27 Jun 2017 at 10:21

That looks vastly better buddy, a massive improvement!

You thought of doing the wheels in like a gunmetal/anthracite to flow the colour theme of the car a bit more, would work well I think due to all the carbon parts you got on there.

Gibbo · 27 Jun 2017 at 10:22

ChrisD. said:
Had the car detailed today by Jimmer on the DC5 forum. He's starting out doing other people's cars after doing it as a hobby. Really pleased with the results! Also renewed the side decals as they were past their best.

Also cleared out and sorted the garage so I could fit the car in. I've been meaning to do it for ages because there's new houses going up so there's dust everywhere.

Fits nicely.

I've had the house two and a half years and the garage has always been full of junk so I'm proper chuffed with it.

As per my other thread I had an issue with the RBC throttle body adaptor which was sorted. Very productive day!

Chris

That looks fabulous, be careful buddy, I got the M3 driving so nice and looking so good, I practically stopped taking it on track days and just started driving it as a daily as it became such a capable all rounder.

brightside229 · 27 Jun 2017 at 10:26

Gibbo said:
That looks vastly better buddy, a massive improvement!

You thought of doing the wheels in like a gunmetal/anthracite to flow the colour theme of the car a bit more, would work well I think due to all the carbon parts you got on there.

Thanks! much happier now!

Yea that's going to be one of my next jobs, i am wanting to either have the wheels done black, or anthracite with the face of the wheels re diamond cut, and then a new set of the original oem shiny center caps put on, just a case of saving up, but i am slowly getting their!

Gibbo · 27 Jun 2017 at 10:29

brightside229 said:
Thanks! much happier now!

Yea that's going to be one of my next jobs, i am wanting to either have the wheels done black, or anthracite with the face of the wheels re diamond cut, and then a new set of the original oem shiny center caps put on, just a case of saving up, but i am slowly getting their!

I'd not do black, the moment your a few feet away you can't see the wheel design, gunmetal, dark grey, black chrome would look better and all the other parts on your car are carbon, which is not black in colour.

ChrisD. · 27 Jun 2017 at 10:40

Gibbo said:
Chris

That looks fabulous, be careful buddy, I got the M3 driving so nice and looking so good, I practically stopped taking it on track days and just started driving it as a daily as it became such a capable all rounder.

Cheers. I only paid £150 + fuel for it and he's left it so I can just hand wash it. He said he'll come up and do it again if I want so I'm not too concerned. Next track day is in August where I'm off to Combe again.

Zeed · 27 Jun 2017 at 13:42

For interested. JapFest 2 this Saturday at Donington.

Track time You CAN buy at the doors from 8am at price of 30 poinds. The system was messed up and they could not get track time option going. So i was spaming CS for a month to find out how to get around Donny again.

Ill be there breaking my TEG again haha

Simon · 27 Jun 2017 at 16:51

S2000 needs some track style wheels but is looking good, did they respray it after you complained about the colour match (to faded paint)

I would get the S2000 side badges put back on too (not the Honda above it though)

brightside229 · 27 Jun 2017 at 17:01

Simon said:
S2000 needs some track style wheels but is looking good, did they respray it after you complained about the colour match (to faded paint)

I would get the S2000 side badges put back on too (not the Honda above it though)

Yea but i had to pay £684 for the privilege of having them fix their mistake, i am planning on sourcing the black honda s2000 CR wing badges, looking to be around £80 so im reluctant to purchase them yet, i have bought the solid red honda H badge for the rear boot lid.

I am very fussy on wheels, but i do really like the original wheels that are on it, i think they should be going in next week to be coated and diamond cut

rjk · 27 Jun 2017 at 21:05

I don't understand why people put type R badges on S2000s.