Honda CIVIC TYPE R (EK) '98
Well, I'm glad they finally fixed that stupid transmission issue, both with 1.17 and with my car IRL.
So it totally took them two months to get my car sorted out.
.........
It turned out to be a faulty clutch diaphragm, which took a couple weeks turnaround time for Spec to repair. Shipping delays, weather, blah blah, whatever.....
When I got the car back, all of a sudden it had developed a random misfire on 3 cylinders....🤬. Every hour of every day, the (very expensive) words "
blown motor" and
"bent valve" intruded on every thought. I kept running through scenarios in my mind, trying to find something I had done, or some way to blame myself for what had happened.
This took more than a month to track down; and turned out to be something incredibly stupid that one of the mechanics who touched the car screwed up. I'm still not sure they told me the truth about this last bit. The only positive from the whole experience was that I didn't have to pay for any of it.
Anyway, I needed another car. Cheap, reliable, economical, no frills transportation to get to and from work while the Mustang was being fixed. You know: a daily driver.
So I bought this:
The original plan was to yank out the blown up D-series lump, purchase a JDM B16B and make the CRX from hell. Time (and also money) apparently were not on my side (also removing spraypaint by hand is for the birds) so I sold the CRX and bought another car:
I know, I know; less cool than the CRX would have been, and much less cool than a JDM CTR, but what can you do.
The guy that owned it before me spent a bunch of money on nice parts; not one of which is installed correctly.
(lol Hondas)
My friend who drove the car home, which was a considerable distance, called it a "deathtrap," and described a number of alarming noises coming from the front of the car. Upon inspection the next day, we found that aside from the engine (bulletproof and in amazing shape) clutch and tires, which were new, pretty much everything else needed to be replaced. To be honest I was sort of expecting that after seeing some of the "workmanship" on the car; and it was cheap for a real Si.
Oh yeah, it had the wrong ECU in it too.
Can you believe that this motor has 133,000mi (214,000km!) on it!!??
We're still waiting on some parts to come in to get the Civic back on the road, but in the meantime, the Mustang is fixed and makes a wonderful daily driver.....
The Tune
If you've driven my CRX, this car should feel familiar.
473pp
292hp
877kg
Sport Soft Tires
Rims std.
No driving aids except ABS 1
Ride height
103 100
Springs
6.64 5.11
Dampers
C 2 4
E 4 1
ARB
4 6
Camber
0.0 0.0
Toe
0.02 -0.02
Racing Brakes
2 3
Transmission
Set final to 5.500
Set top speed to 112mph
Set top gear to 1.036
Set final to 3.755
Set gears
1:3.196
2:2.454
3:1.963
4:1.593
5:1.291
6:1.036
Final 3.755
LSD
7
17
23
Triple plate clutch
Power
Stage 3 tuning
Sports comp
Racing exhaust
Isometric manifold
Sports cats
Intake tuning
Nitrous- no
Weight
Stage 3 reduction
Carbon hood
Window weight reduction
Rigidity up