Confused DC5S owners: Done the research on mods for you ..

[Lucas]

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[GSi_PSi]

what if your a hero and a wannabe

[beeza]

^^ LOLOLOL

This is one for the king of DC5,TIMMY!

[r3ckless]

waht type of fujitsubo?

[[Type_R]]

Fujitsubo RM01A ftw.

[burak213]

modding your car you should follow one rule


Do it once, do it right.

so spend the extra cash so it wont haunt you later on. Trust me its worth it

[Timmy_B]

modding your car you should follow one rule


Do it once, do it right.

so spend the extra cash so it wont haunt you later on. Trust me its worth it

Thats a better write up than the OP.

[45SET]

What about tyres, rims, stiffer sway bars, camber kits?

Personally if I was starting my Integra all over again I would go
- Decent coilovers (Tein SS as a minimum, but have heard good things about Tein Basic)
- Thicker/stiffer sway bars front and rear (24mm whiteline)
- Lower offset & wider rims (17x8 +35 as a minimum)
- Wider profile tyres (With 17x8 you can run 225/45)
- VERY good tyres (To many to mention)
- Rear camber kit (You'll need it to fit the tyres in the guards)

And that’s before you even start to worry about any form of engine/intake/exhaust work. If you drive the car right (Into a corner, mid corner, out of the corner) you'll have more then enough power. I’ve found that intake and exhaust mods have more of a placebo effect… in that you can actually hear that the intake/exhaust is louder, so you think that your going faster… when in actual fact you’ve probably only made 1-2kw at the wheels, and its probably no faster then stock.

Personally I found that the above mentioned suspension/wheel modifications gave the best instant results out of everything I've done to the car (Except for K-Pro). The coilovers stiffened the ride, and the swaybars did so even more. Having the wider track, and wider rims/tyres meant that I could hold a higher speed mid corner, and exit the corner faster. I’m currently running Kuhmo KU36 tyres, and I was amazed with their grip, it was truly one of the best mods I’ve done to the car.

Basically, there is no point in having heaps of power, if you can’t get it to the ground.

But like Burak said

Do it once, do it right! If this means you have to save up that extra $1000 to but a decent sent of coilovers (so you can be a “hero/wannabe”), do it. Burak and I use to actually run Eibach springs on stock shocks, we have both changed to coilovers, and both of us agree that there is light and day between the two. When I changed to Tein SS the results were well worth the extra money.

Edit: Also forgot engine mounts as an awesome mod. The inserts work a treat, and for ~$100 they are an awesome mod as the get rid of all axel tramp, meaning you can launch from higher revs!

[lithium]

nice post from the OP, interesting info and good research

what sort of gains do you expect with the headers and exhaust?

having gone that route with a non-Honda car i have to agree that exhaust/intake probably have a larger placebo effect than an actual performance gain. however i have been led to believe by various ozhonda-ites that on a type-r v-tec engine breathing mods can *actually* net a significant performance gain?

[beeza]

If you're a hero or a wannabe:
JOIN THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE, that'll straighten you out guaranteed

SATAN wants U for his Army!

Kill someone and your a murderer,kill someone in a war and become a hero

Good luck with that one bro.

U can be ordered to kill,a servant for your master.

[RoryAlexander]

Beeza, if we didnt have these "servants" Australia would have been claimed by the Japanese over 60 years ago.

Anyway, i agree with the guys who believe learning how to drive and correctly set up your suspension is the right plan of attack.

Why have a car that accelerates harder if you still only holding the same cornering speeds as pre-modification? :P

[midnightdood]

This is well said!

Beeza, if we didnt have these "servants" Australia would have been claimed by the Japanese over 60 years ago.