EP3 Type R

[Poeter]

hey Poeter its the steering rack, the rubber piece that right behind the motor theres two sides. to describe it, it looks like the rubber surrounding the gear knob and its black, you'll need new clamps once you've taken it off to grease as you cant connect the clamp again. dont search the thread search the whole sub forum there was a thread with pictures somewhere.

Thanks Johno.

I think I may find a mechanic to do it for me or pay someone who's done it before.

Don't trust myself on DIY's.

[JohnO]

Was gonna diy but I'm gonna leave my mech to do it duing my service

[Philip Lee]

Yeah i got my mech to do it. they're a bit hard to reach.

[Poeter]

I know what I am about to post has been spoken off many times before. However, I like to post my contribution and wonder how other fellow ep3 owners are doing with the fuel consumption? Particularly on highways?

Fueled up a full tank on Monday and fueled up again last night.

Here's what been measured:

26.28L Mobil 98RON with trip measuring 315km since the last full tank. Did the calculation and it works out to be 8.34L/100km

I drive this to and back from work. Journey primarily consist from Ashfield area to Bella Vista during peak hour times. M4 is about 35% of the journey and Old Windsor Rd for about 50% of the journey. M4 in the morning is reasonably clear but going home at night is slow - 50km average with start-stop traffic. Occasional VTEC are to be seen on the way back home but not so much on the way to work as I'm not as alert in the early morning.


I think from factory dc5r AUDM is specified to consume 9.5L/100 or so for combined city/highway driving. So for my EP3 to achieve 8.3 to 8.4 is quite good in my opinion.

So I'm curious to find out if anyone else out there are achieving better results?

[Mugen_B16B]

i think i posted the pic up of the steering rack of wat to pull and greese up, i was gonna write up a diy but since then i formated my laptop so ill try and find a pic of wat to do

[Poeter]

That will be great Thanks

Rep points for you

[Twest]

I have felt all after market mounts that are possible for EP3/DC5R and you will be kidding yourself if hardrace are going to reduce vibration. The EP3/DC5R engine mount design is a bit of a let down by honda. As soon as you try any sort of stiffening up you are going to feel it asap. The closest factory feel with a little more security is the mugen mounts, so dont be fooled

wow, so many conflicting perspectives. So do you recommend me against the hardrace mounts?

[SuperSteve]

wow, so many conflicting perspectives. So do you recommend me against the hardrace mounts?

its all about what u want out of ur car at the end of the day. If u want something nice and comfortable i recommend the mugen mounts. Im running them and they are just slightly stiffer then oem but if u drive ur car hard no doubt they will fail. If u want something more hardcore and you drive ur car hard go for the stiffer mounts. This will improve shifting, decrease wheel hopping and also help save u from header damage. Down fall is that u will get alot of vibration inside ur car.

so 1 is for comfortable daily driving + spirited driving,
other is for tracking, street cred, hectic, rip seconds shifting, rev engine and drop clutch...................... so on and so on................. o wait for it ! ............. HOONING ! !

[DR HONDA]

its all about what u want out of ur car at the end of the day. If u want something nice and comfortable i recommend the mugen mounts. Im running them and they are just slightly stiffer then oem but if u drive ur car hard no doubt they will fail. If u want something more hardcore and you drive ur car hard go for the stiffer mounts. This will improve shifting, decrease wheel hopping and also help save u from header damage. Down fall is that u will get alot of vibration inside ur car.

so 1 is for comfortable daily driving + spirited driving,
other is for tracking, street cred, hectic, rip seconds shifting, rev engine and drop clutch...................... so on and so on................. o wait for it ! ............. HOONING ! !

Took the words right out of my mouth

[bennjamin]

Got innovative mounts here - used to stiff mounts on the eg and vibration is only noticeable upon idle. No issue to me and it's a weekend car with track in mind


Plus the $320 AU price landed from the US is another incentive :-)

[Twest]

Hmmm all very good points guys. I've got some thinking to do

[Lukezen27]

Got innovative mounts here - used to stiff mounts on the eg and vibration is only noticeable upon idle. No issue to me and it's a weekend car with track in mind


Plus the $320 AU price landed from the US is another incentive :-)

Was that all mounts needed for that price Benny?