***Official What did you do to your Integra today***

**Indie** · 23-10-2011 01:09 AM

The Prelude is a nice cruiser, but I think the DC2 looks better, and would probably be more fun.

**blastnpast** · 23-10-2011 06:18 AM

@Khang Bursting bubble here: VTI-R is no where near a TYPE-R IMO

I've owned both and the TYPE-R has crazy amount of handling along with such a smooth stock ride whilst the VTI-R was still smooth but was missing those ultimate mods to make it feel like a perfectly steered vehicle. My old prelude sure did accommodate more towards the DC2r handling and smooth ride but was only lacking the recaro's lol it is still a car which makes you feel like your driving a toy car and handles great!

Bak on track if you desire a prelude as a daily that is good dude just depends what you want and it's really only up to you, you will be driving it and loving it just like you did with yours now

**DCZ 18C** · 23-10-2011 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by DTN

^ fit the pods already man haha no luck finding the scale to print the template? =/

Nah man I havnt

I want them on so
Much but don't really want to drill right in the middle of the bar

jut because,
You only really get on chance..
Soon enough I will get em
On I hope... Might just end up going to a mates body shop and getting them
To put them
On for me...

**khanguskhan** · 23-10-2011 09:25 AM

@blastnpast

Maybe the condition of the VTI-R I drove was really good, I admit I can't push it's handling as hard, however I found it's power delivery quite comfortable, and linear. Don't get me wrong, I bought the R for a reason

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**charliebrown** · 23-10-2011 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by u mad?

really depends on his budget though...

That prelude would be a massive upgrade from that auto dc4 of yours, charlie, but have you considered a dc2 vtir? they are in that price range also..

depends what you wan't out of the car to as well.

Yep dc2r out of budget, well a good condition one is at least. Ive been looking for a dc2 for months man, haven't been able to find one i like.

Originally Posted by khanguskhan

If you want I can give you a demo of my DC2R charlie brown, if you don't live too far east, however I'm a shit driver so don't expect much :P

Yes please! I'm in noble/springy south. Would love to ride shotgun. Fastest car i've ever been in would probably be my mum's 2L camry

**Super-DA9** · 23-10-2011 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by blastnpast

@Khang Bursting bubble here: VTI-R is no where near a TYPE-R IMO

I've owned both and the TYPE-R has crazy amount of handling along with such a smooth stock ride whilst the VTI-R was still smooth but was missing those ultimate mods to make it feel like a perfectly steered vehicle. My old prelude sure did accommodate more towards the DC2r handling and smooth ride but was only lacking the recaro's lol it is still a car which makes you feel like your driving a toy car and handles great!

Bak on track if you desire a prelude as a daily that is good dude just depends what you want and it's really only up to you, you will be driving it and loving it just like you did with yours now

stock for stock the type R does sh*t all over the vti-r, but that'd be because the type r is basically a pre-modded version and i guess you probably pay for that difference too. vti-r's can be really good with mods, but I guess you pay for that too. so it really comes down to whether you can afford a type r straight up or not, I know I couldn't lol.

**Super-DA9** · 23-10-2011 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by charliebrown

As a daily though, the prelude has leather interior, cruise control, arguably a nicer interior. And for some reason chicks love preludes, i always see some asian babes driving them lol

please never base any part of your decision to buy a car on what "the chicks like" lol

need to make sure it's what YOU want and not the "chicks" :P

**Vvvtec** · 23-10-2011 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Super-DA9

stock for stock the type R does sh*t all over the vti-r, but that'd be because the type r is basically a pre-modded version and i guess you probably pay for that difference too. vti-r's can be really good with mods, but I guess you pay for that too. so it really comes down to whether you can afford a type r straight up or not, I know I couldn't lol.

Pretty much exactly what I was going to say

**45SET** · 23-10-2011 04:58 PM

Nothing to my Integra... but something to it's new motor...

This was the 2nd weekend in a row that I had worked on my new engine. Last week we basically just pulled off some parts, and tidied a few things up... nothing productive.

This week on the other hand... We started with this

And these parts needed to be fitted

And for those of you playing at home... it'll be fitted to this in the next 2 weeks (Sourcing a few smaller pieces)

The day started by pulling the rocker and timing covers off. The engine looks very clean inside

(Cam on the right of the above pic is the 25' VTC)

After we took the covers off we had to remove both the timing chain, and the oil pump chain (Refer above picture), as I'll be running a K20 oil pump rather then the K24 one... and after I compared the two, I was happy I made that decision

Top is the K24 oil pump, bottom is the K20 oil pump (This needs to be slightly modified). As you can see, K20 item is MUCH smaller, and uses MUCH less parts... so should make a few extra KW.

Here is a picture of the crank... again... nice and clean.

K20 oil pump fitted

After this, we moved onto fitting the 50' VTC. This is a fairly basic procedure, as it's just loosening the old 25' VTC, then replacing it with the 50' VTC.

After the VTC was fitted, we fit everything back together, which was a little bit trickier then we thought, as we were worried about stretching both the timing chain and the oil pump chain. But once everything was fitted, everything lined up, and nothing was stretched

Here is a pic of everything fitted before we put all the covers back on.

We put the J's Racing K20 Baffled sump on, which was basically the only "issue" from the entire day! The K24 sump is made of a thin steel, where as the K20 sump is made of a cast metal, so we couldn't use the bolts from the K24 sump. As I found out Hondabond is great stuff, so I'll be taking the bolts from my current K20 when I take it out in 2 weeks!

Final pics with RBC and Skunk2 70mm throttle body fitted!

I'd like to thank Jimmy for BYP, as he has helped me a fair bit with parts and information on my current build.

If anyone has any questions, let me know

**Dubstein** · 23-10-2011 05:43 PM

45SET you got game hahah! Hope all goes well man, looking likes its coming along really well.

Oh btw we past 1k Replies and almost at 30k Views! Thanks everyone

**charliebrown** · 23-10-2011 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Super-DA9

please never base any part of your decision to buy a car on what "the chicks like" lol

need to make sure it's what YOU want and not the "chicks" :P

its all about what da chix want bro, what we want dont matter.

also i thought of a really stupid reason of why i don't want a dc2r. i drop my mate off home most days and he's BIG, always turns his legs over, sits sideways and gets out of the seat. I could see any "bucket seat" becoming "not a bucket seat" in a matter of seconds. gsi seat is flat as fk on that side

i know all you guys experience the pain of careless bastards, e.g. cunce walking past and their bag scratches your car. or BENDS your mirror in to get through etc. stay strong boys

**Indie** · 23-10-2011 06:05 PM

My girlfriend doesn't like hatchbacks or coupes. She wants a medium sized sedan, in black. My Integra does absolutely nothing for her. I imagine she'd possibly prefer a Prelude, as it's got that flat, Silvia shape to it. It's a bit more of a baller car than the Teg.