WEST CIRCUIT

Managed to fit in some track time at The Bend Motorsport Park over the weekend. I was eager to try out the West Circuit configuration (top) as I thought it would be a good way to test out the ITR. There are a total of 12 turns in this configuration – each having a fun […]

Rear axle rebuild 2

Yep… this time round, my zenki differential gets the treatment it deserves… Using a slide-hammer, my axles started to come out slowly: Here’s a picture of it gaining some distance away from the housing, you can see the bearing surface peering through: Eventually it gave way and came out… the bearings were surprisingly in good […]

Exhaust clean-up

I decided to post some pictures of my exhaust headers after giving them a bit of a polish. They had some minor blemishes from factory (oxidisation) After heating up the system up, they appeared more profoundly and allowed me to target them. It took very little time and effort as they are still new (it […]

Breathing work (T-VIS)

Didn’t manage to get my ITB setup working for now… decided to put the T-VIS unit back in for the time being… 🙂 I guess I needed to ensure all the assembled parts worked anyway… so I might be doing myself a favour by starting from a reliable base 🙂 For those curious about the […]

More suspension

Xmas holidays are fast approaching and finding time for garage work has been challenging. While DC2 was being engineered for inspection, I marched on with suspension work with Panda. First up was to finalise the rear end. The sway bar was not having any of it unless I removed its bushings first, aligned the rear […]

INTEGRA – TYPE R

After a year of searching, I finally managed to find a TYPE R 🙂 I was really happy to find a DC2 that was within my budget and the owner was a great person to deal with. It wasn’t perfect, but it managed to tick the boxes I wanted and was relatively close despite being […]

Exhaust System

(Updated 20th Oct 2019) In my earlier post, I spent most of my time working on the engine head. Since it involved breathing work, I decided to test fit the exhaust system. Everything installed fairly nicely and the only thing that was slightly different was the catalytic converter – which is surprisingly more heavier than […]

4AG Breathing Work

Picked up my cylinder head back from the shop 🙂 Several years of carbon build-up now gone, I was more than happy to torque it down with a new gasket: Having the opportunity to replace all the seals finally came. Over the past years I only upgraded the head with lighter internals and didn’t do […]

Suspension

In a previous post, I prepared the rear differential for installation. It had everything intact – the new brake lines, traction brackets, and arms. Eventually, I managed to lift it into the body: Promptly after, the lateral rod went in and was bolted into rough alignment. Everything is still just hand bolted as we need […]

Braking System – Rear

In a previous post, I did an overhaul of my front hubs and brakes. The rears had to wait until the axle was put back into the chassis. Now I finally managed to get the rear brakes in 🙂 New rotors – along with rebuilt rear calipers: Just like the fronts, new brake pads went […]