- Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:06 pm
#3779941
Hi everyone I'm Adam, I'm a motorsport engineer currently studying at Oxford Brookes and this is my first CTR. I've had turbo cars previously in the form of starlets but they are too unreliable for my liking and I've always had a vtec itch that's needed scratching so after about 3-4 months of searching for a CTR that was quite specific I finally found what I was looking for.
After going to view around 4 CTR's are figured out exactly what I was after, a facelift model with under 100k miles, no modifications (or at least very little), full service history and preferably in Cosmic grey, a long with being at the right price.
I then found a 54 plate cosmic grey CTR which had covered 97k miles ( apparently 50k were motorway miles), completely standard except for a headunit and with full service history. I loved the car as soon as I saw it, went out in it and it pulled really well with no unusual noises, had a few downsides which were track rod ends were starting to deteriorate, rust has just started coming through on the rear arches but is only surface at the moment and I wanted to get the timing chain done.
After two days of ownership I gave the car a good wash and detail and came out like this.
And some proper photo's.
I then also started to gather some bits for a service, so I bought some Millers 5w40 Nanodrive, Hamp oil filter, Honda Type 2 coolant, ADL blueprint pollen filter and I had some NGK BKR7EIX laying in my toolbox unused. So I decided to gap the spark plugs which out of the box were preset to 0.7mm, I then changed this to 1.1mm and the car seems to be running fine so far with no issues.
So time came round to doing the service and first up was the pollen filter, the old was full of crap and was well overdue to be replaced.
Old
New
Then it was time for the spark plugs, out came the Laser Irridiums which didn't look to bad although the electrode looked as though the engine had been running slightly lean but this might just be how they are mapped from factory I'm not sure.
In with the new Irridiums
Then I had a bit of a surprise when I pulled cylinder 4 plug
Current Spec List:
Engine
Stock K20A2 Motor
Clockwise Motion Sump Baffle
K-Tuned Idle Air Assist Delete Kit
Solid Fabrications 3" Super Silent Cat Back System
Chassis /Suspension
Bilstein B16 Coilover Kit
Eibach SPC Adjustable Rear Camber Arms
Eibach Camber Bolts
Tegiwa Rack Raiser
Tegiwa Rigid Collar Kit
JDP Modified Steering Arms
Buddyclub Roll Centre Adjusters
Function 7 Rear Lower Control Arms
Function 7 Rear Subframe Brace
Q-Drive Track Rod Ends
Meyle Front Anti Roll Bar Drop Links
Progress 24mm Rear Anti Roll Bar
SuperPro Caster Increase Front Wishbone Bush Kit
SuperPro Control Arm Lower Outer Bush kit
SuperPro Rear Upper Control Arm Outer Bush
Energy Suspension Engine Mount Inserts
Brakes
Brembo 4 Pot Calipers
Girling 324 x 30 brake discs
Carbotech XP8 pads
OEM Rear Calipers
Godspeed G hook brake discs
Ferodo DS2500 brake pads
Goodridge Stainless Braided Brake hoses
Transmission
OEM K20 6-Speed Gearbox
Exedy Replacement Clutch Kit
Interior
Carbon Fibre Dial Surround
STRI DSD Oil Pressure Gauge (Still waiting for pod to be made for gauges)
STRI DSD Oil Temperature Gauge
STRI DSD Water Temperature Gauge
Wheels & Tyres
OEM Honda Alloys
Nankang NS-2R 180 compound tyres (Track)
Bridgestone RE050A (Road)
After going to view around 4 CTR's are figured out exactly what I was after, a facelift model with under 100k miles, no modifications (or at least very little), full service history and preferably in Cosmic grey, a long with being at the right price.
I then found a 54 plate cosmic grey CTR which had covered 97k miles ( apparently 50k were motorway miles), completely standard except for a headunit and with full service history. I loved the car as soon as I saw it, went out in it and it pulled really well with no unusual noises, had a few downsides which were track rod ends were starting to deteriorate, rust has just started coming through on the rear arches but is only surface at the moment and I wanted to get the timing chain done.
After two days of ownership I gave the car a good wash and detail and came out like this.
And some proper photo's.
I then also started to gather some bits for a service, so I bought some Millers 5w40 Nanodrive, Hamp oil filter, Honda Type 2 coolant, ADL blueprint pollen filter and I had some NGK BKR7EIX laying in my toolbox unused. So I decided to gap the spark plugs which out of the box were preset to 0.7mm, I then changed this to 1.1mm and the car seems to be running fine so far with no issues.
So time came round to doing the service and first up was the pollen filter, the old was full of crap and was well overdue to be replaced.
Old
New
Then it was time for the spark plugs, out came the Laser Irridiums which didn't look to bad although the electrode looked as though the engine had been running slightly lean but this might just be how they are mapped from factory I'm not sure.
In with the new Irridiums
Then I had a bit of a surprise when I pulled cylinder 4 plug
Current Spec List:
Engine
Stock K20A2 Motor
Clockwise Motion Sump Baffle
K-Tuned Idle Air Assist Delete Kit
Solid Fabrications 3" Super Silent Cat Back System
Chassis /Suspension
Bilstein B16 Coilover Kit
Eibach SPC Adjustable Rear Camber Arms
Eibach Camber Bolts
Tegiwa Rack Raiser
Tegiwa Rigid Collar Kit
JDP Modified Steering Arms
Buddyclub Roll Centre Adjusters
Function 7 Rear Lower Control Arms
Function 7 Rear Subframe Brace
Q-Drive Track Rod Ends
Meyle Front Anti Roll Bar Drop Links
Progress 24mm Rear Anti Roll Bar
SuperPro Caster Increase Front Wishbone Bush Kit
SuperPro Control Arm Lower Outer Bush kit
SuperPro Rear Upper Control Arm Outer Bush
Energy Suspension Engine Mount Inserts
Brakes
Brembo 4 Pot Calipers
Girling 324 x 30 brake discs
Carbotech XP8 pads
OEM Rear Calipers
Godspeed G hook brake discs
Ferodo DS2500 brake pads
Goodridge Stainless Braided Brake hoses
Transmission
OEM K20 6-Speed Gearbox
Exedy Replacement Clutch Kit
Interior
Carbon Fibre Dial Surround
STRI DSD Oil Pressure Gauge (Still waiting for pod to be made for gauges)
STRI DSD Oil Temperature Gauge
STRI DSD Water Temperature Gauge
Wheels & Tyres
OEM Honda Alloys
Nankang NS-2R 180 compound tyres (Track)
Bridgestone RE050A (Road)
Last edited by AdamB92 on Sun May 01, 2016 1:31 pm, edited 12 times in total.