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[Leejw87]

I will be doing a thread and updating it over the next year or so on my 2004 CW DC5 changing it from stock to a Spoon Whore.
I had the Car Imported in 2008 with 30,000 Miles on the clock
and was a Grade 4.5 with a Grade B interior.

All updated Photos will be on page 1.

Modifications Will Include :

Championship White Rocker Cover
Championship White Battery Tie
Spoon Oil Cap
Spoon Radiator Cap
Spoon Strut Brace
Spoon Socks
Spoon Rear Lower Tie Bar
Spoon Proggressive Springs
Spoon Exhaust Manifold
Spoon 2-1 Decat
Spoon B Pipe
Spoon N1 Silencer
Drilled & Grooved Front & Rear Discs
Gruppe M
JRSC
K100
Short Shifter
ESMMs
Rota Slipstreams 17x8" With RE050A Tyres
Front Brake Refurb
C Pack Push Start Button
EP3 Type S Fog Light Switch Conversion

Parts i have fitted since owning the car in 2008.

Exterior :

Full Service Kit
Front/Rear Discs & Pads
Brand New Complete OEM Suspension
Front/Rear Anti Roll Bar Bushes & Droplinks
Upstream O2 Sensor
Exhaust Manifold Heatshield
White Washer Bottle Cap
2X brand New OEM Headlamps
New Badges & Side Decals
Auxillary Belt & Tensioner
New RE050A Tyres

Interior :

New Complete Carpet (Had small rip from purchase)
New Type R Mats
New OEM Gearknob
Recaros Refurbished (Bolsters,Stitching & Fabric)
Door Panels Resprayed (Trim Specialist)
Pioneer AVIC Double Din.

My Car Standard :





Interior :







New Fog Switch :



Performance Parts :

Spoon Progressive Springs & Spoon Caps :



Spoon N1 Muffler :



Spoon B Pipe :



Spoon Manifold :



Spoon 2-1 :



Spoon Rear Tie Bar :



ESMM's :



Rota Slipstreams :



Spoon Socks :



Short Shifter :



Exhaust Heat Wrap :



Spoon Mirrors :



After Metal Polishing :





Before :



After :



Before :



After :





New Caps Fitted :







Refurbished Calipers :






A few Cleaning Products.



After a Wash & Wax.









The Cars been off the Road for a couple of weeks while i had the Bonnet & Bumper Repainted
and at the same time fitted my new Spoon Mirrors i purchased from Spoon Sports Europe a couple of days ago, so just a few pics of the progress, as you can see ive gone for the smoothed look on the Bumper and will not be running a plate


















Also got the Forum Stickers



A few pictures taken from Japfest 2 of my car on Track.







I purchased a Brand new Gruppe M today and fitted it as soon as i got home along with some new blue SFS Hose's
all i can say is wow!!! even just bolting it on it feels alot more alive, Torques alot better and pulls harder towards the top end
cant wait to see what its like when i get the 2-1 and a remap




Just a quick Drive by vid outside Eurospec 2000 of the sound of the Gruppe M
Sorry its abit short and the quality isnt brilliant.

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Arranged a Dyno Day for the 14th of August & put my car back on the Dyno after fitting the Spoon Manifold & Gruppe M.
The before reading was in May when the car had a standard OEM Manifold & AEM V2.
The cars Ecu is still stock so the reading was purely from just bolt on.

You can also see the difference in the intake temperature between the AEM & GM.... a Difference of 18C'

Before :



After :



Before : AEM V2.



After : Spoon Manifold + Gruppe M.


Brought a Spoon 2-1 from Hendy and fitted it today at work then took it for a quick road test.. it now has a full Spoon Exhaust System and all i can say is im really chuffed with the outcome... as you would expect its quite loud but doesnt sound any different upto 4000rpms but as soon as you take it past that the exhaust really opens up http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/icon_twisted.gif

Its been said that there is a midrange loss when using this 2-1 setup but to be honest i really cant feel it on the road but i will say from 7000 upto the limiter it feels like its pulling a little stronger, might be my imagination not sure http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/xconfused.gif

Im booked in at Eurospec this week to have the A/F checked as im still running a stock ECU
if all seems fine il wait till its Boosted to have the map done but if its abit lean il get a KPRO ASAP
will be interesting to see the Gains and Loss over the rev range compared to when the Stock Cat was on.



Just brought some Cusco Door Bars from a member on here as im going for a slightly more track type interior, i had them painted Championship white and they fitted straight in no trouble...
getting in the car as been made slightly awkward but its not too bad.








I was supposed to be Buying a JRSC in March/April but circumstances have changed so it will be being put back a while.. so thought id invest in a RBC Manifold seeing as these have been proven for gains time and time again..
I will be getting the car Mapped end of January.
Heres a few pics.







The RBC manifolds have MAP Sensor port which needs to be blanked off if the OEM throttle body is used.
I tapped a thread in mine and used a Headless bolt and cover it with a cap.







Fitting :











Had to Fit some Gas Dampers for the bonnet as the OEM bonnet Prop cannot be used with the RBC Manifold.



After The RBC manifold was fitted i had Romain at Eurospec Map it for me..
Very impressed with his work.. it pulled 235Bhp & 180ftlbs of Torque.
drives completely different now and the VTEC Kick has quite a Wollop http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/smile.png

Fitted Some Clear Side Repeaters.



Decided on De-Badging the Boot Lid and Fitting Some Red-Outs to the rear lamps
Freshens it up in my opinion.



Thought I would start the process of Getting my car ready for Japfest, so gave the Wind Deflectors a clean.







My car is on its second set of headlights since ownership due to the Condensation issue they all suffer with
so instead of forking out again i thought i would split the lenses and give them a good clean on the inside along with a light coat of wax... they were a little stained which was only noticeably at night with the lights on but it annoyed the http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/xshot.gif out of me.. so thought i would sort it.
im glad to say that they havent misted up since http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/xgrin.gif





Update 1/6/12

A pic of my car on the ITR stand at Japfest



New Broadway Mirror... Never was a fan of these but im loving the extra visibility at the back http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/smile.png



New Personal Neo Grinta 330mm Steering wheel with HKB Boss





Jackso Racing Supercharger Kit
























K20A2 Crank Pulley - Should now see 8psi



Jmercado Auto-Tensioer Bracket



3" 70RR Style Exhaust





Auto Tensioner With Jmercado Bracket



Car was mapped today by Mase and made 288.2@ the wheels which works out around 340@ the flywheel, completely different machine now 8)

Heres a few vids of it on the dyno

http://youtu.be/PkgMZst6Q0c

http://youtu.be/aaM35pKQp00

http://youtu.be/2Nk14PdBxSM

exhaust was ridiculously loud on the Dyno here's a few pics also.









Present Spec :

Championship White Rocker Cover
Championship White Battery Tie
Spoon Oil Cap
Spoon Radiator Cap
Spoon Strut Brace
Spoon Socks
Spoon Rear Lower Tie Bar
Spoon Proggressive Springs
Custom 3" 70RR Style Exhaust System
K100
Spoon Wing Mirrors
Drilled & Grooved Front & Rear Discs
Jackson Racing Supercharger 8psi
Gruppe M
Short Shifter
Poly Engine Mount Inserts
Rota Slipstreams 17x8" With RE050A Tyres
SFS Intake Hose
SFS Breather Hose
Clear Repeaters
Cusco Door Bars Painted Championship White
Personal Neo Grinta Steering Wheel With HKB Boss.

[GregK2]

WOW. Want :salut:

[Newannaive]

Nice work... :salut:

[steve83]

Car looks epic mate :thumbup:

You might want to pm a mod to get this moved into 'this is what i have done to my ctr' section if you are going to do a build thread.

[Newannaive]

It's not a ctr steve

[steve83]

I know, but sn:afu has his DC5 in there, this looks like it will be a good build and would get more visability there.

Maybe wrong.

[Newannaive]

sn:afu is breaking the rules....he's in evostu's pocket.

[steve83]

Thats fair enough then

[SeanEP3]

Nice car dude! :salut:

[chris wheela]

Mint :salut:

[sn:afu]

sn:afu is breaking the rules....he's in evostu's pocket.

:badrazz:

Looking good, will be better when finished :thumbup:

[markl]

monoblocks FTW. (seen as its a 'spoon conversion'.. )

[OZ 82]

Awesome mate. How come you didnt go for spoon yellow on the cam cover though?

[Leejw87]

Awesome mate. How come you didnt go for spoon yellow on the cam cover though?

Was thinking of doing the Spoon Yellow at first but liked the White & Black combination better, maybe when i get bored il change it again lol

[Leejw87]

Just A few pics of the Spoon Caps Fitted that i got for Christmas

[Leejw87]

Update on Page 1.

[steve83]

Looking good, some nice progress there, very clean indeed.

[DM]

I want your car .

[GreigEP3TR]

anal :salut:

[sdc25]

:cooldude: awesome mate