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Purchased my CTR in 2007 and still enjoy driving it as much as the day I first drove it. I use it as my daily driver and have only started modifying the car in the last couple of years. The aim is to build a car that retains its driveability for day to day driving but improve certain areas to make the car even more enjoyable when pushing it (on track of course)


Spec list so far - Updated 13/8/11

Engine:
Tegiwa M carbon air box
Venair silicone intate hose (Red)
Cusco oil catch can
DC sport cat back
Hondata K-pro
DC sport manifold
RBC intake manifold (to be fitted)
Mugen oil cap
Spoon radiator cap
Skunk2 magnetic sump & gear box plugs
ES engine mounts
Powerflex gearbox mount
JDM Camshafts (DC5) (to be fitted)

Suspention:
Eibach Sportline lowering springs
JDM rear anti roll bar
Carbin rear lower tie bar
Skunk2 lower control arms
J’s racing front upper strut brace
D2 adjustable rear camber arms
Front adjustable camber bolts (to be fitted)
Energy Suspension master bushing kit (to be fitted)

Brakes:
Painted callipers (Red)
Goodridge braided brake lines

Tyres:
Toyo T1R’s 205/40/17

Exterior:
HID 6000k kit
JDM number plates

Interior:
JDM mats
Striped out rear painted black
L.E.D footwell & door pocket lighting (Red)
Nuespeed shortshifter

looking forward to fitting the rest of the mods & getting the car mapped soon

Took these pics when it was standard but will get some updated pics of the new mods up here soon.

Looks like a really nice example.

With some cool mods on the go. :thumbup:

good mods mate

..Scotty..

looking good dude cosmic by far the best colour

Good motor mate.

Interesting choice of back box, how do you find it?

Any chance of a little sound clip or video please??? I'm dying the hear a Vortex on an EP3

car looks good dude! some healthy mods going on too!

Cosmic too :thumbup:

Good list of mods you've got there, updated pics when you're ready :thumbup:

Thanks for the comments guys.

aleung2 wrote:Good motor mate.

Interesting choice of back box, how do you find it?

Any chance of a little sound clip or video please??? I'm dying the hear a Vortex on an EP3

Yea I was a little dubious of the vortex at 1st but I was interested in trying something a little different. I’m told mind was the 1st EP3 torque exhaust fitted with a vortex but I know they have done 8 or so since, haven’t found anyone else on here running one though.

Its quite a loud system as there’s no silencers in it what so ever just the vortex box towards the back, its not too loud for me at the mo but will be interesting the hear what its like once I put my DC mani on , may need a silencer incorporated if its too savage.

The other factor that makes it different is the bore size of the b pipe, it 2.25" (as opposed to the more common 2.5" bore size seen on most after market exhaust for the EP3) as I was advised this will work best on a vortex but it will be interesting to see how the dyno graph compares to others we've seen on here once its been mapped. Hoping to get it done before the end of the year.

I'll try & get some video clips & pictures for you over the weekend

Yates wrote:Thanks for the comments guys.

Yea I was a little dubious of the vortex at 1st but I was interested in trying something a little different. I’m told mind was the 1st EP3 torque exhaust fitted with a vortex but I know they have done 8 or so since, haven’t found anyone else on here running one though.

Its quite a loud system as there’s no silencers in it what so ever just the vortex box towards the back, its not too loud for me at the mo but will be interesting the hear what its like once I put my DC mani on , may need a silencer incorporated if its too savage.

The other factor that makes it different is the bore size of the b pipe, it 2.25" (as opposed to the more common 2.5" bore size seen on most after market exhaust for the EP3) as I was advised this will work best on a vortex but it will be interesting to see how the dyno graph compares to others we've seen on here once its been mapped. Hoping to get it done before the end of the year.

I'll try & get some video clips & pictures for you over the weekend

Nice one mate, good to know someone has something different especially given the long thread slating the thing. Can't wait to hear it mate, look forward to the pics and sound clips.

Was there an option to have silencers by the way or will it not work with the Vortex box?

looking good, you'll love it with the manifold on and kpro tuned :thumbup:

aleung2 wrote:

Yates wrote:Thanks for the comments guys.

Yea I was a little dubious of the vortex at 1st but I was interested in trying something a little different. I’m told mind was the 1st EP3 torque exhaust fitted with a vortex but I know they have done 8 or so since, haven’t found anyone else on here running one though.

Its quite a loud system as there’s no silencers in it what so ever just the vortex box towards the back, its not too loud for me at the mo but will be interesting the hear what its like once I put my DC mani on , may need a silencer incorporated if its too savage.

The other factor that makes it different is the bore size of the b pipe, it 2.25" (as opposed to the more common 2.5" bore size seen on most after market exhaust for the EP3) as I was advised this will work best on a vortex but it will be interesting to see how the dyno graph compares to others we've seen on here once its been mapped. Hoping to get it done before the end of the year.

I'll try & get some video clips & pictures for you over the weekend

Nice one mate, good to know someone has something different especially given the long thread slating the thing. Can't wait to hear it mate, look forward to the pics and sound clips.

Was there an option to have silencers by the way or will it not work with the Vortex box?

Yea all the systems from torque are custom made to your specification so I could of had a silencer incorporated into it but I wanted a system with optimum flow so they designed it to be as straight as possible with no silencers.

dude17ctr wrote:looking good, you'll love it with the manifold on and kpro
tuned :thumbup:

Yea I hear it almost becomes a different car but ive not heard or been in one thats running a 4-2-1 mani & k-pro, cant wait

New mods fitted yesterday:

Silcone intake hose
Cusco oil catch can
JDM size front plate

pictures to follow soon.

Photos of modified front bumper, spent a day in the sunshine doing this and a couple of other bits and i'm pretty happy with how this has changed the front end of the car.




I'll get some decent engine bay shots up once the rocker cover has had a clean, at the moment its an embarrassment.

looks really good mate!

what size hole saw did you use?

i'm going do this to my astra to force a bit more air into the intercooler!

extra cooling ftw :cooldude:

Cheers man, sounds like a good idea to me. Mine are about 9cm in diameter.

Looks good. Need some motorsport style wheels now to get the track look going more

Yea that’s the plan. Next job though is to get my DC exhaust manifold and RBC fitted and mapped, they've been sitting in my shed for about a year now lol.

Mite just refurb my OEM rims and paint them to match the gold colour of the j's racing strut brace brackets.

Must say i like it :thumbup: Looks really for the track

Cant you just cut that area away instead of having the holes as i think it would look even better.

Stevo M81 wrote:Must say i like it :thumbup: Looks really for the track

Yea thats the look im going for, trying to make a daily driver that can mix it on track too, think the CTR will be an awesome car for some track fun.