Forums Forums Enthusiast Forums A - Z Autowirral StuyMac: Honda Civic VTi - SiR Race car.

Well, if I want to be out for Mallory, it needs to be before the 18th March.

Ill either book a day at Oulton, or just use the DriveMe track in Stafford - I know my other mate with the Civic is going there to run his engine in on a day when they havnt got an event on

seems alot lower, are these the springs you where talking about at the meet which are extremely solid??

Yeah, its a lot lower mate. The front springs are the ones we where talking about, the rears are much lighter and more conventional

How low is that mate, Thats just how low i want my civic as im not happy with how low mine is atm.

TBH I can just get away with it on the road as the shocks are wound right up.

I had to test it on streaches of road where I knew the tarmac was smooth and unbroken - any bumps when the car is this stiff make it skip around - great on the track as they are smooth, but no good on the road.

For an idea, my front springs are nearly 3 times heavier than those supplied on a set of Tein Super Streets.

Sure low road cars may look good, but you need springs and shocks that will cope with such short suspension travel, they are no good when you hit bumps in the road, and if your shocks / springs cant cope your gonna be riding on bump stops meaning all your suspension will be in the tyres

TBH The Civics supension has been very hard to get even close to being right - much harder than a Nissan to set up.

Im not going to disclose all my findings though, its taken a lot of research and trial and error to get here lol

Its all about the ££££ lol

Cars looking really smart tho mate

LMAO, get it wrong, or go too low and it'll cost you even more. Running on the bump stops will kill the shocks, tyres, top mounts and lower arm bushes - not to mention your spine

Budda's got one of them camber kits on his civic, They pritty good, I mean im only 30mm low and it eat away at my alloys on the inside, Dead bad wheel lean lol.

Wheel lean (Camber) is good on a race car, not so good on the road though, as it eats the inside edges of the tyres!

Yeah thats why hes got the camber kit to pull the wheels back up right, Don't work 100% but pulled them back up alot, I know what you mean about eating tyres

New Toyo 888's:



..fitted...:



..and the cut ignition cut off and battery isolator is now all connected up, with the extinguisher relocated to the dash:

Discovered the other week that one of the pistons in the front calipers was sticking. This ment there was 25% less effort on one side, and the car was really pulling to the left under heavy braking!

This ment recon / replace the calipers. So to be safe I opted for the latter....

The car is fittted with a pair of twin pot calipers from a Honda Legend - you cannot belive how hard these have been to find new

New Calipers:



Old Sticky one...



New One fitted:



Painted, with wheel back one (Its a tight fit, but they just fit under the std 15's Ive also fitted the Ferodo Race pads - gonna spend some time over the weekend bedding them in

Thats almost as tight as a virgin

Dont you dare try slipping my car one to test that theory

tight like a gerbil wrapped in gaffa tape....so it dont burst when you slip it one...lol