Nathan's abp DC5-R

[gunpoons]

Hi guys,
for those of you that don't know me, the names Nathan, and over the next 18 months there should be a bit going on with my car, so i thought i should finally start up a build thread.

As a bit of background, i've always been a honda guy, starting with an 83' accord, 92' eg si civic, 98' ek4 civic and in 06' i picked up my 04' dc5r with 26,000 km's on it.

From then the car was used as a daily driver, so due to that, and other commitments, mods were kept pretty light on.

Then due to an expanding family, in may last year i bought an 07' crv lux in nighthawk black and the dc5 became the weekend warrior i always had intended it to be and the car now sits on 74,000 km's

Over the last few years though, i have been stockpileing parts for my build and over the next 12 months i hope to get all the drivetrain and engine work done and decide from there where to with the car. I'm very keen to add a ap1 to the garage so funds may have to be diverted towards that soon.

My aim for the car is really just to build a bit of a allrounder, it will see a little 1/4mile, a little track, and a fair bit of hardparking in between.

will try and update with some fresh photos when i get a chance,
thanks for reading,
Nathan

Mods include:

Engine and transmission:
-J' racing intake
-Spoon oil cap
-Spoon radiatior cap
-M-tec 'race' tranmission springs
-Buddyclub short shifter
-Mugen engine mounts(front three)
-Hasport 62a rear engine mount
-ASP 'small tube' header and high flow cat

Suspension:
-Buddyclub N+ coilovers
-Skunk2 rear control arms
-Skunk2 rear camber arms
-Skunk2 rear tie bar
-Eibach front sway bar 25mm
-Eibach rear sway bar 23mm
-Mugen front tower bar
-Mugen rear tower bar

Brakes:
-Mugen active gate front rotors
-Spoon front pads
-Spoon rear pads
-Goodridge braided lines
-Motul rbf600 fluid

Interior:
-Spoon rear vision mirror glass
-Skunk2 shift knob
-Jdm oem starter button

Exterior:
-Spoon hydra-blue mirror glass
-Mugen(genuine) rear wing
-Piaa extreme white parker & low beam bulbs
-Hella xenon yellow hi beam bulbs
-Rear wiper delete
-Rear 'type-r' & 'integra' badge delete

Wheels and tyres:
-Stock rims with toyo ra-1
-Mugen heptagon lug nuts

Mods in the shed(not yet fitted to car):
-Drag cartel 2.2 camshafts
-Spoon 5.1 final drive
-Spoon clutch line
-Spoon ridgid collar kit
-Spoon valve cover
-Spoon magnetic sump/tranny plugs
-Skunk2 pro series intake manifold
-Skunk2 70mm throttle body
-Skunk2 fuel rail
-Skunk2 pro series valve springs
-Skunk2 titanium retainers
-Skunk2 valve cover hardware kit
-Syncrotech carbon lined syncros
-Mugen baffled sump
-Mugen oil filters
-Mugen side skirts
-Mugen rear lip
-Toda clutch/flywheel kit(non asbestos)
-Toda timing chain tensioner
-K-tuned coil pack cover
-K-tuned billet tps sensor
-Buddyclub roll centre adjusting ball joints
-Buddyclub carbon fibre bonnet
-Aerocatch hood latches
-Jdm rear bar
-Rdx 410cc injectors & clips
-Todds modified oem tie rods
-PCI front spherical bearing kit


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[felixR]

Good to see a build thread from you Nathan!

Impressive list.

[Norm]

About time we see the beast! You've been poking and prodding me for ages about the final drive and stuff, and you only show your prize now haha!


Norm

[Hau]

oh damn!!!

[luxury_lowrider]

this is exactly how i would modify a dc5r

looks good!

[Blitzwing]

Awesome DC5 mate!

[wongy]

dat list of parts yet to be installed, drool all over my table, nice car same name as me

[tyung87]

That's a lot of nice parts you have there. Makes me wanna start shopping

[gunpoons]

so all has been pretty quite on the dc5 front, its barely left the shed in the last couple of months as i've had a fair bit going on,
ordered a new set of number plates and thats about it,

there is still a couple of things i want to buy before i get stage 1 of my parts install done, and the way i'm going it looks like that might not happen for a while, my wallet is so right now

anyway something that did cost me a lot of money and is car related, is my new driveway, this has been a washed out granite shitstorm since i bought my place a few years back, finally bit the bullet and now it looks like this,
gunna spend heaps less time washing my wifes nbp crv now



while i had the camera out i took some pics of a few of my favorite things
fluids ftw!

[Shakeel]

Nice stuff there Nathan!!

[Norm]

Wah Nathan! A nice collection of car parts there. Mugen oil filters? Really? lol...

[Oz Striker]

Nice stuff there man, I know that driveway would have cost an arm and a leg to do, one of my mate did the same thing!

They are supposed to be about 30% more efficient Norm! Not sure whether they are but it's all about principle haha

[wongy]

Yummy parts

[felixR]

Yummy parts

x 2 and nice driveway!

[gunpoons]

Nice stuff there Nathan!!

Yummy parts

x 2 and nice driveway!

thanks guys, unless something major happens, this car will never be sold so i've always gone after the parts i want as apposed to the parts i need

Wah Nathan! A nice collection of car parts there. Mugen oil filters? Really? lol...

yeah really, i bought a bulk lot a while back, cost less than $30 each, what i didn't take into account was that after doing less than 1000kms in the last 12 months, i now have a lifetime supply

Nice stuff there man, I know that driveway would have cost an arm and a leg to do, one of my mate did the same thing!

They are supposed to be about 30% more efficient Norm! Not sure whether they are but it's all about principle haha

yeah it cost a lot, i think its worth every cent though, i also got a layback cut into the gutter so its easier to get the car in and out,
but with the money it cost me between the road, and recently getting rid of my septic tank and connecting to town sewer, i could have quite easily finished the build on the dc5