Thought i should post up about my friends car that i had a drive of last week

Its a 1997 DC2 JDM import Honda Integra Type R in championship white

The Engine & Gearbox

It is equipped with the B18 vtec engine which revs all the way to 8750RPM and its a fantastic engine it is a little low on torque but has approx 200 to 210 bhp due to being fitted with a aem long arm intake and a full de-cat tanabe exhaust and it sounds epic especially in vtec the pwoer comes in smooth low don the has a kick when the vtec engages. Its all transmitted the the road via a very smooth 5 speed box the car has also had an exedy stage 1 clutch fitted which feels very nice to use. All in all its a great combination but to press on you need to keep the car in vtec.

Handling & Comfort

The cars handeling is absoutly unbelieveable it is an absoulte joy to drive and feels alive and is fulll of communitaction through the steering wheel and through the seat when pressing on and the grip levels are very high. This has been achived through the fully independant suspension set up and by fitting miester r coilovers and uprated anti roll bars and lower tie bars and front and rear strut braces (the front one is standard equipment on the DC2) and by running ultra lightweight desmond reegamasters and with the toyo r1r tyres. As for comfort it is pretty uncompromising but can be forgiven due to the nature of the car but has been fitted with and upgraded sound system and has air conditioning for when it gets hot (which up in scotland isnt very often)

Economy

The economy actuallly isnt too bad when you are just driving arond out of vtec but does go through the fule pretty fast when you are in vtec.

Overall

It is an absoutly fantascic car to drive but needs to be kept in tis vtec powerband to extract the best from this car. It wouldnt be the best daily driver but it would make and exellent weekend driver/trackday car.

Heres a photo taken before the regamasters were fitted

Always had a little soft spot for these.

Thanks to Gran Turismo actually... LOL

Quite possibly the best Type R.

Lovely car.

They fold round trees quite well, according to a friend He was ok though.

Loved my Dc2, some days I really miss it. They are cracking machines. Always tend to find good reviews on these. Have admit they don't seem stupidly quick, but a real drivers car.

Love them, a few mates have them but I still have a soft spot for the Ek9!

Loved mine :-) by far the best fwd handling. Car out there by far. Honda got it bang on with the dc2.

Great car could do with a turbosupercharger

I loved mine (96 Spec JDM), fantastic car, and when money allows buying another car (toy) that wil be straight on the list!