2002 Supercharged EP3 Civic Type R

[The Rotrex Kid]

Finally got the brakes on. I really got my money’s worth out of the old ones. Just need to bed them in a bit!





Next is to rebuild the rack again as it’s knocking. Again!

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Thought I’d just throw a couple of current photos up as I’m quite happy with how it’s looking at the moment. Soon to have a bit of a winter break, still need to find somewhere to hide it away.

[The Rotrex Kid]

Not much I update. I bought a winter car which is virtually the exact opposite of the civic..



I did purchase some Spoon Sports bits from Torque GT. I always liked the blue tinted mirror glass which is stupidly expensive but looks pretty cool.

[The Rotrex Kid]

Hi mate.

It's a 530d M Sport (individual) Le Mans Blue with Syrah blue leather! It's an auto as well so will be great for wafting around for the winter!

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I had the mirrors fitted and they look really good, I’m not overly sold on the interior mirror tbh, it is a very wide angle and quite hard to see what’s happening behind you.

So when it fell off this week I considered not sticking it back on, but I thought as I had paid for it I would. Then I did this while reattaching it



I had an offer to sell the BMW and with a possible house purchase looming, I let that go, so I’ll use the civic again for a while until something else turns up. I got an oil change today and changed the aux belt as I noticed a small nick in it as well.



I’m heading to Swansea on Friday to get the map tweaked as it’s been a while, I’ll post up some pictures of that.

[The Rotrex Kid]

Well, when it rains it pours!

Cancelled the Swansea trip for tomorrow, unfortunately the exhaust manifold gasket let go yesterday. We fixed that.

Then the supercharger started leaking oil, it was a split pipe, sorted.

Then I noticed that the aux belt was moving, the tensioner is fked. We could still do the trip right?

Then today, after driving into work, I thought I would just check the belt… and, oh, what’s this?




Looks like oil. But super thin, reddy/brown in colour, what the fk is it? After much panicking, it’s the engine mount. It’s split and coughed it’s guts up everywhere.



So, trip cancelled, mount, tensioner and Rotrex oil all ordered. We’ll sort it and live to fight another day!!

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Sorted the mount today, went for the innovative alloy one, it looks ace, and it’s definitely tightened up the front end of the car a bit. Power delivery to the road feels better. There is a bit more vibration in the cabin but, meh, I can deal with that.

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Some small updates. I’ve ordered an OEM replacement engine mount as I just cannot live with the alloy one, it makes the whole car shake. Will stick that one back on eBay.

I’ve also had the headlights polished today. It’s like night and day, very happy with the results.






Very pleased with the results.

I’m also amassing some parts for a fuel system upgrade as there was a small fuel related leak last week….

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It was, unfortunately, a failed jubilee clip. The clip gave up, fuel feed came off and sprayed 99 RON all over the engine at 4bar

Luckily nothing caught fire, pulled over, got a new jubilee clip on and off we went but it really freaked me out as I had my daughter in the car.

So I've gone all in with a -6AN fuel system upgrade.

OEM rail modified with -6 Return fitting



-6 Push fitting to OEM Feed


Sytec 300 Micron fuel filter with -8 in and -6 out fittings.


A box of -6 fittings and braided fuel hose


So that should keep me busy enough! he fuel rail will be painted before fitting as well.

Also my new OEM engine mount has arrived. I've got the top part out being powdercoated as well to match the rocker cover.

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Sam. said:

Glad to see it didn't catch fire mate.

Still need to pop down and catch up!

Yes mate. Let me know whenever you’re down!

Tbh if it had gone up I wouldn’t have cried for too long, agreed policy and all that

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Replaced the Innovative mount with the new OEM one with the top bracket powdercoated to match the rocker cover and new OEM nuts, looks and feels a lot better now!



I think I’ve mentioned that I sold the 5 series, I had an offer so let that go, I’ve now bought a much more suitable (and cheaper) X3 so I can get driving that and sort the fuel setup out.



So I’ll hopefully get cracking on that at some point!!

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I'm hoping to get on with the fuel system over the next few weeks, the X3 goes into service from tomorrow so I can take some bits off the Civic. I think I will do some new pipework on the supercharger system as well while I've got it all apart.

I've been meaning for a while to change the fuel pressure guage. I've had it a few years and it doesn't match the boost guage, it's also got a touchpad which has a life of it's own and looks pretty ugly too.

So, I ordered one of the matching (or so I thought) guages and fitted it today, unfortunately it's got a slightly different colour and different font, but it'll do!

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I haven’t even started the fuel system yet, brain has been occupied on other things! I plan to get started soon!

I did have an hour spare the other day so trimmed the facelift inner wing covers to fit with the gas strut conversion, tidied the engine bay up slightly!



I think I will possibly replace the under bonnet sound deadening with something else, it looks a bit st now.

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Just a little update. I haven’t really got anywhere near as much done as I wanted to, a newborn baby, busy work etc etc.

I decided to waste some time cleaning up the engine bay a little, removed the manky soundproofing (pointless on a car this loud!) and put some stickers on! Cleaned up around the inner wings where years of crud had built up.



I also gave the interior a bit of a tidy up, and the outside a bit of a wash.




I’ve splashed out on some replacement (black) caps for the wheel nuts as the anodised red ones have discoloured. That’s about all I’ve been upto!

I did go an fill it up with fuel around 2 weeks ago, £1.75ppl! I almost fell over. Luckily I’ve only covered 800 miles since November with the X3 doing most of the hard work!

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I’m not matey, no, I’m not on Facebook at all.

Which picture do you mean?

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Well another month goes by, no news or changes on the car really. I have covered a whopping 500 miles so far this year. It is booked in for a full detail and ceramic coat this weekend to get it shiny for the summer!

In other news I have bought another daily the X3 was a bit too thirsty and a bit big for just me cruising around so I took and offer on that and bought this to replace it..



It’s an E Sport TDI with the legendary 1.9 TDI PD engine, £30 per year RFL and currently getting 57MPG which is over double the X3

I’ve repainted the B pillar trims that were flaking, fitted some new plates and a set of 18” Leon FR wheels that we had at work. Next is to get some touch ins done and a machine polish.




More Honda content soon, promise

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I collected the car this evening from the detailer. I’ve never been too sure on detailing, the work and costs involved. We recently took a guy on at work for preparing our stock cars and honestly his work blew me away.

We negotiated a deal on my car and I dropped it off yesterday and left it with him, unfortunately I left my keys in the car so he came and got me in his TVR Griffith and took me for a spin which was a nice treat.

Anyway, back to this evening. I was blown away by the job. A 2 stage machine polish and coated in 5 year ceramic coating, I’d wager it’s never looked better, even when brand new. Worth every penny.





Even the rear lights got some treatment which they desperately needed!

Before


After

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The detailer did a little video!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEdVOwnhQN0

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I think total is around £500.

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Gave it a quick wash off today, fitted the new wheel nut caps as well. Might drive it this week