mystery inc.

hi. i have sold my scoob to get a civic type-r. i joined the owners site to see what sort of tuning is poss for this car. i stumbled across a supercharger conversion for about 5k. this includes full stand alone ecu. they take the revs up to 8600rpm and lower the v-tec point to about 4000rpm. the power and speed of these after the conversion is crazy. here is a video link to a civic caning it around the track. its about two mins into the vid.

http://www.shand-online.co.uk/index_...%20at%20KH.wmv

rhybeck

i really like the civic type r if i was in the market for a hot hatch it would prob be the one for me but if your buying to mod u have got to think about the FRONT WHEEL DRIVE!! not going to get it to be as fast as a scoob even if u gave it a afterburner

saying that it will still be fun, add all of what your goingto spend i bet u could aford a scoob type r i dont know what scoob u had b4 but not a lot touches a type r off the lights or round the twistys

LG John

You can hear the whine from the screw as overtakes

sulli

My sister has hers for sale on pistonheads, http://pistonheads.com/sales/60943.htm]here

white

There are some very quick CTR's out there believe me.

I know of one that's running a Jackson Racing S/C along with some IPS supercharged profile cams. Puts out around 280wBHP or around 320BHP at the crank.

A very quick car and you need a big BHP Scoob to shake it.

SupaMiniCupa

Can I be really picky and ask if you mean EK9 or EP3?

Can I also be really dumb, and say 'that sounds like a dumpvalve in the video', which I thought were for turbos?

I stand to be corrected on the the second point

Dark Blue Mark

You still need a BOV for a centrif S/C

The old school Type R was a really great bit of kit. Get one!

Lowering the VTEC more than a few hundred rpm's is pointless IMO...

MB

Dark Blue Mark

Judging by the noise that's a purposely loud DV...

Doesn't seem to rev either??

MB

scoobynutta555

The Honda engine from the typeR seems to be popular with the Elise boys too. 200 odd bhp in a car that weighs the same as a *** packet, beware peops!

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

Saw a supercharged Civic Type R get 12,3 quarter mile last week. But it did arrive on a back of a trailer, So it doesnt count!

mystery inc.

the car is a ek3. think it has about 260bhp at the wheels. jsut from a supercharger and a hodata ecu mapped to redline at 8600rpm. tdi north has done a 12.08 second 1/4 mile. the d/v you can hear in the vid is the subaru.its the scoob driver who is filming, as the civic spanks it. there is loads of vids on civic type-r owners site. the 0-60 will not be that quick. dew to the large power running through the front wheels.once it gets going there is no stopping it. cant wait to get it supercharged and take it down santa pod.

brybusa

Good old TTS tuning in Northampton also supercharge these

http://www.tts-performance.com/civicsupercharged.php

billythekid

How do they get air onto the I/C?

k.b

the car in that video is an ep3 type r.

S3TH

iTrader: (2)

Hope you have budgeted for a nice LSD, they are bad enough getting the power down in standard form. personally I prefer the EK9 CTR.

Not getting the 05 STi then?

Have fun with it m8

Dark Blue Mark

Billy, you dont always need an I/C on a S/C car. Mine had an air / water aftercooler but you can get away without it.

I still think you can tune Type R lumps to "near" low psi S/C power and be more effective - it just costs a lot

MB

mystery inc.

dont think im getting the 05 sti now. i have got it into my head to supercharge this one. its diffrent and quicker than a sti with the charger fitted. need to save some money first for the wedding. then its time for the supercharger.

paul g

Dark Blue Mark

Keep us posted

MB

S3TH

iTrader: (2)

Yes will be interesting to see once its finished

Dream Weaver

The BOV on that video sounds like one of those pretend electronic ones as the sound never changes, and S/C usually aren't so loud.

http://www.saber-edv.com/

Tripple'O G

Is it me or is the scoob constantly pulling away from the type-r?

I was tempted to go for a type-r......but when I found out it cost big $$$'s to get any decent power out of them, I decided to go with the scoob

Daniel-S

Top car and its an EP3

mystery inc.

yes its a ep3. the scoob constantlly pulling away from the scoob.yeh right. the scoob i owned was 340bhp with 320lbs of torque with a type-r gearbox fitted. the car was very quick. i used to leave most things standing down the bypass. till i got up to top end speed then i was screwed. this guy at tdi north reckons with the money. say about 6k it will cost. i can have this car quicker than my old one. only time will tell. included in that 6k is the full conversion for the charger. lsd,uprated clutch and flywheel,engine mounts,uprated gearbox bearings. if you take the car upto 8600 rpm in 6th gear.that would be a top speed of 170 mph.

paul g

Tripple'O G

Are you watching the same video clip?
The scoob is constantly pulling away.........and it's quicker round the bends....

I say again.....lots of money to get and decent power out of it....

mystery inc.

your right about needing to spend lots of moey. i will be spending about 5k on the engine and about 2k on the gearbox side. regards to the video. the scoob aint pulling away. i said before that the person filming this is not in the civic. the civiv you will see about 2mins and 30 secs into the clip. it will only be there for a short while as it ****s of into the distance.

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

Just seems a lot of money to go and spend on tuning a front wheel drive car?? Couldn't you go for a 2.5 build in your scoob??

Dream Weaver

There's nothing wrong with quick FWD cars

Not everyone wants a flattering easy to drive, boring 4WD you know

Dream Weaver

That explains it! Thought it sounded more like a Scoob, plus it has the scoop.

Tripple'O G

Still I don't think spending that kind of money trying to chase bhp figs in a front wheel drive is worth it.
You'll get to the point where it'll just spin up........

good luck anyway

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

I'd much rather have power over-steer than power under-steer any day of the week! Much more fun!