First off some big news - I haven't written a car off for over a year!!! Get in!
It was this time last year that I collected the CRX and took it to the Jap Performance day at Santa Pod (it was the 10th last year). Which is exactly where I was today, although not running the car this time. It made a nice change to wander around and take pictures instead of running the car. The pictures can be found here.
The CRX has changed a little over the last 6 months. The exterior is the same and aside from the usual oil changes and other mundane work it's mechanically the same too (though I changed the clutch for one that could actually handle the moderate power increase over a stock setup). However... time has been spent on a custom ECU with data logging and reprogrammable chip, the rusty metal sunroof has been replaced with a carbon fibre one, and the interior has been stripped. Yes boys and girls, I'm going racing!
My lovely red and black seats and door cards went off to their new home yesterday, and leave in their place a pair of 5.5kg carbon fibre fixed position seats (although only one is fitted) and some Genuine Fake Carbon Fibre (TM) door cards, which are actually made of PVC plastic. The carpet, roof, a-panel trim, and entire rear trim is now out of the car. Weight-saving-orama.
This is only the beginning though; my D2 fully adjustable suspension package will be arriving this week. The whole handling of the car is going to be transformed. New Energy suspension bushes and adjustable front and rear camber arms, with adjustable rear toe links too. All of this will mean I can setup the car exactly as I need. Oh, and I've got an ex CRX Challenge rear strut brace now too.
I'm about to place an order for a new set of light weight (4.9kg) wheels too and finally some tyres that will get the job done. Then all I need are some better brakes and it will be ready for some track action.
Further down the line (i.e. next year) it's going to have a B18C[6] dropped in (that's the one from the DC2 ITR) complete with the ITR gearbox and LSD, and then finally a roll cage. I may also get it stripped back to the chassis and seam welded.
So basically my life is revolving around the car at the moment!