As some know, I have been considering selling the Evo for a while and getting a track project. I know a lot will think that I should have got an EP3 or a Clio for £2k, I agree, I probably should have but I missed my last DC5 a lot. I think it has been my favourite car to own. Sometimes with cars you cant justify or explain the things we do, and to me a DC5 just felt the right thing to do. So to find out that my mate was selling one that had a lot of tuning bits already done raised my eyebrow and got me interested.
1 owner from import 10 years ago, 66k miles and pretty much off the road for the past 3 years as the owner got banned. I made an offer under £5k and it was accepted. So here it is, in its far from perfect paint finish. The sun really has done some work on it!
Here's the spec:
01'C/W Red seats Black oem wheels.
Gruppe M
RBC
Mapped by Romain @ Eurospec 243bhp.
Full DC Sports system. DC Battery tie bar.
Front and rear Mugen struts, Mugen oil filler/radiator caps. Mugen gear knob.
Eichbach springs.
B&M short shift.
Spoon ETD, Spoon Front brace,
Genuine Seibon C/F Rear spoiler.
C/F Bonnet. (Make unknown-oem style).
I got some other bits in a box:
OEM springs.
Two spare OEM alloys.
New front left arch liner as the one fitted has a crack.
New rear discs, new front pads.
Some other parts.
I've bought some uprated Brembo calipers and larger two piece discs. At the minute the plan is to fit them with some braided lines and get the car MoT'd and roadworthy. No doubt there's going to be some bits that need work so I think I will wait before going too mental on it. Oh and the car is having a proper clean and mop to sort out the paint. I could do it myself I guess but since it's at TGM I'll get them to do it, since I'm already getting them to paint the bumper, bonnet and front lip white.
That said I have the following planned:
Bilstein B16 coilovers.
Roll centre kit.
New track wheels/tyres.
Baffled sump.
If the clutch needs doing I'll get a plated diff and shorter final drive.
Pole Positions and start stripping some of the interior.
Thankfully the OEM parts and interior are very clean, so I should be able to shift most of it on the DC5 forum which will help pay for parts.
I'm quite looking forward to getting behind the wheel on track.
1 owner from import 10 years ago, 66k miles and pretty much off the road for the past 3 years as the owner got banned. I made an offer under £5k and it was accepted. So here it is, in its far from perfect paint finish. The sun really has done some work on it!
Here's the spec:
01'C/W Red seats Black oem wheels.
Gruppe M
RBC
Mapped by Romain @ Eurospec 243bhp.
Full DC Sports system. DC Battery tie bar.
Front and rear Mugen struts, Mugen oil filler/radiator caps. Mugen gear knob.
Eichbach springs.
B&M short shift.
Spoon ETD, Spoon Front brace,
Genuine Seibon C/F Rear spoiler.
C/F Bonnet. (Make unknown-oem style).
I got some other bits in a box:
OEM springs.
Two spare OEM alloys.
New front left arch liner as the one fitted has a crack.
New rear discs, new front pads.
Some other parts.
I've bought some uprated Brembo calipers and larger two piece discs. At the minute the plan is to fit them with some braided lines and get the car MoT'd and roadworthy. No doubt there's going to be some bits that need work so I think I will wait before going too mental on it. Oh and the car is having a proper clean and mop to sort out the paint. I could do it myself I guess but since it's at TGM I'll get them to do it, since I'm already getting them to paint the bumper, bonnet and front lip white.
That said I have the following planned:
Bilstein B16 coilovers.
Roll centre kit.
New track wheels/tyres.
Baffled sump.
If the clutch needs doing I'll get a plated diff and shorter final drive.
Pole Positions and start stripping some of the interior.
Thankfully the OEM parts and interior are very clean, so I should be able to shift most of it on the DC5 forum which will help pay for parts.
I'm quite looking forward to getting behind the wheel on track.