chingwingding
Member
- First Name
- Nathan
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2020
- Threads
- 1
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- 16
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- Location
- Sacramento, CA
- Website
- www.lgcracing.com
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 Honda Civic Type R (FK8)
- Thread starter
- #1
Hello everyone! Relatively new owner of my 2019 Civic Type R that I purchased a month ago. I bought this car in replacement of my dual-duty AP1 Honda S2000 that I had the pleasure of owning for four years. Though that was a great experience, I decided to upsize into something larger, more modern, and a little faster to get by the daily commutes.
Transitioning from the S2000 into the Civic Type R was easy and hard at the same time. I like the power output that the Civic Type R gives over the S2000 and the gearbox is very smooth and easy-going like the S2000. The amount of space that this has over the S2000 is insane. A part of me is still amazed that I travelled up and down California every month in that car with such little space to work with. Traveling with the Type R is a lot easier than the S2000 and the drive is a whole lot better. The only hard transition from the S2000 to the Type R would be the size of the car. I had to learn a lot of spacial reasoning and understand how big this car actually was in comparison to the S2000 where I could easily fit into any spot.
I'm excited to build this car to my ideal form of a well-balanced dual-duty car - race on Sunday, back to work on Monday type of deal. I learned a lot from modifying my S2000 and I hope I can implement what I learned from the S2000's build philosophy and lessons and apply it better here. My issue with the S2000 was that it became too racecar; I built it up too much and too fast and it was no longer enjoyable. Thankfully, the parts on the Type R are significantly more expensive, so I have a lot more time to consider and it would take a lot longer for me to build a racecar out of this one if I were to make the same mistake.
This was my AP1 S2000! I'm very proud of what I made it to be, but I ultimately regretted taking things too far and building the car beyond what it was meant to be used for. I never really got to use the car to its full extent with the parts that I put on it, but hopefully that changes with the Type R.
I'm excited to log and share the progress of this car as I never really did it with the S2000! I'm excited to learn about this chassis and have a lot more fun with this one than I did in the S2000. Thanks all for tuning into my thread and enjoy as I try not to ruin this car too much!
Transitioning from the S2000 into the Civic Type R was easy and hard at the same time. I like the power output that the Civic Type R gives over the S2000 and the gearbox is very smooth and easy-going like the S2000. The amount of space that this has over the S2000 is insane. A part of me is still amazed that I travelled up and down California every month in that car with such little space to work with. Traveling with the Type R is a lot easier than the S2000 and the drive is a whole lot better. The only hard transition from the S2000 to the Type R would be the size of the car. I had to learn a lot of spacial reasoning and understand how big this car actually was in comparison to the S2000 where I could easily fit into any spot.
I'm excited to build this car to my ideal form of a well-balanced dual-duty car - race on Sunday, back to work on Monday type of deal. I learned a lot from modifying my S2000 and I hope I can implement what I learned from the S2000's build philosophy and lessons and apply it better here. My issue with the S2000 was that it became too racecar; I built it up too much and too fast and it was no longer enjoyable. Thankfully, the parts on the Type R are significantly more expensive, so I have a lot more time to consider and it would take a lot longer for me to build a racecar out of this one if I were to make the same mistake.
This was my AP1 S2000! I'm very proud of what I made it to be, but I ultimately regretted taking things too far and building the car beyond what it was meant to be used for. I never really got to use the car to its full extent with the parts that I put on it, but hopefully that changes with the Type R.
I'm excited to log and share the progress of this car as I never really did it with the S2000! I'm excited to learn about this chassis and have a lot more fun with this one than I did in the S2000. Thanks all for tuning into my thread and enjoy as I try not to ruin this car too much!