I think the quality of the Swindon-built hatchbacks compares favorably to Civics built anywhere else. Honda decided to close that plant due to uncertainties over the idiotic Brexit debacle. BTW, Nissans and Toyotas sold in the U.S. are almost all assembled in North America, not Japan, just...
Your Sport MT is a fine car to begin at the track with. The first thing you will need is some track brake pads, ideally matched up with some new rotors, and some ATE TYP 200 fluid that another guy recommended earlier. The second thing to update is your tires and wheels, the stock all-seasons...
Not sure where you got your information on 'others struggling with it'. I've used ATE Typ 200 in my race and street cars for years, and never had a boiling problem. You will need to change it more often than the stock DOT3/4 stuff though.
Right, like I said, I'd buy an Accord hatch if they made one...Honda is still stuck in the 'Americans only want sedans' mode, while it's now 'Americans only want trucks and SUVs'. Of course the Accord is more upscale and refined than the Civic, but they do share the same basic platform. And I...
I kinda doubt that, since the Accord and Civic share the same platform. Not sure what you mean by half-baked. If they made an Accord hatch manual I'd buy one.
No argument on what's the better car, it'd be worth the extra $15K if not for the overheating issue some seem to overlook (because they've never run it hard enough and long enough to experience it). As for the handling issue, it was definitely there, although I never ran the T-S5/255/40-18...
You guys apparently can't fathom why anyone might want to downgrade? I made the reasons pretty clear, for those who want to learn. The Type R is sold as a track car, but needs a bigger radiator to be viable as one. I'm guessing neither of you doubters ever tried running yours at a track...
Well, I had a new Type R, and indeed ended up downgrading to a Sport hatch manual. The Type R is not a POS, I just got tired of it overheating on track days, and the dumb 20" wheels getting bent on normal roads, and the cost of 20" tires. I then bought some Titan 7 T-S5 18"s in with Michelin...
The 265s should fit. I bought some used wheels off a Mustang (18x8.5, and the same 50mm offset as stock Civic wheels) of which two were 275/35-18s, and they fit both front and rear on my '18 Civic Sport hatch.
Please report back on the Eibach wall thickness, Thanks! Just did a track day with a stock car, but had 275s on the front and 245s on the rear (with not great Firestone Indy 500 340 TW tires; but came with the wheels). Brakes were worthless after a lap or two, will try some Carbotech or EBC...
I had a 2018 CTR that overheated on the track...very frustrating for such a good track car. The stock wheels are a joke; they bent easily after a few miles on normal roads. Getting no help from Honda, I bought a set of 18" Titan7 T-S5s and mounted Pilot Sports. The result was tricky...
My car exhibited similar behavior on an approximately 90 F track day, after only a few laps. Wouldn't it be nice if Honda built the necessary cooling capacity into the car, instead of having us spend thousands more for it?