well today iv just been out in my m8s dc5,and lets just say it made my mind up that i want one i was very serprised at how fast it got upto speed,and handling was amazing,me thinking that thay will feel alot slower than the tubby had gone out of the window now. dont get me wrong i love mr2 but this ...
yer i hade the same prob with my tubby,spent a small fortune on it,
i use to own a crx vtec so i know about the needing to be in right gear at right time,but i find that part of the fun about hondas
how does the handling and grip compare to the mr2?
im saving for a dc5 at the moment,hoping thay wil drop in price with all this credit crunch stuff going on i dot think thay will have the stright line speed off tubby but for me thay are a nice all round car,thay good handling car,rare,nice looking,will be reliable and good on petrol if kept out vte...
compresson test was done today and theres no compresson on cylinder 3
i hate this carrrrrrrr
hg gone,cambelt snapped,hose from hell,ans now this,only had it a year
so were to go from here?
new engine,brake it, or v6 and sell all after maket turbo bits
no oil in the exhaust,yer compression test gona have to be next check to do. from i what i understand it can be piston rings going thats putting oil in air intake but seems bit strange why got oil everywere,some people say thay have had the turbo to sump oil line burst or turbo seals have gone,i thi...
the head gasket was only replaced about 7 months ago,was replaced with a steal 1.4mm gasket as well,should ent go so soon shoul it?
no mayo on dip stick or cap either
ok so i checked the turbo and all looks fine,alll blades still in one piece the air intake to turbo hose hade alot of oil in it tho, http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7338/dsc00161tq3.jpg i checked oil today and iv lost all of it and it was nearly full engine is still running ruff but there no mata...
what symptons would i get if i would off blown the engine,would it start aat all?
should i try a compression test
im gona check things today,il have a look if the turbo blades have snapped and gone into the enigine
just driving on full boost earlier today and the car started smoking alot from the engine not exhaust. so i stoped and had a look at the emgine and theres oil all over the right hand side of the engine,it mostly the bottom right of the engine but also made its way upto the cam cover case. theres no ...
few pics of the rev5 carbon spoiler :thumleft: http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9/dsc00160wf4.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9/dsc00160wf4.956a09dc84.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9673/dsc00159wf9.jpg http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9673/dsc00159wf9.f89388374d.jpg