Honda Integra DC5 Nuburgring Nordschleife BTG TF  

remeber to old Rover Tomcats with K series Engines?

Thanks for the kind words, but unfortunately it's not really comparable. The manufacturers times are nearly always a full lap, where this and most mere mortal lap times are btg (bridge to gantry). A well driven M5 CS would annihilate me on any part of the circuit! Truth be told, aside from it being my first 'sub8' time, I'm not particularly happy with this lap. It was during tf, the tyres were cold from the car park and I was far from 'dialed in' or fully committed, it was just an evening lap that happened to be relatively clear. A perfect lap doesn't exist, but this was a long way off. When I have the opportunity to return, the times will likely be lower, hopefully by some margin. :)

@@kevtalbot137 I’ll admit, I might have been slightly off there. Still your balls are massive tho 🤣

I'm hoping I still can!!

@@kevtalbot137 most definitely bro.

It's hard not to be once the car is warm. Even supposed steady laps end with pushing. It's within margins, there's not lot of risk being taken, despite how it looks. There's still several key sections I need a lot more commitment/bravery/risk/whichever word works for you. :)

@@kevtalbot137 how much HP/PS ?

@@kwasbass6790 Around 245-250.

Thanks :)

I tried to make it as short as possible. So far my best is 7minutes and 53 seconds. I will try to make it shorter in the future.

@@kevtalbot137 shorter or faster?

@@kingy217 oo, you got me there. Faster.

Thanks, it's pretty good over the bumps. The suspension is SDDV gt1 clubrace from MeisterR.

I have Buddyclub rca's, but not inverted track rods. I use m14 rod ends and drill the steering arm from taper to parallel to suit, Area Motorsport sell the kit. It has some bump steer but it's manageable, but it will get a finer tune before this racing season.

Cheers mate. The time lost from the other cars is minimal. The time lost by not carrying enough speed on some of the corners and sections is far greater! You know me.. never satisfied and always learning. :)

Tom foooolery

@@kevtalbot137 more to my point.... the other cars are consuming any possible chance of optimal turn speed and preventing you use all the road of course.

@@TommyTeg You're right in that sense, but on the flip side, traffic is good practice for the time I actually enter a race.

Thanks man :) Answer to most of your questions is in the description. Power is somewhere between 240-250.

@@kevtalbot137 sorry I tried to look but it wasn’t loading the description as I’m watching on firestick 😂

Thanks. :) The track was dry at this point, but there's obvious time to be had in a few places. I've not done loads of laps so I'm still and probably always will be learning how to be faster around it!

Hi, thanks man, I'm working on it. Need to release content more often! Re the ep3, I've never driven one. I believe they're very similar, especially once modified.

There are plenty of clueless folk. Anyone with an appreciation for cars and half a brain knows what's what.

Ha, there are many places I could and should have been faster/more committed. It's a long way from a full yolo/qually/balls to the wall lap.

Flat out mate, if it gave me more I would take it!

Don't lie to me

I do, but it ran out of battery.

Going all the way down the dottinger straight is only possible during a track day, this was during tf.

I use RaceChrono Pro, as you know. The cam is a Sony FDR-X3000 and the rpm and throttle inputs are from the ECU. It's a kpro v4 so has Bluetooth connectivity. Timing and speed is via a GPS receiver. RaceChrono processes all of the data via Bluetooth.

Qué?

Course I would. I've done a rally driving course.

@@kevtalbot137 hats off to you mate! I really enjoyed the video. I am a fellow DC5 owner.

Bigger tyres on the front for less understeering attitude. Same same but different.

@@kevtalbot137 nice!

@@kevtalbot137 do you also have a slight negative camber setup?

Spec is in the description. :)

@@kevtalbot137 yes I saw it, I was hoping you could tell us more about it maybe can share with us the alignment spec and tyre setup as well 😊👍 also the mindset behind the setup

@@itsracer7495 Ah yes, forgot to enter the tyre spec! 255/225 AR1. :) Alignment is a mystery to me too, I had the car in pieces until the day before we left. Bolted it back together where I thought was ok, drove to Germany, done a few laps on Sunday evening TF. I brought the strings with me to align it properly but It felt ok, tyre wear and heat wasn't alarming, I was faster than last year on the splits so I left it alone! I honestly don't know which way the wheels are pointing, aside for there's close to -4 camber on the front.

@@kevtalbot137 are the wheels 17" o 18"?

@@acepty 17x9 & 17x7

Every little helps when there's only a short run back to the car park.

I'm not sure on the temps, but it uses the stock water and oil cooling systems, apart from a mishimoto radiator.

Thanks man, there's some spec in the description of the video. I seen you made a comment on the Brands Hatch fastest lap video, but it disappeared. I do have footage from all 4 sessions that day, just need to pull my finger out and edit them up!

@@kevtalbot137 Ah great, yes I look forward to seeing the rest of that Brands Hatch session. It's the only track I've driven myself so would be good to compare your footage to mine. Unfortunately I no longer have a trackday car. Hopefully one day as I really miss my trackdays.

@@dave23572 All right sod it, I'll start doing them today. I always have trouble deciding what to include as highlights or interesting bits, unless it's obvious like a skid or a near crash haha.

@@kevtalbot137 Don't worry too much about posting highlights, just post the footage. It takes ages to edit it down. The only reason I didn't post my footage is that my passenger kept swearing.

@@dave23572 Haha, that usually means you're doing a good job.

I find the SDDV are perfect for the ring. Perhaps not the fastest set up if it were given to a professional driver, but for us 'normal guys' pushing our own limits more than the cars ultimate speed, the way it rides the lumps, bumps, jumps and curbs really helps with confidence and pace.

@@kevtalbot137 thx. Exactly what i need. I'm not a pro and not gonna spent 5k on a suspension setup. Just a fun ringtool for me is enough.

@@TheTechnoaddict No worries man. This trip was the first time I ran with the newest SDDV and most of the running was on a wet/drying track, so next time will no doubt reveal more pace. 7:4x on a clear lap without an uncomfortable level of commitment haha.

@@kevtalbot137 you already had nice pace :) maybe i'll spot you this season if fuckin covid rules allow it. I'll try 2 follow you;)

@@TheTechnoaddict The pace is ok, but I was being cautious in some places, few wrong lines. I know where I need to improve. :) I should be there in July for the circuit-days track day. Hopefully earlier in the year, but as you say, covid is well and truly here.

I aim for 28-29 hot front and rear. I found with higher pressures, the AR1 wear unevenly.

@@kevtalbot137 Thanks for the reply.

@@HKSDAVE No worries :)

I'm going to say no, but when do you think they might be?

I think my first time on track was 7 years ago. I've had the Integra for 5/6 years.

@@kevtalbot137 u ever race for money? Lol u killed it on that lap

@@hondahouse6225 I have never raced for money. Is that even a thing on circuits?

No, it hasn't worked for a while now. I've been on track without it in all sorts of conditions. This tells me I can remove it and probably not die. I want to remove the vacuum booster as well, so I'll likely remove it all at the same time.

Ja, 9front.

@@kevtalbot137 What made you decide to go for such an aggressive rear spring? I know the American Honda track boys used to do a similar setup to help rotation, what would be the difference with that a softer spring and bigger ARB? Also how are you finding that 1.5 way, do they help with high speed stability off throttle and into braking zones, and does it counteract some of that lift off tendency with the aggressive setup? What made you decide between the 1 way and 1.5 way. Sorry for all the questions, just very interested in your car, great driving 😁

@@Flowermouth It's a similar front to rear ratio as stock. The motion ratio on the rear suspension calls for a high rate.

@@kevtalbot137 Totally forgot about motion ratios! I'm too used to DWB era hondas where they're a bit more forgiving, motion ratios are like 0.9 front and 0.6ish rear on these DC5s right?

It looks a bit hectic in the video, but it was ok. I was a little concerned when I seen them, hence the flashing and indicator to give them the best chance of seeing and reacting to me, which they did almost perfectly to be fair. Keeping right and putting their own indicator on was the best they could do. My apex was compromised, but I took less speed into the corner to compensate. In fact I probably could've carried more speed, as I easily made it back to the right hand side of the circuit for the following left. So replaying the scenario exactly how it was, I could've been faster , but that's not how these things work! In a racing environment perhaps, but in TF a margin is a better way to live.

Man with sound effects that accurate, I'm not sure you even need the actual engine.

@@kevtalbot137 Kevin, text cannot replace audio, but if a K series could, it'd go..... WERRRRRRRRR, WAHHHHHH, WER WERRR WERRRRR, WERRRR WAHHHHH

I use a Solid Fabrications big tube manifold and 3" 'track friendly' exhaust.

@@kevtalbot137 thank your for your response 🙌awesome dc5 , currently in the works of a rbc and 70mm tb along with a hybrid racing cai and some tsx cams. Down the line hondata ftw.

@@rabanto86 Thanks man. Unless you've bought it already, I wouldn't bother with the 70mm tb. There are minimal to no gains to be had. Save your money for fuel and tyres. :)

Stock K20A cams.

@@kevtalbot137 my DC5 also has a stock K20A, but yours sounds more faster🥲

@kevtalbot37

@@kevtalbot137 thanks man 😊

It's refreshing at 1hz and smoothed. Normally I would use a 10hz receiver, but it ran out of battery.

@@kevtalbot137 or just zoom in on the real speedo with one camera...

@@Corsa15DT Or just use the 10hz receiver as I normally do. It's more accurate than the speedo and doesn't require another camera to be set up and edited in.

@@kevtalbot137 btw, what modifying have you done, what is the power now?