best engine mods for yer money for the fn2. 70mm tegiwa single exhaust japspeed 421 exhaust manifold (decat) RRC intake manifold. any 3.5 inch Cold air intake with least amount of bends in it. with an ecutek tune you will net 230BHP. ( thats a 50 HP gain in the midrange when Vtec lowered to 4500 rpm.)
Just bought mine. This is a big part of the attraction. All the tuning roads are already well travelled. This is exactly what I was looking for dude. Thanks!
I never got this car thinking of power. The power delivery is genuinely so stimulating and addictive but it's the way the car feels when in the twisties. How does it ride the road? Corner? Brake? You address those things even on a smaller, less expensive scale and you've got one of the most fun, great looking and practical cars money can buy to date! Glad you enjoyed it though 🙏🏾
@jsdriveway exactly that my mate. As for mine? Trim / consumable wise. It's rougher than a 5 quid handy. But, mechanically and the metal work is all sound. All I wanted from a near 20 year old motor. The plan is to throw maintenance at it and slowly renew her. Where it makes sense to uprate, I will. I see these as a future classic for sure.
Yeah I did think about doing that but considering I didn't do it myself and that to get the most out of the induction kit you need to get it remapped which is more money on top, I thought I'd leave it out haha. That amongst other mods will be coming to the civic very soon 👀👍🏾
Just bought a 2008 FN2 type R, dropped engine oil, filters, new plugs etc, 6 weeks in and no problems to report, i swear to god drives like new, just fitted a K an N panel filter keeping the original air box and cold air feed, and yeah i can feel a difference in response.
Unreal what happened to your great FN2 in a year is unreal and that is understated. I love the tips and tricks of the FN2. If you notice anything, you look it up.
@@jsdriveway mine is welded aswell but clamps make it accessible to anyone I was thinking , what a difference without a Rez on a std system really let's the fn2 rip for next to nothing . Great vids chap 👍
@@jsdriveway I almost feel like we are entitled to steal the iconic phrase from mad maxes " this is the last of the v8 interceptors" lol " the last of the rpm banging k20s" lol
Appreciate the feedback man. Yeah it was never about chasing power from the jump, and even when I eventually did, it had to compliment the rest of the setup I was shooting for 😎
Yeah I only spoke about the drop links because more often than not, if it's the first time looking at your suspension after a long time of there being no replacement parts, the drop links can and do corrode really easy. Plus it being lowers does put extra stress on standard drop links. Not enough for them to snap but still it isn't at its happiest haha.
@@jsdriveway yea it will put pressure on them, wear a bit quicker. How much shorter were your drop links than original? Tbh I wonder if the Fn2 type r has the same length drop links as a standard Fn2? If that was the case then it may exceed 50mm ?
@richardd8352 I bought some adjustable Hard race ones second hand from Onamission a while ago and only just recently had them installed by Honda HQ (don't know what length they were adjusted to - sorry!) I'm not sure if they're them same size as a normal FN model though, that's something to look at. If the droplinks I currently have came didn't come up in a great deal, I wouldn't just replace with OEM because, although I am lowered, it isn't crazily low...
