My DC5

chriity139

Picked this up a few weeks ago. Always wanted one. Had to sell my 535d to be able to buy it as I have no room for anymore cars in the drive way. Was a hard decision but I am glade I made it.

The DC5 is much for fun to drive than the 535d so you dont really mind the huge difference in power.

Heres a few pics of the DC5




When I collected the car it only had 111k kms / 68k miles on it. Felt very tight to drive with a lovely smooth engine.

Its fairly standard bar

18" rota fighters
spoon springs
AEM V2 cold air infeed.
3 gauges on the driver pillar.

Unsure on plans for this really but I planned to leave the engine alone and just upgrade brakes and suspension.

chriity139

First time I had it out in the heavy rain I noticed how bad the tyres were on it. Nearly lost the car going around a feed off onto a motorway. Back lost grip then the front lost luck enough I was able to control it.

I was out on the open track day with Barry in his impreza wagon and I got the bug. I decided I am going to take the DC5 out on the track maybe once or twice a year to enjoy it the way you cant on public roads.

First things first was to sort out a decent set of tyres

Today I ordered a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's. Got them for a very good price. Cant wait to get them fitted whenever they arrive.

At the track day a fellow car member to one of the car sites I'm on came over to me with some goodies for the car. He use to own a dc5 but since its gone he had no use for these

24mm Rear antiroll bar and aftermarket droplinks

YbFocus

Love that car Chriity

On trackdays, you can't do better these days than Auto Heroes.
Roughly once a month you get a half day for 70 or a full for 130!
I done the previous two

chriity139

YbFocus wrote: »

Love that car Chriity

On trackdays, you can't do better these days than Auto Heroes.
Roughly once a month you get a half day for 70 or a full for 130!
I done the previous two

Seriously ?

Where do I find more info on this. Thats great value.

Probably wont be ready until February to hit the track. When is the next one on I will pop down and have a look. Its hardly the full track for that price is it.

What car did you take out

YbFocus

No its the international loop. Having been on both I feel its the nicer track, the first corner is awesome

Follow Auto Heroes on facebook and you'll get all the details!

You can't see much but I had my e36 out!

Skip to the 1 min mark!

chriity139

Cheers for that. Liked their page. I'd be happy to take you on a few laps in the teg if we are ever at the same track day

YbFocus

Definitely man

And right back at you.

Vintage vrs attended the last one and we both swapped as passengers during the day.
Great fun is had, really relaxed vibe at these days

Anyway i won't fill your project thread with this stuff!

chriity139

Few steps closer to getting her track ready

Bought a helmet and came home to my new tyres. Cant wait to get them fitted Saturday

Toyotafanboi

is that Padre Pio in the windscreen? :pac:

chriity139

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

is that Padre Pio in the windscreen? :pac:

Apparently Padre Pio was a huge fan of vtec

Yes I wanted to take it off but the misses said keep it there for goodluck haha

chriity139

Brought my goodyear eagle f1's up to get fitted today. They are still fairly slippery due to being brand new but already the comfort level of the car has much improved, road nose has decreased, the rear end is far more stable and already I can feel a huge difference in road holding. Grip will only get better as they bed in. Gave her a quick wash after