HONDAS ARE FOR REAL DRIVERS.. DC2 INTEGRA TYPE R FIRST DRIVE

so what's going on gas gang today we are back with an absolutely legendary video just look behind me we are gonna go for a first drive in my new dc2 honda integra type r guys stay tuned for this one it's gonna be sick let's get it welcome to officially gas let's get it for the best in universal premium ester containing engine oils and fuel additives for both petrol and diesel engines check the links in the description so yes guys as the intro said today we are back with a sick video we're going for a first drive in my all new integra dc2 type r now it's not only the first time i'm ever driving this car and it is literally the first time i am ever driving this car this is the first time i'm ever driving a b series or a b18 that's naturally aspirated i've never driven one i've heard they're slow as hell but make a good noise so uh we're gonna we're gonna work that out today and yes this is actually the first time i'll be driving this car because when we went to get it we actually collected it with a recovery truck and here from mk performance actually went for the test drive gave me the all clear we dropped it back to my unit right here on the recovery truck and i parked it up so today is the first time i'm actually driving this car so it's going to be really really interesting so i'm not going to waffle too much but what we do is have a quick walk around this car for people who did miss the new car reveal basically this is a b18 c engine the car is a uk spec honda integra dc2 type r so the uk spec comes with the two round headlights at the front the japanese spec comes with the kind of the singular kind of rectangle headlights which a lot of people prefer but for me i don't mind these i do not mind these at all and of course if i ever get bored of this front end i can just swap it with the japanese spec this is a 1998 car and yeah the engine has actually had a rebuild about 10 000 miles ago i believe at which time they put on polished and skimmed the head to done a few other little bits like a 421 manifold it's got a tegua intake here it's actually still on the old apexi ecu which is so outdated now but i mean for the time and for the error it's actually still quite cool and apparently this car actually now makes 215 brake horsepower which doesn't sound like a lot and i guess in today's kind of numbers it's not a lot however the car weighs less than 1100 kg so with that paired together it should be okay but we've got to remember that this car is built for the corners not the straights it's also had a lot of hard race bits fitted to it to help with that handling it's well kept you know obviously it's 25 years old so you can't expect it to be like a brand new car yeah man it's good to add this to the fleet with the dc5 and we got some serious plans with this bad boy but what i'm not going to do is waffle too much um i'm filming this before i actually released the reveal video so i'm not sure what your guys thoughts are on this car so i don't know how to react to what you guys thought of it if that makes sense but anyway enough waffling let's hop in the car and yeah man go for a spin see what it's about all right guys so we're out in my dc2 honda integra type r and literally since i first sat out in this car it's just been all smiles um the first things that strike you is of course you're in an old school environment it's very analog in here like compared to your newer cars obviously save the manuals man we've got a five speed manual gearbox with an lsd from factory um but visibility in this car too just sitting here you can see everything like you know i mean no blind spots i would almost say this seating position is perfect like you know it's perfect i'm not 100 sold on this steering wheel just yet it's got a vertex steering wheel i'm growing to it but apart from that i mean the steering it feels nice it feels tight you know i mean it doesn't seem or it doesn't feel like a car that's 25 years old the gearbox nice like you know i mean the throttle pedal a nice feel to it the brake pedal again not heavily servo assisted like your modern cars and it's got a nice feel to it it's just a nice well set up car you know just driving slow too and of course we got like i think it's a straight through exhaust on it and driving it off vtec it's pretty damn it's it's bearable like you know of course i don't care because i'm not going to be daily in this car this car is for pure enjoyment but guys we want to actually see what this car is about so straight line speed is it quick what's the b18 saying how does 215 brake horsepower translate onto the road let's find out so in fact yeah we'll do a second gear pull and just go through it all right cool vtec straight away 9500 rpm the sound it moves you know what it's not terrible it's not terrible oh okay whoa didn't want to go in actually moves i don't know why i took it all the way to about nine and a half thousand rpm there didn't want to let me in gears straight away hopefully we're not discovering issues live on the fly right now but apart from that it's um it's exhilarating the sound i think is is the main thing second one this is third gear now the build up a nice little pop when you change gears vtec crossover is really early on this too i want to say it's four and a half i don't know if that's standard leave it below in the comments is that standard four and a half thousand rpm for the vtec i don't know but what i will say is this car is a driver's car you feel everything there we go look at that things actually moving oh my god i feel like you feel like you're going a lot faster than you actually are oh yeah yeah yeah this is bad the pedals nicely spaced for heel and toe too the steering feels alive like you feel connected to the road hydraulic steering there and it's a little bit playful there's like no wheel spin but you can almost feel the lsd trying to keep you in a straight line it kind of just moves around just the slightest bit let's go oh the brakes feel good too you know like yeah this is bad this is bad boy this is actually bad boy it's not that slow like 215 brake horsepower i could lose 215 brake horsepower off my dc5 and i wouldn't even notice but this in this light car and i think with the mad red line and it's going to about nine and a half thousand rpm it equates to more plus because you're in like it feels like tin canish like you know i mean it feels tight but it feels tin canish like so you're feeling everything it's more of an experience like you know i mean modern cars don't give you this the first gear see if we get any wheelspin all right first gear no no wheel spin let's go yeah boy it's not bad it's not bad at all it's not bad at all oh all right guys so we're gonna do a gassed up zero to 60 with the vbox performance box touch on this bad boy but before we do you've probably noticed i'm wearing a different outfit right now and yes i have swapped for this occasion into my very special k swap the world uh t-shirt merch should i say uh from the motor addicts so a massive shout out to the lads from the motor addicts we've got to support our friends yeah and i need you guys to go over and support them to grab a k swap the world t-shirt i'll put a kind of a full shot of what these actually look like on the screen right now it has this logo on the back too so if you're a honda head or you just want to support make sure you check them out and also this alludes to what i might be telling you at the end of the video which kind of just gives it away but anyway enough said guys listen we're gonna do a zero to 60 on this bad boy now they quote 6.3 seconds to 60 in this car can you believe it and that was at 188 brake horsepower whatever this came out the factory with uh 25 years ago which is actually rapid if you think about it for the given power and for the for the kind of the time you know this is very very quick i've had cars or front wheel drive cars come on with double the power and not even hit those times so what we're going to try and do today is at least match that time because this apparently has got 215 brake horsepower but what i'd love to see is me better that time i've got sticky tires on the front too 808 rss um i'm willing to give it a shot so guys place your bets let me know what you think i'm gonna hit and without further ado let's get into it all right guys so my first attempt tires are gonna be cold right now but we're gonna give it my best shot uh no launch control on this or anything so it's all my right foot and clutch control so let's see what we can do place your bets all right let's go come on okay okay that was a terrible that was a 6.39 so a little bit off pace but i think i can do better i'm gonna go a little bit more aggressive with the start and see what we can get you know what let's just do a willy will spin all right cool a little bit of heat in the tires actually grips really well what even when i'm trying to boot it all right cool let's do it let's go oh 6.31 so slightly better slightly better all right i need a bit of a balance of aggression and control and i'm gonna go one more time i need to match in fact that is the time that's the time 6.31 that's what they quote however i missed that all right cool let's see if we can beat it now all right that's joke how did i miss two times i actually hit the time i was looking for twice anyway never mind all right let's try and beat a 6.3 all right place your bets that's it 5.59 5.59 that is a drastic change oh 5.59 do you know what's crazy guys i'll put the the front wheel drive leaderboard up right now um i can't actually allow this to chart on that leaderboard because usually on the on-road leaderboard we've got two people in the car however just to compare it to some of the cars and some of the powers that this is kind of moving as fast as if that makes sense check it out man all right guys so we're gonna end the video here today has been a proper blast from the past my first time ever driving a honda integra dc2 type r or any b series naturally aspirated car and i've got to say like let's talk about the power first like or the lack of it should we say um i'm actually quite impressed i definitely think power to weight is playing its part plus the theater of this car driving the car actually makes it perhaps feel a little bit faster than in reality what it actually is i'm actually really impressed with the 0 to 60 actually jumping from the quoted 0 to 60 time all the way down to like a 5.59 which is fast it's pretty fast when you put it next to some of the higher power front wheel drive cars that have been on the channel but i think the the main takeaway from this is this for one isn't a 0 to 60 car i don't think it will ever be a 0 to 60 car however it's the handling it's the way it feels and it does feel it feels alive the car really does feel feel good it feels tight it feels dialed in i can see what the hype is about but i feel like i need to get it on track to really get that feel for it if that makes sense but on the road spirited b road driving it's yeah epic absolutely epic um now obviously i'm wearing a k swap the world t-shirt right now so that is alluding to what i'm looking to do with this car i want to enjoy the b series but i feel like the b series from what i'm seeing unless you boost them you can't really get much power out of them and i want this to be fast i want it to be a weapon so the way i want to do it and i don't know exactly the stages perfectly i haven't planned it out but i want to k swap it so i'm going to k swap it i know there's going to be a few people who are probably not too happy but k is king let's be real nowadays if you want to make power you need to you need to put k in it right so we're going to do that i'm kind of thinking maybe a like a good power naturally aspirated build at first maybe put some icbs on it and then after that maybe do something crazy like a big power supercharged build i'm not talking like a 400 500 brake horsepower supercharged build either i'm talking like as much power as you can possibly get out of a supercharged car um from what i'm seeing i think road treks do a 700 plus brake horsepower kit so yeah man why not in it why not we gotta send it um listen guys i won't keep you too long thank you for watching and checking in if you want to see more of this car's journey make sure you smash that subscribe button if you're not already share these videos because it always helps and um yeah man i hope you've enjoyed today's ride along in this front wheel drive legend i guess i guess it's a legend right it's a legend um so yeah guys with that said um i guess i'll catch you on the next one peace out