1997 Honda Integra Type R (DC2) Modern Classic Car Drive and Review
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Growing up in the 90's and early noughties, I was consumed by the 'Best Motoring' and 'Hot Version' culture like many of my audience I'm sure. I have watched dozens of VHS tapes and VCD's with Japanese racing drivers like "Dori Dori" driving AE86's, GTR's, Evolution's, Sti's and all sorts of other JDM legends around different racetracks relentlessly. After graduating from university, I too went through a JDM phase having owned a Nissan 350Z, WRX STI, and a Honda FD2 Civic Type R. One car that I always wanted back then but never found the right opportunity, was the Honda Integra Type R DC2 with the legendary B18 engine. Today, I finally found one - a 96 Spec from 1997 in mint condition. Watch this video to see what I think of it!
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Beautiful ITR. Congratulations. I love the fact you drive the hell out of it like it's meant to be. 🌶️
Iv had many many sports car, and the DC2R was always and a consistent tenant of my driveway, this time I bought one that I will never sell, it just puts a smile on my face everytime, can ring the living nights out of it and it will still start the next day, just does it for me
Spot on, they are just lovely!
WOW! Amazing video! Awesome to see your clutch/footwork while driving, really cool camera work you added. That engine just screams excitement. You're lucky to own one of those beauties. Thanks for the video, enjoy that car!
Thank you for your kind words!
Great video thank you. 98 ITR Canadian spec owner in Canada and still love it in 2021. I have had bone stock, modified with Tein Monosport coilovers and now my final version mildy modified. Spoon springs and shocks, CT engineering ice box, JDM 4-1 header and OEM exhaust system. JDM 98+ SRS steering wheel and DC2R Recaro. It balances street and track nicely. It will never be the fastest car but it is so fun and rewarding.
Thanks dude. Legit have respect for North American ITR owners who owns and runs the car to this day. I would imagine it's always tempting to trade it for something with 'more power' given the culture and roads over there. But to keep it so long is true passion!
@@user-to6hm6ei8k You are bang on. In fact I did sell my first 2001 Dc2R for a BMW 1M but missed ITR and got this 98. I am going to keep and add an FK8 CTR for track and daily use.
@@touringteg I had a 1M a few years ago too! Loved the looks. Driving feel...not so much...
@@user-to6hm6ei8k It drove as advertised. Like a short wheel base hot rod but not tuned for the track. I actually ran the same time as my ITR at my local track and the 1M had AP brakes and both cars had RE71R. Scratched that itch!
@@touringteg Your Teg must be quick!
I'm so glad I had one before the prices explodes and I used it as should blasting back roads with a huge smile
Proud to be a eudm OEM dc2 1999 owner. Like this review 👍🏻👍🏻❤️
I use mine as a daily, with a daily smile :)
2300 pounds but man i would love to own a ITR, ITR with the light weight and good handling around corners and straight aways with vtec no other car out there can beat it around some touge Action and or Grip racing action
Great Purchase! And great video too!! I like the cam recording your foot work! Its so exciting to see you driving fast on shek O with that cam on!
Was hoping to have that 'Best Motoring' feel haha
@@user-to6hm6ei8k you definitely achieved that!!! And clearly we are from the same era!!
Beautiful car. Very tastefully chosen modifications. I just ordered a 96 Integra type R shipping from Japan to the USA. Btw the black interior is original black on black. Not black and blue. The seats when faded start turning blue then eventually purple.
Thanks for your kind words, and interesting fact on the seats!
@@user-to6hm6ei8k If you remove the inside door handle trims and see where the trims cover the fabric on the door card you'll see that they're supposed to be black. They all fade. Very difficult to find non sun faded door cards!
Garage Defend?
Thanks for sharing! Great video and great shooting! Specially aerial shooting, I seems like watching movie sometime while watching it. 😊🙏👍👍👍
And last time I saw some very cute cars in your Ocean Park video, can your team consider make video about few cute car, fiat500 and some others. BTW, video in English is very good, I'm not english speaker and some of that I don't understand but it's good for me to learn, specially some terms in english. I remember someone teaches english in facebook said "english can make your world bigger". Thanks again.
@@zzzzzoecheung Thanks for your encouraging words Zoe! We are always on the lookout for cute/interesting cars!
Dive into a tight corner on smooth pavement at around 4-5,000 and then punch it past 6,000 into VTEC while still approaching the apex of the corner, it punches the tires loose, a bit of opposite lock, the diff bites and you are off to the next corner! My favorite thing to do in my DC2 Type-R:)
Great car ! Lovely review, as usual!
Thanks as always for your support emix!
Try not to let the revs fall and then slip the clutch out when you blip it on the way down. Let the clutch out while the revs are still peaked. What you’re doing is just the same as not blipping it atol, and just slipping the clutch out. Sick car mate 👍🏻
Exactly
Great shots and sounds!
Cheers mate!
great video!
Thank you!
Got the mandatory Type R tires also! Love it
Man I miss my '00 itr.....
buy one back before prices go even higher!
Hot version!
Also literally on the day of filming LOL
i dont think the engine sound like its suffering at ANY time! It sound like it wants more and more and more RPM.
7:14 lol
Your heel toe is pretty pointless when you release your clutch that slowly.
Don't you have to wait until 2022 to get one?
NVM, you're not in the US.
Is it possible to do a road trip around China in the future
Not a real type r , 4 lug wheels on a type r? .
94 to 97 got 4 lugs could be wrong on years but yeah ctr an some itrs had 4 lug not 5
They had 4 lugs until like 96 or 97. Who are you?
Tell me you don’t know much about real type rs without telling me
great video!