Afternoon people, I apologise for being away so long, Iâve started a new job and am getting married in a few weeks so have been busy recently.
Ollyek9 emailed me a while back to ask if I could tell a little bit about what I thought of the car as a daily driver.
I can sum it up in one word â AWESOME -.
Obviously itâs now totally different to a standard dc2 as its had such a dramatic change. The benefit of the K20 is I have more torque which is definitely noticeable; power is nice and always available due to the responsiveness of the engine.
Its gear change takes some getting used to as after having the solid linkage of a B series then going to cable change you notice itâs a little more sloppy in places, how ever the 6 speed box is nice and the throw is still relatively short.
I would not say its running costs are any more than the b18 either how ever due to the excellent sound of the engine I keep hitting the V Tec as a habit so have not really been driving for economy.
The only thing some people have commented on is the extra vibrations you now get in the car, how ever the engine mounts kit I used was a fairly rigid kit, I do believe there are softer options out there now, I donât see this as a problem though.
I find it hard to keep away from full throttle when entering slip roads as it just pulls so well, likewise I cant help but drop a cog for overtaking at times just for the feeling but the k20 is more than capable to still do this safely just by applying the right foot heavier.
The other thing with the K20 is it is lighter than the B18 so the car currently sits about 30mm higher at the front than it did before, this will be rectified with a nice set of coilovers when I sell my dc2 SI track car.
All in all as a daily driver itâs totally acceptable and to be honest many people who have passengered thought it was standard (around town etc) until we hit the dual carriageways!
I have not really given it a thrashing yet as I believe thatâs for the track and not public roads (you never know whets coming around that bend towards you when you need a little more road)!
Now the weather is getting dryer and warmer I shall use it some more and hopefully do a track day if I can sell my track car and get a new suspension, I have some R888s awaiting some rims too.
Any way I hope this has given some of you who are considering this conversion into your EKs some sort of view on what the end result is like.
Hopefully in a month or so after I have finished paying for my Wedding I shall again be in touch with Will to see about one of his tunes !