Rubbish, you can run a low pressure set up that actually COMPLIMENTS the chassis. Torque from 2.5k and an engine that pulls all the way to the 8600rpm limiter. Brilliant on the road with no stupid wheelspin, just SMOOTH all the way through. I did this to my DC2-R and the car looked completely standard, even had the standard exhaust on it apart from the cast turbo manifold and front pipe. I love the video but disagree completely with that comment.
@@mickl8212 I think its just a general comment about modifying something that was originally great to start with......not saying you cant make it more powerful but are you actually making it any better to drive/handle ?
Yep they are very useable, quite a large boot, 4 seats, cupholders etc yet still really raw and focussed when pushing on. The chassis and engine could take anything you threw at it, proper race car feel which is super rare unless you get a sports car, but then you would lose the practicality.. I put about 50k on mine before I sold it.
No way Sid this was my auntie's car. Shocked to see it on your channel. It was very well looked after, garaged its whole life and not driven hard. 1 owner from new. Absolute fantastic example of a great car. Thanks for the vid mate great review!
S_Imran tbh I have no idea. But she did buy it new from Warrington Honda. We are a family of car enthusiasts, so it is likely she watched Tiff 😂 I didn't even know she had sold it until I seen the thumbnail of Sid's video
VTEC 9000RPM you are right. I didn't even know it was sold. I just said to my cousin I may have bought this if I known it was for sale. I recently sold my civic FK2 type R and really fancy another Honda. Gutted tbh it has been in our family for years. I love this car
They really are great cars. Back in 2005 I really wondered why my mate sold his decent Evo 8 FQ300 for one of these. The first time he took me out on a B-road and really took a few bends and hit V-tec, I completely understood. I think you've done a great review on this car.
I've got one, owned it since 2003 sat in garage in need of a lot of love. Part of my collection of that and an EP3 & FK8. Best car ive ever owned, worlds apart from an EP3 but the FK8 has a similar feel to the DC2 and thats why I bought 1.
Epic review Sid, you are bang on point with the superiority of NA engine, it’s just like fine wine from a private vineyard in France, I compare turbo to the bastardised bottle of plunk from Asda. This Honda Type R is from an era when car makers put in the effort in engine design and craftsmanship.
Spot on Sid ref the comment of ‘threading it’ through the bends. During my ownership I’d have large engined family saloons in my rear view mirrors simply disappear when we hit a series of bends. Absolutely childish I know but if you can drive one with the air box cover off the noise is beyond an M3 CSL. I had a spoon exhaust fitted which amusingly before valve controlled exhausts had an insert for the rear that kept it reasonable when fitted or very sonorous when removed. Thanks for vlogging this & re-kindling old memories. Cheers, Kevin.
Pretty much the best car I've ever owned in terms of having the perfect amount of performance for the UK roads. You can use all of its performance most of the time and you have to work for it. They're brilliant. How good does it feel to have a front torsen diff tightening your line through a corner the harder you push? I'd love another one but nice ones are becoming harder to find.
I have been lucky enough to have owned 2 x UKDM Integra Type R DC2's. A Nighthawk Black one in 2009 and a Champ White one in 2011. I actually sold my Peugeot 306 Rallye to by my first Integra and did not regret it! My First example was totally standard as Honda intended, My Second example had a few Minor upgrades including Full Chassis refresh using Hardrace Bushings, Eibach Springs, 205/50R15 Hankook RS2 Tyres, Fast Road Brake Pads, 4-1 Manifold with JDM Centre Section, Carbon Intake. Superb Cars out of the box and probably the best handling FWD Car I have ever Driven/Owned, You do get out of them what you put in though but that is the whole point. The factory LSD was just magic you could literally steer the Car with Throttle inputs, I never felt like I was pushing things too far and even after 6 Months of owning my first Integra still did things in the Car that amazed me. And that Noise at full chat :D It is good to see the Integra Type R still has a following and to be honest I always knew it would as there was nothing else like it at the time. Nowadays People have much higher expectations and buy Cars which do everything for you, 4WD Hatchbacks with 300BHP and DSG Gearbox's. Sure they are capable Cars and quick but don't reward the Driver in the same way. Not knocking the modern Performance Car offerings by the way.
Great review. 🙂 Not too surprised a woman was the original owner. Given they were a raw, loud and harsh enough car even for the era they were notably popular with the non obviously petrolhead ladies when new. A remarkable number of these I've known had a woman first owner. I remember reading on a US based car forum that their Acura dealers noticed this too. Apparently over there it was more likely to be middle aged women who'd walk past the civics and the like and slap down the cash on an R. Back in the day the second example I ever saw in my neck of the woods(Ireland) was bought by a woman in her 50's. A very respectable suburban secondary school English teacher whose car history would have been; sensible car, sensible car, Integra Type R, sensible car, sensible car. Years later I bumped into her when driving mine and she got all dewy eyed about the memories of her one. Best car she ever owned according to her. 🙂
Sid, I saw you a couple months ago down at Design 911 where I work. Would've loved to show you my EP3 Type R but I was too busy putting orders for Porsche parts through lol.
I drive a N54, but can totally see the N/A response and sound which is lost by turbo charging. I remember the EP3 type R, not that fast on comparison to most turbo cars we have nowadays, but had a fantastic sound and one of the best drivers cars 👌
I first thought yeah seen this so many times on the integra dc whatever sideways!! but genuinely sid enlightened me on the spes and I will say you presented the hon really well, I will add though if you get the op to do lap times dm me I bet ill get close in that badboy!!
Love this car, bit harsh picking on the mk5 GTI, which when nicely sorted can be a great machine, especially the edition 30. Anyhow apart from that a really decent honest video.
True! The future just looks boring with zero character, hard to imagine the UK / the world all being electric, one thing is certain, utility companies can't stop laughing
@@markbrowne8447 Ha, thanks. I already own one and have done for the last 5 years so research completed cheers. Agree to disagree. There's not a chance I'd take a 96 spec over a 98.
Ive been driving Integras for 10 years. Maybe the front of the JDM is more visually appealing to most people but my UKDM is far and away a better car than my previous 96 spec. Both great cars of course. If I had to get another one I’d import a 98 spec from japan purely to try and avoid the rust
@@SidNorth I don't think so. This was never an OEM option based on honda's homepage/parts. And also never saw it on any car. And the mugen is also dofferent.
One of on my list cars, love it, but I was wondering why Sid were you driving on the right side of the road near the video ending? Scratching my head 🤷♂️
All naturally aspirated Hondas feel good until driven together with other cars. On public road, those 2L turbos are rocket ship compared to my FN2, and there's absolutely no way I can catch up enough in corners. Plus NA power band is so high up, you have to endure massive noise and harshness to stay there, whereas turbo cars kick off at 3000rpm. No comparison, no harm. That's why this breed of sportscars are obsolete.
On a tight and twisty country road you'd just spend more time braking and building speed in a turbocharged car and lose the handling balance, finesse, banshee scream of the n/a integra. Had a guy years ago try to overtake my Dc2 on such a road in a tuned turbo cupra, and he out braked himself straight into a wall as a 90 degree right-hander approached. He was ok thankfully. Genuinely don't think anything would have come past the Dc2 flat out on that particular tight and twisty country road. Well not without crashing anyway.
Prices of these now really makes me sad because I will never be able to afford one, a few years back you could buy a clean import for 10k, now those are more like £17-20k and rusty UKDM examples are going for £10k. Same as any of the JDM legends of the 90's/early 2000's sadly, not cars for the working class anymore!
"you dont really buy this car to look at it"... well, i could look that car all day, especially now that our roads are full of chinese, electric and futuristic wannabe crap.
Probably the best damped car I've ever owned on British roads I loved how it drove, but I hated the lack of torque. I bought one after my last corsa b which had loads of grunt but didn't handle as well, but you could easily find the limit at safer speeds than the Integra. After I sold the teg I built a Corsa C which was brilliant usable and pretty quick.
Its an absolute weapon you can buy a good one for under 10 grand , this is on ebay for £17,500 id be shocked if someones payed that as its R33 gtr money lol
![[ENG CC] Integra Type R DC2 - Review Part 1 - First test drive against NSX R - Takasu 1995](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LFOKHpyKvN4/mqdefault.jpg)
It pisses me off when people turbocharge these lovely normally aspirated VTec units.
It defeats the whole purpose of them.
What do you think about supercharging them instead?
does that mean you are also against kswaps 😅
Rubbish, you can run a low pressure set up that actually COMPLIMENTS the chassis. Torque from 2.5k and an engine that pulls all the way to the 8600rpm limiter. Brilliant on the road with no stupid wheelspin, just SMOOTH all the way through. I did this to my DC2-R and the car looked completely standard, even had the standard exhaust on it apart from the cast turbo manifold and front pipe.
I love the video but disagree completely with that comment.
Shots fired at officially gassed and DMO
@@mickl8212 I think its just a general comment about modifying something that was originally great to start with......not saying you cant make it more powerful but are you actually making it any better to drive/handle ?
A _true_ enthusiasts car.
*Those who know, know.*
Miss my old integra every day. The most rewarding car I've ever owned. Can be used as a daily or a weekend toy. Just amazing things they really are.
Yep they are very useable, quite a large boot, 4 seats, cupholders etc yet still really raw and focussed when pushing on. The chassis and engine could take anything you threw at it, proper race car feel which is super rare unless you get a sports car, but then you would lose the practicality.. I put about 50k on mine before I sold it.
No way Sid this was my auntie's car. Shocked to see it on your channel. It was very well looked after, garaged its whole life and not driven hard. 1 owner from new. Absolute fantastic example of a great car. Thanks for the vid mate great review!
Is the story about her buying one after watching Tiff's review on Top Gear true?
David, you should of bought this !
S_Imran tbh I have no idea. But she did buy it new from Warrington Honda. We are a family of car enthusiasts, so it is likely she watched Tiff 😂
I didn't even know she had sold it until I seen the thumbnail of Sid's video
VTEC 9000RPM you are right. I didn't even know it was sold. I just said to my cousin I may have bought this if I known it was for sale. I recently sold my civic FK2 type R and really fancy another Honda. Gutted tbh it has been in our family for years. I love this car
Honda Accord CL1 Euro R >>> m.ua-cam.com/video/pVm6Zjbk8vA/v-deo.html
They really are great cars. Back in 2005 I really wondered why my mate sold his decent Evo 8 FQ300 for one of these. The first time he took me out on a B-road and really took a few bends and hit V-tec, I completely understood. I think you've done a great review on this car.
The type r engine is absolutely legendary. Love the sound they make 😍
Sid crashes peoples cars and don’t pay up
Absolute Gem of a car 💨
The Integra isn't fast but it is extremely fun to drive. You can go through all the gears without being too fast. Love my Integra!
I've got one, owned it since 2003 sat in garage in need of a lot of love. Part of my collection of that and an EP3 & FK8. Best car ive ever owned, worlds apart from an EP3 but the FK8 has a similar feel to the DC2 and thats why I bought 1.
Why would you say worlds apart from an ep3?
A 1.8 that sings to 8000 rpm
..a beauty.
B18c4 from Civic Vti Aerodeck Mc2 revs to around 8500rpm and this B18c6 in Integra revs to 9000rpm 😀
I've got a BRZ and have never driven a Teg DC2 but i just know in my heart as a driver's car with emotion it would piss all over mine 👍
Bulletproof B18 power plant!
Epic review Sid, you are bang on point with the superiority of NA engine, it’s just like fine wine from a private vineyard in France, I compare turbo to the bastardised bottle of plunk from Asda. This Honda Type R is from an era when car makers put in the effort in engine design and craftsmanship.
Anyone who underestimates a DC2 does so at their peril. Mine is just like the car in the vid. A keeper!
Sick vid , great car ,, next you need the ACCORD TYPE R, most underrated type r made 👍🏻
I soo agree.!! Atr 😍
Prelude is even more underrated. Also H22 , double Wishbone and a beautiful coupe. Sells for pennies
@@endless_touge 5th gen is great and more refined but I think the 4th gen is the best. Lighter and h22 powered.
@@TheBb6prelude 4th gen is top 3 N/A Hondas. After Nsx. Almost as good as S2K
My First own Car. One of the Best emotional Cars to Drive. A Legend 🥰
Now that was a proper review. Miss my old uk dc2 still.
Decent honest review, love my 99 ek still
Imagine doing something you love and getting paid for it... one day soon. Love the video btw!
Sid crashes peoples cars and don’t pay up
Had one for two years about 10 years ago paid 5k for it 70,000 miles ukdm black loved it. The dream was always a 98spec black jdm car 👌
I am so blessed that I own one.
I know the Comments 3 years old. But I'm very blessed to own one also
I ve watched many interesting hot hatch videos. This sir, was an excellent presentation! Thank you
Spot on Sid ref the comment of ‘threading it’ through the bends. During my ownership I’d have large engined family saloons in my rear view mirrors simply disappear when we hit a series of bends. Absolutely childish I know but if you can drive one with the air box cover off the noise is beyond an M3 CSL. I had a spoon exhaust fitted which amusingly before valve controlled exhausts had an insert for the rear that kept it reasonable when fitted or very sonorous when removed. Thanks for vlogging this & re-kindling old memories. Cheers, Kevin.
Pretty much the best car I've ever owned in terms of having the perfect amount of performance for the UK roads. You can use all of its performance most of the time and you have to work for it. They're brilliant. How good does it feel to have a front torsen diff tightening your line through a corner the harder you push? I'd love another one but nice ones are becoming harder to find.
Haven’t even watched yet but I know it’s gonna be a banger
It’s not he crashes peoples csrs
Great video Sid. I often wonder whether I should change my fiesta st for a DC5 type r
DC2 all the way.
That’s exactly what I did last year. The DC5 is my daily; I love it and I haven’t looked back.
Used to own one of these for 16 years. Daily driver, great car, never brokedown only issue the damn rust.
I remember this being for sale for more than a jdm version, i do like that spoiler extension though
Sick bro great video as always❤️
💯
I have been lucky enough to have owned 2 x UKDM Integra Type R DC2's.
A Nighthawk Black one in 2009 and a Champ White one in 2011. I actually sold my Peugeot 306 Rallye to by my first Integra and did not regret it!
My First example was totally standard as Honda intended, My Second example had a few Minor upgrades including Full Chassis refresh using Hardrace Bushings, Eibach Springs, 205/50R15 Hankook RS2 Tyres, Fast Road Brake Pads, 4-1 Manifold with JDM Centre Section, Carbon Intake.
Superb Cars out of the box and probably the best handling FWD Car I have ever Driven/Owned, You do get out of them what you put in though but that is the whole point. The factory LSD was just magic you could literally steer the Car with Throttle inputs, I never felt like I was pushing things too far and even after 6 Months of owning my first Integra still did things in the Car that amazed me.
And that Noise at full chat :D
It is good to see the Integra Type R still has a following and to be honest I always knew it would as there was nothing else like it at the time.
Nowadays People have much higher expectations and buy Cars which do everything for you, 4WD Hatchbacks with 300BHP and DSG Gearbox's. Sure they are capable Cars and quick but don't reward the Driver in the same way. Not knocking the modern Performance Car offerings by the way.
Welldone sid cracking review
Anyone know were this guy is ?
Great review. 🙂 Not too surprised a woman was the original owner. Given they were a raw, loud and harsh enough car even for the era they were notably popular with the non obviously petrolhead ladies when new. A remarkable number of these I've known had a woman first owner. I remember reading on a US based car forum that their Acura dealers noticed this too. Apparently over there it was more likely to be middle aged women who'd walk past the civics and the like and slap down the cash on an R. Back in the day the second example I ever saw in my neck of the woods(Ireland) was bought by a woman in her 50's. A very respectable suburban secondary school English teacher whose car history would have been; sensible car, sensible car, Integra Type R, sensible car, sensible car. Years later I bumped into her when driving mine and she got all dewy eyed about the memories of her one. Best car she ever owned according to her. 🙂
Nice review.
Sid, I saw you a couple months ago down at Design 911 where I work. Would've loved to show you my EP3 Type R but I was too busy putting orders for Porsche parts through lol.
I drive a N54, but can totally see the N/A response and sound which is lost by turbo charging.
I remember the EP3 type R, not that fast on comparison to most turbo cars we have nowadays, but had a fantastic sound and one of the best drivers cars 👌
Why dont we have more cars like these again?
Simple - emission standards ruined everything.
I like these a good all rounder
9:33 because emissions.
Sid, you should drive the gr Yaris
I first thought yeah seen this so many times on the integra dc whatever sideways!! but genuinely sid enlightened me on the spes and I will say you presented the hon really well, I will add though if you get the op to do lap times dm me I bet ill get close in that badboy!!
Just bought one myself 👌
Nice one 👊🏽
Love this car, bit harsh picking on the mk5 GTI, which when nicely sorted can be a great machine, especially the edition 30. Anyhow apart from that a really decent honest video.
Emissions regulations is the reason non turbo motors are disappearing
True!
The future just looks boring with zero character, hard to imagine the UK / the world all being electric, one thing is certain, utility companies can't stop laughing
Sid have you ever driven an old Nissan Almera Gti? If not give it a go , you might be suprised.
Can you share the link for the competition to win this car pls ?
Owned one! Loved it! Epic. 👌
Can. You do a Honda crx review please
Where’s the e38 at?
+1 JDM import is far nicer, had a '96 spec for 5 years😁😁 back in '98
A JDM 96 spec far nicer than a 98 Spec UKDM? Come on now. UKDM or 98 Spec JDM is the way forward. Proper sized brakes and 5 stud for the win.
Do the research, the 96 spec model is the sweet spot!
@@markbrowne8447 Ha, thanks. I already own one and have done for the last 5 years so research completed cheers. Agree to disagree. There's not a chance I'd take a 96 spec over a 98.
Ive been driving Integras for 10 years. Maybe the front of the JDM is more visually appealing to most people but my UKDM is far and away a better car than my previous 96 spec. Both great cars of course. If I had to get another one I’d import a 98 spec from japan purely to try and avoid the rust
@@alexdalton8722 Yep agreed. The perfect two car garage is a UKDM for the nostalgia and a 98 JDM for the lack of grott. 👍
I watched that same episode, however, my balls had not dropped
Been a while since a video what’s the plan sid
Brilliant car and review, would like to see a review on the Accord Type R!
what the heck is that rear wing?
Optional extra
@@SidNorth I don't think so. This was never an OEM option based on honda's homepage/parts. And also never saw it on any car. And the mugen is also dofferent.
@@FreestylerAlbert probably a wing west product.
Is uglies wing if is OEM 🤮🤣😂
i own one as daily, its really a car i want to run for life, really attached to it and if i can get a weekend car NSX Na1 it would be great !
One of on my list cars, love it, but I was wondering why Sid were you driving on the right side of the road near the video ending? Scratching my head 🤷♂️
Uglier version you got there... the rectangle lights one is alot better
I disagree, I prefer the one here.
_Each to their own_ 💁♂️
@@baker6928 fair enough thats your preference but I would say more people prefer the rectangle lights, that is the cult look for the dc2.
@@baker6928 I'm with you on that. 👍 UKDM potentially rarer these days too.
I like this one much better , don’t like the rectangular headlights
The rectangle lights one 😂 you mean the one made in japan
One forsale in Australia for $38000 , it has 116000km
Miss mine everyday 😢
What Wing is rear spoiler is that? 🥰🥰🥰
Kaminari
For better perspective, point the camera at the road under acceleration when pedalling the dc2 along, to show some much needed interaction.
Amazing review . They have a comp to win a ps5 for 99p just bought a ticket 😉
Will always be a cult car. Still a nice shape to look at.
All naturally aspirated Hondas feel good until driven together with other cars. On public road, those 2L turbos are rocket ship compared to my FN2, and there's absolutely no way I can catch up enough in corners. Plus NA power band is so high up, you have to endure massive noise and harshness to stay there, whereas turbo cars kick off at 3000rpm. No comparison, no harm. That's why this breed of sportscars are obsolete.
On a tight and twisty country road you'd just spend more time braking and building speed in a turbocharged car and lose the handling balance, finesse, banshee scream of the n/a integra. Had a guy years ago try to overtake my Dc2 on such a road in a tuned turbo cupra, and he out braked himself straight into a wall as a 90 degree right-hander approached. He was ok thankfully. Genuinely don't think anything would have come past the Dc2 flat out on that particular tight and twisty country road. Well not without crashing anyway.
Prices of these now really makes me sad because I will never be able to afford one, a few years back you could buy a clean import for 10k, now those are more like £17-20k and rusty UKDM examples are going for £10k. Same as any of the JDM legends of the 90's/early 2000's sadly, not cars for the working class anymore!
They made more than 500 in the UK.
Sedan type r with 288000 km bid for 1 milion yen in Japan at auction) prices heading north
"you dont really buy this car to look at it"... well, i could look that car all day, especially now that our roads are full of chinese, electric and futuristic wannabe crap.
Yassss 🔥
Hi Sid 🍟
Is it me or i didnt even hear vtec kick in. Alot of talking in the review i thought u wer going to get straight to the point sid
Probably the best damped car I've ever owned on British roads I loved how it drove, but I hated the lack of torque. I bought one after my last corsa b which had loads of grunt but didn't handle as well, but you could easily find the limit at safer speeds than the Integra. After I sold the teg I built a Corsa C which was brilliant usable and pretty quick.
Honda's have just never grabbed me
All Civic's just don't do it for me
You were in 3rd before you drove that car 150 meters. Those gears must be short!
Coupe type r bid for 1, 470,000 yen ( 189000km)
Great Car, who put that abomination of a non standard wing in it tho..
As if the oem spoiler wasn't big enough lol
They are not bad but S2000 for example is faster and Better in any way possible. And cheaper. And Prelude is just as good for 1/10 of the money
Hmmm.....i own both and the integra is the better drivers car!
Its an absolute weapon you can buy a good one for under 10 grand , this is on ebay for £17,500 id be shocked if someones payed that as its R33 gtr money lol
If you find a good one for under 10k buy it without a seconds hesitation.
@@tomnorris1734 absolutely lol i had a poor mans type r ( a 2000 MB6 VTI 1.8 b18c4) very fun car but not as good as a type r
I quite often find myself scouring the Japanese auction sites for a db8 but those things are like hens teeth.
R33 gtr for 18000 pounds , you're living in 2019 still ( they bid at auction in japan for 3 million yen now
Type r bid at auction for 2 million yen with 150000 km