Initial D iTR (DC2R) 56K BEWARE!

Hello peoples, i am building this iTR for my bro's friend. So far i lowered the car, made a catback N1 style exhaust, painted rotors, painted chassis. It is going to be painted Tamiya Racing white with gold painted rims. After i lowered the car it made it look alot more agressive. In the 3rd pic it is the stock height of the rear before i lowered it. Tell me what you guys think. Thanx

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it is coming along great...yes this is a MUST lower car....no bodykit?

it is coming along great...yes this is a MUST lower car....no bodykit?

Yeah its a must lower car... idk why they make a racing car so high anyway... and also no body kit, i dont really like showy cars, i only like simple clean body work, im more of a racing performance guy. :iceslolan

looks good so far, i really like the exhaust

I like but, don't understand why you angled the exhaust. in the real world, you wouldn't do that. all that extra bent piping would restrict exhaust flow causing rpm to rise slower. You may not think it'd make a difference, lets say 1/10th of a second in a 1/4 mile run. That 1/10 of a second could mean the difference between the winner and the loser.

Anyway....isnt racing white a creamy color? that's what your going for, or were you going for the pure white look? Either way, it's an awesome looking car, dropped, nice muffler, btw, the can looks a little 'long', but it's cool either way.

I like but, don't understand why you angled the exhaust. in the real world, you wouldn't do that. all that extra bent piping would restrict exhaust flow causing rpm to rise slower. You may not think it'd make a difference, lets say 1/10th of a second in a 1/4 mile run. That 1/10 of a second could mean the difference between the winner and the loser.

Anyway....isnt racing white a creamy color? that's what your going for, or were you going for the pure white look? Either way, it's an awesome looking car, dropped, nice muffler, btw, the can looks a little 'long', but it's cool either way.

dude, theres no way that by have a bent muffler would add 1/10 of sec to ur quartermile, kinda OT, but that one extra bend in the piping isn't going to have that big of an effect...
anyways i see people all the time with bent exhausts in order to make something fit

who really cares how its bent, the point is, its damn tyte.

werd

Nice project!:sunglasse

I guess I shoulda just not said anything, but your right on piping like 2.5 like that no dif, but on the stock size @1.25 or 1.5 it probably would deplete you by at least 1/32 of a second.

Yeah its a must lower car... idk why they make a racing car so high anyway... and also no body kit, i dont really like showy cars, i only like simple clean body work, im more of a racing performance guy. :iceslolan

it is fujimi quality...cant be blame...anyway with bodykit aint showy....it is to improve the whole aero dynamic of the car for faster performance of the car.....:iceslolan :iceslolan

I like but, don't understand why you angled the exhaust. in the real world, you wouldn't do that. all that extra bent piping would restrict exhaust flow causing rpm to rise slower. You may not think it'd make a difference, lets say 1/10th of a second in a 1/4 mile run. That 1/10 of a second could mean the difference between the winner and the loser.

Anyway....isnt racing white a creamy color? that's what your going for, or were you going for the pure white look? Either way, it's an awesome looking car, dropped, nice muffler, btw, the can looks a little 'long', but it's cool either way.
You probably dont know but, angled called (Mandral) piped exhausts are better because the air flow easier & flows better, if you dont think that is true you can call up Apexi, HKS, GP Sports, and alottttt more companies that make angeled exhausts, and ask them. ahahahahahahahahaha also i dont like drag racing.. i like roadracing and circuit. :p

I like the wheels... nice exhaust work too. What did you make the exhaust piping with?
ANy special plans for the interior!!

I like the wheels... nice exhaust work too. What did you make the exhaust piping with?
ANy special plans for the interior!!

I used styrene rods. :smile: BTW i dont know about the interior yet, i still gotta ask my bro's friend what color he wants or if he wants type r (red & black) interior.

Nice man!! very sexy!! whats the guys name who drives that integra? :-D...lets see how much initial d you know! haha nice man...keep it up

looking good.

sakai drives the DC2 or smiley sakai =)

very slick! i like. btw who cares how the pipe is bent itz a model car. they dont go no where

Nice progress Shorty.....

Though it is a model and no should care 86SR5 is correct in some aspects. A lot of bends in the exhaust can be restrictive even with mandrel bent pipes. Angled mufflers are meant for straight through exhausts. N1 style cat-backs have the fewest bends for optimal high-end power (i.e.-for high rev racing).

Street exhausts like the Greddy SP or Apex-i Dunk use mandrel bends and mimic the stock exhaust route. This adds power throughout the powerband, low to high in very small amounts. The straighter the exhaust the more top end you gain and the more low end power you lose. It's always a compromise with aftermarket parts.

In turn Shorty your exhaust is a street exhaust with an N1 look. The bend isn't necessary for that application as you can see it would be more beneficial to go straight instead of angled but the look is good.

hey, the car looks good....one question..are those the wheels that came with the kit?

hey, the car looks good....one question..are those the wheels that came with the kit?

Yeah they are, there really nice... :iceslolan

Straight piping will flow better than curved, but mandrel bent is very nicely done, no bumps or kinks. Anyway, why did you angle the muffler when it could've been straight?

any more progress?

angled mufflers just look cool. most drift cars have an angled muffler. and to be totally correct a DC2 ITR has a 52mm exhuast (just over 2") and a Vtec engine reponds well to 2 1/4-2.5" pipes as it doesnt restrict their rev happy nature. sorry bout being off topic.
that teg looks good.

I dont declare any fwd (cept those that are AWD) drift cars, and fish tailing, assdragin, e-braking is not real drifting. anyway, hope to see this finished soon.

Lets keep this thread on topic...and drifting is drifting i'm not good enough to say anything though :)

Thanx for telling them Andrew.

I got some time to work on it, i finished up the suspension and interior. My bro's friend just wanted a full black interior so i did what he wanted. I am also going to paint the exhaust black aswell. Next thing i have to do is primer and paint the rims gold and prep the car for the paintjob. Tell me what you guys think. :smile:

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Pretty danm nice man..keep it up..seems like you cracked the front lip....nothing gets better than a a white integrea type-r...

oooh man that is tight! Just the right(if not realistic) stance...not super slammed like most import cars I see. The interior is good too. Is it just one color or did you highlight the seatbacks?

Suggestion...how about trimming out the front grilles and pushing the radiator forward and adding some pipes for that turbo look?

I agree drifter_x, I suck too, can't get a real sideways drift.

Suggestion...how about trimming out the front grilles and pushing the radiator forward and adding some pipes for that turbo look?

I agree drifter_x, I suck too, can't get a real sideways drift.

As i said before im not going to cut out the front grill. Also im not that ghetto to use a radiator as a wannabe intercooler. Im going to make a new one with pipes to put in front of the radiator.

My bad, didnt' know you said you werent choppping the grill. Radiators make good use for intercoolers too.

V-mount!!!! just joking

IMO I dont think the rims need to be that wide on an integra I think deep dish looks better on bigger cars. IMO again

it needs better wheels just imo

I was just experimenting with diff rims. I put some fujimi volk te37's painted in gold with black lug nuts, i took them from my 350z to test them on the dc2, IMO i think it loots 100% better. :smile: Tell me what you guys think. Sorry for crappy pic, camera was running out of batt.

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that looks great!

are those the te37's from fujimi or aoshima?

that looks great!

are those the te37's from fujimi or aoshima?

Fujimi 18's.. Aoshima's are way to big for the itr, they can barely fit R34 wheel wells.

the build looks good so far, keep us posted

looks sweet...I have the mugen version of the fujimi ITR, but Im not puttin the mugen front on I like the type R lip better, its in progress and its basicly the samething...

two questions:
1. Where did you get the te37s?

2. Did you brush or spray the interior? It looks really clean.

is it me, or does shorty only post pictures of bare plastic models all the time?

is it me, or does shorty only post pictures of bare plastic models all the time?

Uhhh maybe cuz im not done building it yet... duh! :loser:

looks sweet...I have the mugen version of the fujimi ITR, but Im not puttin the mugen front on I like the type R lip better, its in progress and its basicly the samething...

two questions:
1. Where did you get the te37s?

2. Did you brush or spray the interior? It looks really clean.

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2. Spray

Uhhh maybe cuz im not done building it yet... duh! :loser: duh! :loser:

thats pretty danm sexy man!! i like the color...gold with white..good match!!

thats pretty danm sexy man!! i like the color...gold with white..good match!!

so i guess you are hinting him to leave the body unsprayed??? :iceslolan :iceslolan

Just primered body today with Tamiya White primer... Going to light sand and spray trunk and hood black. Also painted rims gold.

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looking pretty danm nice thurr. but to me the rims look like drag racing rims...keep up the great work

yea go wit the te37s thats wat im doin on my itr

Hey pyroteknikz why would we want to see 2 models the same?

Thanx for replies... I spoke to to my bros friend about his model and he said he is fine with the rims right now so, ill be leaving them. :smile:

maybe hes not painting his car the same as shortys...maybe hes not paint the rims the same color...? what a mystery

Ok here some pics of the car just freshly painted Racing White. Also rims are finished, and exhaust is painted semi gloss black. Going to wait a couple of days and light sand and then wet coat it, leave for couple of more days and mask for black, hood,trunk and front lip.

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why'd you paint the n1? it looked pretty cool in silver.

why'd you paint the n1? it looked pretty cool in silver.

He wanted a black n1

oh, ok I just thought with the titanium tip, that's how it was staying.

Just wet sanded the car today and masked front lip, lights, lip and trunk so it wont get a heavy coat of Racing White when i spray the car. After going to let dry and take off tape and let dry some more and going to mask whole car and spray, lip, hood, headlights, trunk, and probably window moldings. Tamiya Tap is GOOD..... :iceslolan

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Nice job so far. Hope it turns out good. Keep up witht the good work.

Looks really nice, i like the color. the rims are nice too. really good job so far. :evillol: Keep it up!

Finished painting the car today.... Im not really that satisfied because the black window panels did not come out very well.... its my first time do these window panels so its not that bad. Tell me what you guys think. Sorry for crappy pics.. my hands were shaking.

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