Olly EK9`s EK9

[olly ek9]

too right i do, I aint selling, Spoon Ecu fitted now too, awesome, much more linear power delivery!!!

 

[olly ek9]

Still waiting for those pictures

Would you like to immortalise it for x-mas with a personalised EK9.org Top Trump? The link is in my signature.

mate i best get snapping quick!! if not my nurburgring carousel pic is pretty darn awesome

 

[Championship White]

I don't think it's possible to get a better picture than that, an EK9 doing what it was made to do! Get your name down on here:

http://www.ek9.org/forum/general-chat/27473-x-mas-top-trumps-list-5.html#post296908

 

[olly ek9]

I don't think it's possible to get a better picture than that, an EK9 doing what it was made to do! Get your name down on here:

http://www.ek9.org/forum/general-chat/27473-x-mas-top-trumps-list-5.html#post296908

done and done,

 

[ek9cub]

Are you still running the standard suspension? Looks good plus you use it properly

 

[olly ek9]

Are you still running the standard suspension? Looks good plus you use it properly

too right i am, the standard suspension is awesome,, perfect balance between comfortability and handling, expecially un uneven surfaces like the nurburgring, cannot fault it..

 

[Championship White]

Too right Olly, it's good to hear someone who's not afraid to say the standard suspension doesn't need replacing. My brother's been running it on his rally-car for two years, the only reason he's changing it is for Proflex.

 

[olly ek9]

i've said it all in the suspension thread see here...

http://www.ek9.org/forum/suspension/11867-rate-your-suspension-set-up.html

Make - EK9
Model - Stock
Anti roll bars - Stock 23mm front and 22mm rear
Comfort - 10/10
Handling - 10/10
Price - N/A
Positives : Fantastic handling and good spring / damper rate relationship, although the stock suspension is really quite hard it is not crashy or bouncy over bumps and very comfortable. Honda have worked hard here. Car is very predictable at all times and feels safe and planted.
Faults? - not adjustable in any shape or form.

I have used my car now for over a year including mixed road driving and also trackdays at castlecombe and a summer trip to the nurburgring. On the nurburgring the handling of the car was nothing short of Amazing. Only modifications handling wise were Toyo R888 rubber on 50 series profile.
The circuit offers everything from fast sweeping bends, camber changes, compression bombholes, rough surfaces (carousel) and the car felt 100% planted round there everywhere. For a stock car I am very very impressed and have no desire to change the springs or dampers.

If I were to upgrade I think I would seriously need to get the wallet out and go for Ohlins or something of that kind of standard as the stock suspension is so good.

Think people are too quick to abandon the stock suspension and stick a set of coilovers on their cars when lots of other work needs doing which affects the behaviour of the car more so than the shocks and springs. All our Hondas are 10 years or so old now, Rubber deteriorates with age, before changing anything at all I think the suspension bushings should be the first point of call. Personally I avoid polyurethane bushings like the plague and would go for standard or Hardrace rubber bushings. I have a set of Hardrace Rear trailing arm bushes to go in mine when I get time to install them; all my other bushes visually appear to be in good order at the moment. The rear trailing arm bushings have a huge effect on the stability of the car and general handling once they have been renewed. I installed a new set on my brothers’ DC2 (albeit had done 110000 miles) and the difference was night and day.

 

[olly ek9]

i best get some more pics n things sorted to go in here, recent works have been upgrading all my earths with 160 amp heat resistant earth wire and a few other bits

prob going to make a few more kits up if anyones interested will be cheap as chips,

 

[Barryl85]

I've been wondering when you would give us some more pictures of your car (after you decided not to sell up ! ).

Had never noticed it before but thats a great review on the standard suspension and good advice regarding bushings.


And will be nice to see pictures of your earthing wires - think you would make a good few sales on these considering the results of stevenek9's recent dyno tune.

 

[olly ek9]

And will be nice to see pictures of your earthing wires - think you would make a good few sales on these considering the results of stevenek9's recent dyno tune.

funnily enough the wires are not dissimilar to what steve has on his,

new earth to body
new earth to back of head to 10mm bolt hole and a new earth strap from valve cover to body, will make one up for the gearbox one too

 

[Barryl85]

Sounds excellent - i may invest !