{"id":3869,"date":"2020-07-01T15:22:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T15:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:06:52","slug":"type-r-trophy-build-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/builds\/other-builds\/type-r-trophy-build\/type-r-trophy-build-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"TYPE R TROPHY BUILD \u2013 PART 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>TYPE R TROPHY BUILD \u2013 PART 6<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since our last update &#8211; partly due to the circumstances that the world has found itself in due to the lock down measures, and partly because it&#8217;s been so long since we did anything on it, I&#8217;d completely forgot about it!<\/p>\n<p>Since our last outing at <strong>Oulton Park<\/strong> all the way back in February, we&#8217;ve since got another track day under our belts. We returned to Oulton the month after, in March, alongside the <strong>Tegiwa NSX<\/strong> and <strong>M4 GT4<\/strong> for an open pit day.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3869 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX-197x197.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX-245x245.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSX.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4-197x197.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4-245x245.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/M4-GT4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We were greeted with typical March weather which was very much wet and cold. This did little for my nerves as I&#8217;d never driven the car in the wet, and I&#8217;d heard many a tale of &#8216;binning it&#8217; in similar conditions. However, by the end of the day, the track had dried up, and with some much appreciated tuition from Luke, I&#8217;d found a new level of confidence in the car and was really managing to push on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Wet-OultonPark.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3872 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Wet-OultonPark-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Wet-OultonPark-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Wet-OultonPark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Wet-OultonPark-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Wet-OultonPark-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Wet-OultonPark-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, the car performed perfectly throughout the day, providing many laps of K20 fueled fun. We&#8217;d managed to fit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/tegiwa-cat-back-exhaust-honda-civic-type-r-ep3-01-06.html\"><strong>Tegiwa 70mm cat-back exhaust<\/strong><\/a> prior to taking the car to Oulton, so we were blessed with a much nicer soundtrack this time round.<\/p>\n<h4>Latest Modifications<\/h4>\n<p>In addition to the exhaust, we&#8217;ve since had our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/safety-devices-multi-point-bolt-in-roll-cage-h035-honda-civic-type-r-ep3-01-44.html\"><strong>Safety Devices 6 point roll cage<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/spa-4-litre-steel-mechanical-lever-valve-fire-suppression-kit.html\"><strong>SPA 4 litre fire suppression kit<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/tegiwa-fia-msa-battery-master-cut-out-switch-isolator-kill-switch.html\"><strong>Tegiwa kill switch<\/strong><\/a> installed, shout out to <a href=\"https:\/\/motion-motorsport.co.uk\/\"><strong>Motion Motorsport<\/strong><\/a> for taking care of that for us.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3869 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-RollCage-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3869 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-Killswitch-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-FireExtinguisher-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve got a neat carbon dashboard panel blank that we need to install next that will house the kill switch inside the car &#8211; thanks to the guys at racing circuits for sorting that out for us. If you&#8217;re after one, then drop them a message on their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/racingcircuits\/\">Facebook page<\/a><\/strong> and they&#8217;ll be more than happy to make one up for you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3879 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-KillSwitchPlate-e1593614345229-1024x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-KillSwitchPlate-e1593614345229-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-KillSwitchPlate-e1593614345229-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-KillSwitchPlate-e1593614345229-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-KillSwitchPlate-e1593614345229-640x318.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-KillSwitchPlate-e1593614345229-1920x955.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be interesting to see if the roll cage will make much difference, if any, in terms of handling. We&#8217;ll find out in a couple of weeks as we head to Donington Park for an evening of track time. In preparation we&#8217;ve put a fresh set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/pbs-prorace-front-brake-pads-honda-civic-ep3-fn2-type-r-s2000.html\"><strong>PBS ProRace front brake pads<\/strong><\/a> in, along with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/pbs-protrack-rear-brake-pads-honda-civic-ep3-integra-dc2-type-r-s2000.html\"><strong>ProTrack pads<\/strong><\/a> for the rear. Plus, with the Type R Trophy calendar now rearranged it might be making a few more appearances than we expected this year!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-3885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3885 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-2-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tegiwa-EP3-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYPE R TROPHY BUILD \u2013 PART 6 It&#8217;s been a while since our last update &#8211; partly due to the circumstances that the world has found itself in due to the lock down measures, and partly because it&#8217;s been so long since we did anything on it, I&#8217;d completely forgot about it! Since our last &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":3880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-type-r-trophy-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3869"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3888,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3869\/revisions\/3888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}