Thrashing my 215,000 mile Civic Type R around Thruxton Race Circuit

We take our high mileage Civic Type R to Thruxton and absolute destroy our tyes! Good times though, and great to learn a new track.
I highly recommend a track day to anyone who loves their car, even better if doing it with your mates!
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[@mojosabien]

Nice Good to see the day all coming together for you and how that brilliant little type R performed so well. Rap at the end… Really funny

[@ShiftingMetal]

Haha, thanks! If you like that, watch part 2 of our £500 raod trip video and Romas can rap for you some more haha

[@jamestractorboy1827]

You need Camber & better tyres...👌 Even race cars have come in during a race for front lefts it's a very abrasive track, great car runs well with that mileage 👍

[@turbol8]

You need to add a load of front camber that's y your killing the tyres in the outside edge

[@ShiftingMetal]

Yeah, we did have that same thought on the day too!

[@1982james111]

​@@ShiftingMetal you can buy the fast road setup bolts for the standard suspension ie camber bolts. They really make the car turn in better 👍🏻 What is a must have is an LSD 👌🏻 just pulls you round the corners. I'd also recommend doing a TPS reset as I was running around for year with 80% max throttle 🤦🏼‍♂️ Just unplug the battery to reset the computer, 10 mins will do. Connect battery back up and turn the key all the way so ignition light is on and with your left foot on the clutch press and hold all the way down. Then with your right foot on the accelerator pedal just gently press all the way to the floor and back up again going from 0%-100% throttle travel. Do this a couple of times with the peddle to make sure. Turn the car on and away you go 👌🏻 Ps 30psi for your tyres as they'll heat up to correct tyre pressures.

[@Cruicky92]

Check your tyre pressures aswell that could be killing them faster

[@ShiftingMetal]

Good point, I can’t remember if we checked them or not, but maybe not when they were hot!

[@typerrr8422]

Hell yeah my aim is to reach 220.000km now it's already at 170k with the first clutch. What kind of clutch do you have?

[@ShiftingMetal]

It’s just a standard blueprint clutch I think. We’ve just changed it. Check out the previous videos, it’s in there I think 👍