VTEC hits hard on the Nürburgring Nordschleife // Civic EF B18C / BTG 8.00

Attempt for a push lap which turned out in a 8.00! Made some sloppy mistakes, but we're improving!
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[@RobinVaessen]

This weekend at the ring, see you there? 🙌🏻

[@rollin1985]

Wow, you were just flying. It was a pleasure for me to watch the whole lap!

[@RobinVaessen]

Glad you like it friend!

[@nissinwafer_bizkwit3056]

Me too 😊

[@BETTER.ART.]

I see, I hear Honda, I press like.

[@RobinVaessen]

Whoop whoop!

[@zxsr999]

Man I love watching these EF ring videos. My second car was a 91 Civic Si hatch. Myself and a friend swapped in a B18A from my DA Integra I wrecked. This was around 2001. Such a light car that it was fast even without VTEC.

[@RobinVaessen]

Sounds really good bro! 🚀🫶🏻

[@bedirhan5561]

car really wants 6 th gear Unstoppable drive skill

[@RobinVaessen]

Haha true!

[@ananias6969]

And again the pocket rocket and the skills made another amazing Lap on Nurburgring... Congrets m8

[@RobinVaessen]

Enjoyment! Cheers for the support.

[@palWORX]

What an awesome car and driver. May your Civic live forever!

[@RobinVaessen]

Let's hope!!

[@ninjanix7288]

Reminds me of all the Best Motoring videos with the drift king himself 🚗💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💕

[@RobinVaessen]

Big compliments, appreciate it!

[@xaviersandrinedemay6396]

Wow duuude!!! 🎉🎉 Fantastic driving and that car is one tough cookie!!! Fiya!

[@RobinVaessen]

It’s is haha! Cheers 🥂

[@chiefslief1886]

Go Go Robin! B18c ❤🇱🇺👍🏻🏁

[@RobinVaessen]

Yerr buddy!

[@767HALHA]

When somebody really know, how to drive a car 👍🙂

[@RobinVaessen]

Really appreciate this!!

[@gtr9794]

Light weight always knows the answer :)

[@RobinVaessen]

GoKart 2.0

[@AliGokaySarioz]

Amazing Lap Mr. Vaessen. 🔥

[@RobinVaessen]

Dear, Thank you, Best regards, Mr. Vaessen

[@degeorge40]

Great lap

[@RobinVaessen]

Thanks George!

[@dennisschoening2736]

Woooow 😮😮😮 Awesome Speed and Driving ❤❤❤

[@RobinVaessen]

Thanks!! 🙌🏻⭐️

[@MoriTouge]

Superb

[@RobinVaessen]

yeahhh!

[@Spitdi555]

great pov, nice colors, flawless handling 😉

[@RobinVaessen]

Thanks man!

[@АлексейПогонец]

Отличное едешь . Мои поздравления.

[@RobinVaessen]

Cheers 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@gabrielemurgia7334]

Complimenti 🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝 Cazzo fai cantare il v-tec alla perfezione ❤ ti voglio bene ragazzo 💪

[@RobinVaessen]

Yerrrr!

[@MiniCooperR53RSR]

very fast and a good line you are driving 👍

[@RobinVaessen]

Thanks man!! ✌🏻✌🏻

[@HollyPolyPop]

It's fun to drive. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@RobinVaessen]

It is mate!

[@Pipsqueakz_]

Legend

[@RobinVaessen]

Cheers buddy! ✌🏻

[@S2NAZ]

There were definitely some over cooked corners 😂 but some of those early lines were beautiful. Were the tires starting to overheat ?

[@RobinVaessen]

Mix of overheating tires and overdriving. Also the tires where getting older.

[@hlq2action310]

Love N/A

[@RobinVaessen]

Sammeee!

[@hadtstec]

Fantastic Lap. I think you were pushing it a little too hard in the beginning, but then "found your rythem" and finished off the lap nicely. What tyres are you using, because I cannot take Flugplatz at that speed!

[@RobinVaessen]

100% true, for me this was a good example for get under the 'magical 8'. But by overpushing getting sloppy and locking up. After I found my rythm, it still was a 8.00 I believe. 225 / 195 AR1's

[@JRSC89]

😮What tires do you use? What chassis do you have, brakes? Only if it's not secret🙃

[@RobinVaessen]

BC coils with custom springrates (secret hehe) Porsche 986 brakes with EBC RPX brakes now.

[@JeLifeCoach]

Killer lap brother. Random question - what are your spring rates F & R?

[@RobinVaessen]

Cheers mate! Custom rates *hehe*

[@JeLifeCoach]

@@RobinVaessen hahaha. I have a brz not a Honda. I always ask people what their rates are just to gain wisdom and insight into driving style! Appreciate the response but I’d appreciate it more if you gave me the rates!!!

[@RobinVaessen]

Haha, got ya! Well, for more info contact Kay Hesse from TCT-Performance, my local Honda whisperer. This guy knows more about my car then me.

[@rodik6816]

what spring rates do u use? angles?

[@RobinVaessen]

Custom, by Kay Hesse from TCT-Performance. My local tuner, builder and specialist. He's the guy with all the numbers and info!

[@jasoncook1276]

Robin, whats the top speed now that you've changed the gearing? It seems to me that Robin is pushing the cars limits further in the beginning of the lap and found the breaking points, therefore able to feather the throttle to match the tire grip= faster lap time!! Excellent hands and feet Robin, well done, cheers🎉

[@RobinVaessen]

Lap was on the end of the day, did a good try for a sub 8 lap. But with traffic and little overpushing sometimes it didn't work out. But was a really fun lap. Nothing to win afterall.. Speed with the gearing I still have find out. But probally around 230 gps, mabey little more?

[@jasoncook1276]

​@@RobinVaessentime will tell on the top speed, I'll keep posted to find out when that happens. Yeah, pretty good for conditions and traffic in my opinion for the sub 8🎉

[@RobinVaessen]

You'll find out soon I hope. Car is getting there slowly but a lot of thing going in between what is delaying the final result.. As you're one of my top subscribers, you might be interested in the my Sub-only part on my Instagram, (For a little fee what's going in the Civic again) With some behind the scenes and more!

[@jasoncook1276]

​@@RobinVaessen I will definitely check it out and I certainly don't mind the fee😎

[@Nebulousbadger28]

What camera do you use?

[@RobinVaessen]

Gopro 12 & 11

[@4mary20]

If you Make your ef awd n/a would that make it quicker around the track?

[@mayk3lll]

Probably not.. more weight.. unless you put more power to bring back the power to weight ratio as it was before then I think corner speed should improve.

[@BETTER.ART.]

EFs are pretty balanced in weight and power. I wouldn't bother touching that. It makes more sense to invest in better brakes and tires.

[@RobinVaessen]

No, probably gaining a lot of understeer and too much weight.

[@SergioLopez-wc9yj]

Cuando termines cómprate unos audífonos 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Q barbaridad d ruido q hace y los porsche dejándole paso creyendo q era un Obus😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@RobinVaessen]

I will! Do you have any recommendations? ⭐️

[@RoJasson4]

Que tal hermano quería preguntarte si usas power steering?

[@RobinVaessen]

Power steering? What's that haha.

[@Cypress_green]

Your driving is good but you should really learn the heel and toe technique for downshifting.

[@RobinVaessen]

Thanks man! Why you think this would be better? 👀 - Just wondering

[@Cypress_green]

@@RobinVaessen I think it upsets the car less and it is quicker to complete the downshift. Also the way you are braking now you are using the clutch to help you slow down, but if you were doing heel&toe you would be using the engine to help you slow down and that would slow you down more so you could brake later. It is hard to do this properly, to press the brake pedal completely and still match the revs well, especially when doing 200+ km/h, but when done right it is the fastest way to downshift. Please don't take this the wrong way, I love your videos and your civic but I think you can be even faster and overtake even quicker supercars!

[@RobinVaessen]

Here is the explanation I was looking for! I often get asked about this, and the answers are usually just "Yeah, that's nice" or they don't really know further. Heel-toe will certainly allow for smoother transitions at some points, but the skills are not quite there yet. Engine braking is happening to some extent now, but it’s still quite rough compared heel-toe but as the progress grows you adjust to it. We might consider doing a booster delete on the brakes to create more feeling in the pedal, based on the positive experience of Kim (Time Attack EF). Watching back many of these laps, I've seen where I can gain a few seconds per lap just from braking alone. Last year, I experimented a lot with braking setups, so once those are fully dialed in, we will slowly start looking into heel-toe. Thanks for your response, I appreciate your feedback!

[@TerpsB18]

Can we please get Misha behind the wheel of this car

[@RobinVaessen]

It rather drive it myself haha, no hard feelings 👏🏻🌹

[@kubson012]

S80?

[@RobinVaessen]

S4C from the Ek9.

[@kubson012]

@@RobinVaessen great driving skills and good Honda allday:)

[@jamocerwin5841]

Una joya de coche, buen pilotaje. 🎉

[@RobinVaessen]

Thankssss!

[@nathannalley8470]

Strait gitenit

[@RobinVaessen]

😎

[@SergioLopez-wc9yj]

Un Corsa Opc va más rápido y sin hacer ruido😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@RobinVaessen]

A Tesla does make less sound too 😂👏🏻

[@bedirhan5561]

[@RobinVaessen]

Whoop whoop!