Time has been scarce, and it's been very difficult to find a free weekend or a day off to do any work on the Integra. We've been using it as a commute car, which also gives us a chance to get acquainted with the car's quirks, and its capabilities.
The Integra is fun to drive, with low power but also low weight. The power band is very friendly, with good oomph at mid range. The suspension is weak, body roll is atrocious, but that's fixable. Breaks seem decent but nothing to write home about. It's FWD, and so it understeers if pushed, but not too badly. Fuel mileage on mostly highway with a moderate to aggressive driving style is at around 25-26 MPG. A small thing, then again perhaps not, that I noticed is that the arrangement of the break and accelerator pedals is perfect, making heal-toe practically effortless in this car (I have a hard time with that on my FR-S).
Rob has done some work on it this past weekend, replaced the alternator with a rebuilt one, belts, changed engine oil, and installed an aftermarket header (came with the car). Performance-wise I couldn't detect anything on the butt-dyno with the new header, maybe perhaps a slight gain in upper range power, but it's hard to tell.
Our prep for the 2014 season is going to be intense: weight removal (interior, seats, etc), suspension, engine removal and work (on a budget), transmission/diff fluids, cage, racing seats/harness/steering, fuel cell, tires. We're currently looking at Honda Challenge H4 as our target class, but we're keeping our options open.
