I had an fa5 like 3 years ago and man, that’s a car I really shouldn’t have gotten rid of. K20z3, lsd, four doors and a killer interior. Fa5 is unmatched for the money imo.
28:00 the fact that you guys took the time to film a tease for us reminds me why you’re my favorite automotive youtuber. thank you so much for bringing this supercharged civic to life
That k20 is absolutely bullet proof. I'm glad you guys went with a super charger instead of a turbo. You'll lose a little on the top, but what you gain on the bottom is totally worth it. Plus, they sound so good on a k series.
It’s a centrifugal charger, so I would expect it’ll actually be down a fair bit on midrange torque compared to a turbo or traditional supercharger. Should be a screaming top end though
Who else does it like these boys, NOBODY!!! My god are you guys good. How this channel doesn’t have 1 mil subs I don’t know. Looking forward to seeing an MCM budget build off collab soon.
For drivers having SIs at/after 09, about the FD2 gauge stuff, I have a tiny suggestion since i had installed it for my customers before, If u don't wanna an downgrade abs pump from 08 si, here are two solutions for u. First solution is to get a kill switch for the fuse from the engine hood(not the one under the steering wheel cuz its associated with power steering which means it will also turn off the power steering system) . This is a super easy solution which most of my customer pick this one BUT the fuse under the hood will also turn of the ABS system(cuz its a bi-fuse). Some of my customers wanna abs turned off on track but obviously most of my customer wanna keep it on, so here is another solution: The second solution is the combination of FD2 upper gauge cluster and SI lower gauge cluster. FIRST IT DID WORKS 100% FOR SURE. One of my customer pointed out this solution for us BUT u need a sort of rewireing stuff. The FD2 and FA5 has different wireing. BUT since u have si lower gauge cluster, U LOSE THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE. What the customer did was to got an extra aftermarket gauge (like coolant&oil temperature combined gauge). This way u keep the type R VTEC engage indicator and also keep the VSA OFF button works. Guess what, BOOM, now u have FD2 clusters(or no 's' LOL) together with VSA function. Also don't forget to replace the gauge face on the si one to FD2 one. Oh BTW if ur having a coupe SI even it's a 08 version u still need to change two pins for both plugs to make the upper gauge work(it's something about the difference between coupe and sedan). I hope those who's planning to get fd2 cluster could read my comment by any chance and I hope it helps.🎉
Love it, especially that smile on Dave’s face when he closed the trunk looking at the wing knowing it was all worth it! Good seeing Moose!!! We need Ken back!!! 😅
Credit where it’s due, huge transformation and beautifully finished. Wasn’t keen on the idea of an FD2 rep but I love how it’s turned out to be SA’s take on an FA5 with FD2 inspired looks - almost like something out of a Japan tuning shop. Superb job
Awesome work! The hood prop clip is supposed to face upwards, vibration could cause the hood prop to fall out and land on the positive battery terminal
You guys make me want to build one of these! A+ build, fellas. And the supercharger popping through the hood really ended up no big deal at all! Whole car looks and sounds fantastic!
I love the way it turned out, I just really do not like seeing a stretched tire on a wheel. I know Dave said it was for aesthetics, but you're adding an unnecessarily heavy/wide wheel for the sake of a flush look. Personally, I think when tires are the same width or slightly wider than the wheel, is a much tougher look while also being functional. Nonetheless, hats off as usual to you guys - quality build!
@najuad haha yeah not ideal. The OEM ones looked much better, though that offset was ridiculous... as if they had 30+mm spacers up front and that wheel was still so tucked in. Sucks, because those wheels looked right at home.
I think it needs maybe 10mm more tyre, or half an inch less wheel in the back. Interestingly, Tire Rack has been doing a few tests on the affect of how the same size tyre behaves on different wheel widths. Has been a known thing among Autocross guys for years, but a modest amount of stretch is generally better for subjective feel, and can also be as fast or faster than more tyre on less width. Worth checking out!
I like this build more than the ITR build. I have that 3M double sided tape holding the cheek rest on my rifle. The adhesive is really strong and the little bit of shock dampening is perfect to cushion my fae.
It's hard not to be jealous of this build. You guys have done more to your 8th in a month(ish) than I've been able to do in my 14 years of ownership 🙃 Great work though fellas. And Dave, you better beat that BMW!!!
i highly recommend moving the hood prop or removing it or it may fall out of its clip onto the battery terminals, happened to mine caused a fire but i caught it quickly but couldve been bad, melted my battery and end of hood prop, basically became a welding arc, also why not use hood risers? spacers basically for where the hood is bolted
The nt03 are the right choice. That color gives it a clean Motorsport finish and I honestly prefer it over the type r wheels for some reason. It might be the wheel fitment.
I was chasing one of these at TMP (not so nice as this one), but it was shooting flames out the back (Turbo'd) for 5 laps. I was happy to keep up with it with my 2017 Civic LX Sedan that was stock except for brakes and RPF1. Hopefully you guys find the time to give the 10th Gen base Civic with the K20 6MT some love.
You guys kill it on every build. I wont lie, when I first saw this one I did not love it... But you guys have transformed this car, and its super tasteful and well done like every one of your builds!! Yet another one of your build series I have enjoyed thoroughly!
Man I'm so glad you got the tip to shim the motor. It was almost rice before you made the adjustment. The car is looking fantastic and congrats on being able to keep the Type-R cluster! Looking forward to the next episode and then seeing you both work on the bimmer.
I own a fd2 type r, fully forged engine running TTS super charger kit running 566 bhp, totally stripped out race car now, beats most things on track, I had to fit a bonnet vent because bonnet kept hitting the charger, few nightmare ordeals but love the look of it now, looks mean, will be getting the Mugen carbon fibre body kit soon and watching this has got me in the mood again so thanks, great car, great build, love your content, keep it up! get yourselves a set of spoon mirrors, you wouldn't believe how nice and visually the car looks with them
Holyshit the car looks so much better with the whit wheels I was really thoughtful about the looks of the car and when you swapped the wheels everything changed.
If you watch the supercharger during the Dyno pulls you can see that it moves higher, maybe 1 or 2 mm. I remember seeing clearance issues with hole cutout, so hopefully that won't b an issue 😬
The guy from my home town had this super old Toyota Tercel, his hood scoop was half of a juice jug (cut lengthways) riveted to the hood. The Tercel kinda ripped too, junkiest car out there lining up with every Mustang he could find.
The new Mini's had +60 offset to cram as much as possible into the tiny space. It makes Mini wheels a bit difficult to work with, but they have so many choices.
You know I'm always heavily shitting on your wheel choices, but this time I'm speechless. I can't believe how great those Enkeis look and I can't believe I'm saying that about a +40 offset wheel
Great build guys. Really love what you have done with this. Can I ask what size pulley you are running? I have a C30-94 rotrex top mount on my ep3, 95mm pulley currently and 365 flywheel bhp. Looking forward to seeing what you get 👌
You blokes have really turned this into a gem, looks phenomenal
Where abouts in the UK are you from, fella?!
I had an fa5 like 3 years ago and man, that’s a car I really shouldn’t have gotten rid of. K20z3, lsd, four doors and a killer interior. Fa5 is unmatched for the money imo.
Facts . Greatest car of the 2006-2011 generation . Still holds great value
The FA5 is the best daily I’ve ever had ❤
28:00 the fact that you guys took the time to film a tease for us reminds me why you’re my favorite automotive youtuber. thank you so much for bringing this supercharged civic to life
That k20 is absolutely bullet proof. I'm glad you guys went with a super charger instead of a turbo. You'll lose a little on the top, but what you gain on the bottom is totally worth it. Plus, they sound so good on a k series.
It’s a centrifugal charger, so I would expect it’ll actually be down a fair bit on midrange torque compared to a turbo or traditional supercharger. Should be a screaming top end though
LoL it's a Rotrex 😅 it makes linear boost and yes it IS perfect and perfectly suited to NA Honda engines characteristics.
centrifugal sc won’t make the tq or top end of a modern turbocharger on this same engine.
My k20 shit the bed 🥲 spun bearing I just got a imported k24A time for the actual bulletproof engine
Damn near perfect. You guys did an unbelievable job on this FA5. Power, suspension and aesthetics spot on and perfectly complement each other.
Those Buddy Club seats are so comfortable, especially being so affordable. The spine relief is a game changer.
Who else does it like these boys, NOBODY!!! My god are you guys good. How this channel doesn’t have 1 mil subs I don’t know. Looking forward to seeing an MCM budget build off collab soon.
fellow Canadian here, it's not often you see a clean example of a previously molested Si turned into a type R, well done looks clean.
It’s midnight here in Melbourne but it seems I won’t go to sleep for an other 30 minutes 😂
I like the no music on some of the shots where y’all are doing the work. car came along beautifully!
For drivers having SIs at/after 09, about the FD2 gauge stuff, I have a tiny suggestion since i had installed it for my customers before, If u don't wanna an downgrade abs pump from 08 si, here are two solutions for u.
First solution is to get a kill switch for the fuse from the engine hood(not the one under the steering wheel cuz its associated with power steering which means it will also turn off the power steering system) . This is a super easy solution which most of my customer pick this one BUT the fuse under the hood will also turn of the ABS system(cuz its a bi-fuse). Some of my customers wanna abs turned off on track but obviously most of my customer wanna keep it on, so here is another solution:
The second solution is the combination of FD2 upper gauge cluster and SI lower gauge cluster. FIRST IT DID WORKS 100% FOR SURE. One of my customer pointed out this solution for us BUT u need a sort of rewireing stuff. The FD2 and FA5 has different wireing. BUT since u have si lower gauge cluster, U LOSE THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE. What the customer did was to got an extra aftermarket gauge (like coolant&oil temperature combined gauge).
This way u keep the type R VTEC engage indicator and also keep the VSA OFF button works.
Guess what, BOOM, now u have FD2 clusters(or no 's' LOL) together with VSA function.
Also don't forget to replace the gauge face on the si one to FD2 one.
Oh BTW if ur having a coupe SI even it's a 08 version u still need to change two pins for both plugs to make the upper gauge work(it's something about the difference between coupe and sedan).
I hope those who's planning to get fd2 cluster could read my comment by any chance and I hope it helps.🎉
The incredible attention to every single detail keeps me coming back. This thing is KILLER!
Love it, especially that smile on Dave’s face when he closed the trunk looking at the wing knowing it was all worth it! Good seeing Moose!!! We need Ken back!!! 😅
We need all of the supporting cast and their builds back. ( Dan tt 911, Sasha kels, etc. maybe on the other channel )
Credit where it’s due, huge transformation and beautifully finished. Wasn’t keen on the idea of an FD2 rep but I love how it’s turned out to be SA’s take on an FA5 with FD2 inspired looks - almost like something out of a Japan tuning shop. Superb job
I love how this car came out, makes me wanna get a Civic SI and do the same mods. Great work on this car!
This car looks SOOOOOO FREAKING GOOD!!! loving this series!
Love the NT03 wheels, such a cool design! Think it looks perfect on this car and is something you’d see circa 2009
Looks and sounds great. Awesome build Dave and Kevin. Can't wait to see dyno numbers...
The Civic Type-R (FD2) is the best looking Civic Honda as made to date.
This thing looks AMAZING! I liked these cars before. Now I love them! Wonderfully built!
Awesome work! The hood prop clip is supposed to face upwards, vibration could cause the hood prop to fall out and land on the positive battery terminal
You guys make me want to build one of these! A+ build, fellas. And the supercharger popping through the hood really ended up no big deal at all! Whole car looks and sounds fantastic!
Man that car has been done right! Really love the work you guys put into all your builds but this one definitely has come out excellent
One of my favorite builds right now. Affordable builds
Favorite enkei wheels, favorite Civic design.
absolute fwd perfection.
I love the way it turned out, I just really do not like seeing a stretched tire on a wheel. I know Dave said it was for aesthetics, but you're adding an unnecessarily heavy/wide wheel for the sake of a flush look. Personally, I think when tires are the same width or slightly wider than the wheel, is a much tougher look while also being functional. Nonetheless, hats off as usual to you guys - quality build!
Looks like it should be delivering tacos with those wheels on
@najuad haha yeah not ideal. The OEM ones looked much better, though that offset was ridiculous... as if they had 30+mm spacers up front and that wheel was still so tucked in. Sucks, because those wheels looked right at home.
I think it needs maybe 10mm more tyre, or half an inch less wheel in the back. Interestingly, Tire Rack has been doing a few tests on the affect of how the same size tyre behaves on different wheel widths. Has been a known thing among Autocross guys for years, but a modest amount of stretch is generally better for subjective feel, and can also be as fast or faster than more tyre on less width. Worth checking out!
@ftovr2957 yeah it's a similar principle to utilizing negative camber for cornering, but your contact patch is pretty important as well.
I love the clearance on the hood ❤
Great work thus far! This is the build series I didn’t know I needed to see. I want one of these as a daily so bad now 😅
This is the most perfect Civic IMO
Wow, that car turned out beautiful. Like any speed academy Honda build would.
The champ white wheels are mint!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I like this build more than the ITR build. I have that 3M double sided tape holding the cheek rest on my rifle. The adhesive is really strong and the little bit of shock dampening is perfect to cushion my fae.
Ngl that little bit of supercharger sticking out the hood at 14:34 looks so killer. Like a little teaser of things to come.
I love this project!!! Kudos to the brilliant content you guys pump
Absolutely love it. Not sure on the boot spoiler. I'd have gone OEM or Mugen for the boot spoiler.
When you 1st got that civic, i thought it was an epic fail "im a honda guy myself"..now you have sold me on it. It came out incredible guys
Let’s go!! Here for the Civic content! 👏
Ayyy @Vicwavy Only the real ones know who you’re😉 how is your FA5 these days?
@@red_fa5331It’s good man! Enjoying it as always! Love seeing 8thgen content! Warms my heart lol 😂👍
It's hard not to be jealous of this build. You guys have done more to your 8th in a month(ish) than I've been able to do in my 14 years of ownership 🙃 Great work though fellas. And Dave, you better beat that BMW!!!
The white wheels looks phenomenal😁
You guys are amazing. The fa5 civic si is my favorite Honda after the v6 6 speed accord. Such a great car. And you guys made it even better
Thank you speed academy for making my day!! Really like the content and the 30min video format!
Car looks unbelievable now! Great job guys!!!
Love this channel. Always super tasteful and pull off every build flawlessly
Great job, hit this one out of the park. Wheels & brakes 10/10!
Man that civic turned out real nice. Good job guys.
Love this video. Your K series cam swap video from 5 years ago has got me hooked!
i highly recommend moving the hood prop or removing it or it may fall out of its clip onto the battery terminals, happened to mine caused a fire but i caught it quickly but couldve been bad, melted my battery and end of hood prop, basically became a welding arc, also why not use hood risers? spacers basically for where the hood is bolted
Really awesome build guys! Can't wait to see it rip on the track.
add fog lights to the type r too!
The nt03 are the right choice. That color gives it a clean Motorsport finish and I honestly prefer it over the type r wheels for some reason. It might be the wheel fitment.
I was chasing one of these at TMP (not so nice as this one), but it was shooting flames out the back (Turbo'd) for 5 laps. I was happy to keep up with it with my 2017 Civic LX Sedan that was stock except for brakes and RPF1. Hopefully you guys find the time to give the 10th Gen base Civic with the K20 6MT some love.
I also run those tires. Absolutely great tire. I love them. Still haven't been able to to find their limits on on or off ramps.
You guys kill it on every build. I wont lie, when I first saw this one I did not love it... But you guys have transformed this car, and its super tasteful and well done like every one of your builds!! Yet another one of your build series I have enjoyed thoroughly!
Man I'm so glad you got the tip to shim the motor. It was almost rice before you made the adjustment. The car is looking fantastic and congrats on being able to keep the Type-R cluster! Looking forward to the next episode and then seeing you both work on the bimmer.
In Malaysia Civic Fd are everywhere, my friend had it since 2014 n he put it a lot variation bodykit n upgrade the engine from stock to monsta killer
Better than original type R, men it's looks good
Crazy transformation. I love everything on this build. Good job guys
I own a fd2 type r, fully forged engine running TTS super charger kit running 566 bhp, totally stripped out race car now, beats most things on track, I had to fit a bonnet vent because bonnet kept hitting the charger, few nightmare ordeals but love the look of it now, looks mean, will be getting the Mugen carbon fibre body kit soon and watching this has got me in the mood again so thanks, great car, great build, love your content, keep it up! get yourselves a set of spoon mirrors, you wouldn't believe how nice and visually the car looks with them
Man, you guys are living the dream. You get nothing but the best bits n bobs to make such a great car. Will never be able to do that 😥
Looks so good guys 💯
What a great build!
Holyshit the car looks so much better with the whit wheels I was really thoughtful about the looks of the car and when you swapped the wheels everything changed.
Don’t ever stop making content.
This build turned out amazing. Great job guys.
sweet looking car! what a piece of work u have done there!
Killing me smalls! Gotta wait another week?!
Love it. I eventually want to throw a Kraftworks on my FA5. I'd also love to do the auto climate swap tbh. Great upgrade.
Love this build series! Keep up the great content!
Nailed this build, very cool result.
Love how you made the hood fit 👍
God i love this channel! Hope you guys keep making content and growing.
nothing beats the typeR look on the FD! loving this build, might have to ditch my DC5 and build an FD then hahahahaha
You guys really turned it around into looking like a real fast Honda. In my country you'd be social media sensation whipping that around haha
Stunning guys! Well done
Not my favorite type of Civic, but it looks pretty good and I'm really interested to see what Pete does with the BMW.
I love this build! I have an '07 FG1 and I really like it. I hope to upgrade to an Si one day.
Speed Academy will start this series saying they don't want to make this too nice and then create this sick asf Civic.
Love it!
Y’all making me want a Honda 👀
Love this build series. Slowly getting me back into modifying cars again.
If you watch the supercharger during the Dyno pulls you can see that it moves higher, maybe 1 or 2 mm. I remember seeing clearance issues with hole cutout, so hopefully that won't b an issue 😬
also top work with the civic. You guys nailed the look. Much love from Australia Down Under
Please put self adhesive weatherstripping around the cutout in the hood! lol
The guy from my home town had this super old Toyota Tercel, his hood scoop was half of a juice jug (cut lengthways) riveted to the hood. The Tercel kinda ripped too, junkiest car out there lining up with every Mustang he could find.
Man, i could hear the crickets outside when you guys were shaving the hood. I know that feeling 😂
Sweet build!!
Reminds me of a teens first car. Then goes to the track one time and never goes back because he was so slow and did so much work.
The new Mini's had +60 offset to cram as much as possible into the tiny space. It makes Mini wheels a bit difficult to work with, but they have so many choices.
Love that u fitted the JDM front and rear lights
That's a perfect build. 10/10 well done
You know I'm always heavily shitting on your wheel choices, but this time I'm speechless. I can't believe how great those Enkeis look and I can't believe I'm saying that about a +40 offset wheel
How did you guys address the seat airbag wiring when replacing the seat?
Reminds me of my friend's FD. Full Js Racing build with a CompTech Supercharger
Agreed hyper black would have been better but digging the silver.
not world first guys.. i did the fullrace exhaust on my fd2 type R many years ago.. but nice work :)
Hats off you guys pulled a serious number on this
I just moved from Hamilton to Welland. I'm gonna have to move back to see this beauty smashing some Barton St potholes!
Get Augment to make a custom oem style fd2 replica but in the right specs. Would be a nice follow up to the magnesium DC2 R wheels they made for you.
Great build guys. Really love what you have done with this. Can I ask what size pulley you are running? I have a C30-94 rotrex top mount on my ep3, 95mm pulley currently and 365 flywheel bhp. Looking forward to seeing what you get 👌
110mm pulley
@@speedacademy thanks. Look forward to seeing what power you get, I started at 110, went to 100, then 95. Peak power now @ 7800rpm 👍
@@speedacademy
Does this have a LSD??
Damn you guys are epic! Thank you for giving love to this epic car. Great build! I love you guys!
How did you get the rear window so clean? My tint was bubbling when I bought mine. I can’t find a product to remove all the glue and small tint left.
Goo gone remover