The interior is a bonafide treasure trove of Mugen parts. The rear brakes also use the Accord’s larger 282mm discs with factory callipers and PBS pads. To keep things Honda, the 300mm front disc conversion is from a K24 Accord Type S and the callipers are Mugen Active Gate items fitted with PBS track pads. Incidentally, his winter setup is another set of Mugens, but this time M12s in 17×7-inch +50, as detailed in the Mugen catalog.
Naturally then, Darren matched the kit with a set of Mugen MF10s in 16×7-inch +43 with 205/55 Nankang NS2-R semi-slicks fastened with Mugen black lug nuts. There’s also been a couple of OE additions, including a factory specification headlight washer setup and Honda Access rainbow fog lights. The kit includes a Mugen grill, front lip, side skirts, visors, rear roof spoiler and rear lip. It took a lot of effort to source the parts required for the Mugen M7 Sports conversion, a kit which is incredibly rare outside of Asia.
Darren told me that it’s essentially the same floor and chassis as an EP3, just with an extra 100mm at the rear to accommodate the third row of seats. While it might look like a big car, it was surprising to me how compact the RN3 Stream is. The use of an EP3 donor wasn’t by accident, because if you squint, you can see a resemblance between the two. That wouldn’t do, so a rare black dash and interior trim from a face-lifted RN5 Stream was sourced and fitted. Not to mention that the original dashboard was grey.
MUGEN SUPER MARIO SOUND INSTALL
It might look like it was always there, but the console took a significant amount of work to install as the handbrake had to be moved for it to fit.
MUGEN SUPER MARIO SOUND MANUAL
Mugen dress-up pieces are aplenty, too.Ĭontinuing the EP3 theme, the automatic gearbox was replaced with the Civic Type R’s 6-speed manual transmission, outfitted with a 5.1 final drive and a Wavetrac limited slip differential.ĭarren was keen to point out the addition of the EP3’s centre console, complete with the donor car’s Type R identification plate. A Hybrid Racing fuel rail, Tegiwa EP3 radiator, and a DC Sports exhaust manifold with a custom 3-inch cat-back flowing into a Mugen Gen I rear silencer are the primary highlights, along with a Doctronic ECU managing things. In this particular case, the K20A was sourced from a 2005 Honda Civic Type R (EP3), and courtesy of a rebuild and an upgraded parts list, now produces around 246hp.Ī shaved CL7 RBC intake manifold is fed air through a custom 3-inch air intake with a Hybrid Racing velocity stack and filter mounted behind a cold air feed at the bottom of the front bumper. Writing this, it does sound strange to say he swapped a K20 for a K20, but the difference between a K20A1 and K20A is significant. He knew this, of course, which is why the engine swap plan was still in play. It produced around 156hp and 139lb-ft, which fell significantly short of Darren’s expectations.
That original K20A1, which was also mated to an automatic, is considered an ‘eco’ engine by Honda. But when this K20A1 Stream came up for sale – which would make his planned conversion much more straightforward – he jumped on it. That first Stream was a 1.7-litre automatic example, which Darren planned to K-swap. With a couple of kids now in tow, the days of half-cages and stripped interiors might behind him (for the time being, anyway), but when it came time to buy something more family-friendly, he went straight to a Stream. While Darren might be 10 years older compared to when we originally featured his DA6, his love for Hondas hasn’t waned in the slightest. Of course, time marching on is one of the only certainties in life. This was over a decade ago, and I still think that Darren’s Integra would stand up to scrutiny today. I’m pretty sure that feature was lost to the great site migration in 2013, but Darren Fawcett’s Honda Integra DA6 sticks in my mind as one of those cars worth remembering. As it happened, this particular Mugen Stream M7 Sport was built and owned by a previous Speedhunters feature car owner.