can i just ask why? i feel the money for that car could have been put into something so much better
Man, I really wish I could own one of these.
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[QUOTE=ghostfais;25738702]can i just ask why? i feel the money for that car could have been put into something so much better[/QUOTE]
Like what exactly? I don't care about putting it into rims or a body kit or the sound system. It's already nice. I want to start some performance mods and you start with exhaust, it's pretty standard. You can't come close to buying a turbo kit, let alone having one installed for that price and even then you still need the nice exhaust. No point upgrading the brakes unless you have something to brake.
I hate driving on party weekends like Halloween. I was driving home from my girlfriend's house trasher white Buick runs the his stop sign and missed knocking me out by a hair. Christ.
better luck next time
[QUOTE=Ajacks;25737837]Right at about $2,000
A few other things I'm going to do decently soon, powder coat the rims black, get the Mugen Ventilated window visors, tint the windows, and get a set of foglights and the front and rear HFP spoiler.[/QUOTE]
If only I could get my long tubes for that price. I have to stick with shorties and high flow cats.
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;25737874]................just turbo it or something[/QUOTE]
A supercharger or turbo for me would cost 6K just for the parts and another 4k for install and get my compression decreased.
[QUOTE=Diagger;25746079]If only I could get my long tubes for that price. I have to stick with shorties and high flow cats
A supercharger or turbo for me would cost 6K just for the parts and another 4k for install and get my compression decreased.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to buy a garret stage 2 turbo kit and install it myself, I'm getting the hondata pro which allows me to hook up my laptop directly to the ECU and tune it myself, no need for a shop. Installing a quality turbo kit is no more intensive than installing a set of headers, as long as the kit is good that is.
I'll take pictures of the dent tomorrow..
I'm pretty wasted today tbh
Too drunk...
fuck yeah, dad ordered a plasma cutter. that'll make cutting the floor and trunk out of the camaro SO MUCH EASIER.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;25746803]Installing a quality turbo kit is no more intensive than installing a set of headers, as long as the kit is good that is.[/QUOTE]
uhh
no.
Turbo systems entail oil lines, vacuum lines, BOV's, wastegates, intercooler routing...
Headers are just maybe 10 bolts.
New top to match the doors finally.
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[editline]30th October 2010[/editline]
It's a panda
my dads vokeswagon golf broke and he took it to a car man wso he phoned the school and said i was sick and i got a day off and i ate some crisps cause my dad had to take them out of the back of the car when he gave it to the car man
[QUOTE=lemon_lover;25747476]uhh
no.
Turbo systems entail oil lines, vacuum lines, BOV's, wastegates, intercooler routing...
Headers are just maybe 10 bolts.[/QUOTE]
Yeah and all of those are easy enough if you can read instructions and a good Greddy or Garret kit will usually have pretty detailed instructions. I'm pretty confident that I'd have no issues as I have personally replaced an entire cooling system on a 2.slow Jetta MKIII, radiator, hoses, coolant flange, thermostat, coolant pump, reservoir, radiator fans, and airbox. If you've got a shop manual you can do about anything with the proper tools.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;25746803]I'm going to buy a garret stage 2 turbo kit and install it myself, I'm getting the hondata pro which allows me to hook up my laptop directly to the ECU and tune it myself, no need for a shop. Installing a quality turbo kit is no more intensive than installing a set of headers, as long as the kit is good that is.[/QUOTE]
I don't have any mechanical experience though, nor any way to lift the car to get to the exhaust parts. Tuning wise I would get them to send me an email tune for the predator and just get it tweaked but there is not a chance I could put on my own supercharger or drop 5k on a single part.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;25752452]Yeah and all of those are easy enough if you can read instructions and a good Greddy or Garret kit will usually have pretty detailed instructions. I'm pretty confident that I'd have no issues as I have personally replaced an entire cooling system on a 2.slow Jetta MKIII, radiator, hoses, coolant flange, thermostat, coolant pump, reservoir, radiator fans, and airbox. If you've got a shop manual you can do about anything with the proper tools.[/QUOTE]
take a before and after 0-60 video with the mods
[QUOTE=Ajacks;25746803]I'm going to buy a garret stage 2 turbo kit and install it myself, I'm getting the hondata pro which allows me to hook up my laptop directly to the ECU and tune it myself, no need for a shop. Installing a quality turbo kit is no more intensive than installing a set of headers, as long as the kit is good that is.[/QUOTE]
You're wasting money by buying a kit, and I sincerely doubt exhaust, intake and a chip will net you 45 hp. My [i]turbo[/i] car has gained maybe 40 hp from a full exhaust, intake, [i]increased boost[/i] and a tune. You'd be better off building a turbo kit yourself by looking for deals online and people selling used parts.
Also unless your Civic has an engine in the shape of a V, you only have one header.
Spotted this new roundabout on Friday, and I know how everyone loves them.
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Somebody needs to come up with a contest about who can last in a roundabout longest
As part of a field trip back in school we got the bus driver to drive around a roundabout 13 times before turning off :v:
Buying new gears for the 03' Cobra soon. 355's in it atm, going to go to 373's my dad says. :D cannot wait, hoping for 11.7-11.8 down the 1/4 mile
the camaro has 4.11s which is going to suck for driving on the highway
post your battle stations guise
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[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
oh yeah I bought some stuff, most important one being a cobb accessport, I have a tune now lol
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also launch control/flatfoot shifting, watch the boost build from a stop and stay up even through shifts
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBjYvWLSh4[/media]
next up is maddad whisper catback and a downpipe I haven't decided on yet, followed by a vf39 turbo, new TMIC, uppipe, and then meth injection if I still want more power
it's all coming together now :v
[QUOTE=MikeL14;25754638]You're wasting money by buying a kit, and I sincerely doubt exhaust, intake and a chip will net you 45 hp. My [i]turbo[/i] car has gained maybe 40 hp from a full exhaust, intake, [i]increased boost[/i] and a tune. You'd be better off building a turbo kit yourself by looking for deals online and people selling used parts.
Also unless your Civic has an engine in the shape of a V, you only have one header.[/QUOTE]
The K20Z3 i-VTEC is a very capable engine and a Hondata FlashPro upgrade with a racing exhaust and exhaust manifold and a good CAI pretty consistently takes it up 35-45hp. But anyways it'll be pretty interesting. Ordered a Techtonics cat-back exhaust for our Jetta MKIII, should have a nice sound to it.
[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=edberg;25756718]post your battle stations guise
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[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
oh yeah I bought some stuff, most important one being a cobb accessport, I have a tune now lol
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also launch control/flatfoot shifting, watch the boost build from a stop and stay up even through shifts
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBjYvWLSh4[/media]
next up is maddad whisper catback and a downpipe I haven't decided on yet, followed by a vf39 turbo, new TMIC, uppipe, and then meth injection if I still want more power
it's all coming together now :v[/QUOTE]
0-60 in 6.6? That doesn't seem right.
I've heard of flatfoot shifting tons of times, but I never thought to how it would work? Can you really just keep you foot planted and it knows when the clutch is disengaged or something?
[QUOTE=blackdenton;25755836]Spotted this new roundabout on Friday, and I know how everyone loves them.
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There's roundabouts bloody everywhere I live, you get quite skillful at using them very quickly after a while. Can be fun hurtling your car around them :v:
I would just like to let you all know that the last page or two of this thread made me lol a little bit.
Enjoy your 6k turbo, I'll be over here enjoying my 23 year old wagon that makes more power than you with less than $1500 in the entire car.
tschau!
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I've got an Astro Van, Sadly mine doesn't have a turbo like the one in the video, but really it can burn the tires without one. :P
And they drift like no other.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;25756802]The K20Z3 i-VTEC is a very capable engine and a Hondata FlashPro upgrade with a racing exhaust and exhaust manifold and a good CAI pretty consistently takes it up 35-45hp. But anyways it'll be pretty interesting. Ordered a Techtonics cat-back exhaust for our Jetta MKIII, should have a nice sound to it.
[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
0-60 in 6.6? That doesn't seem right.[/QUOTE]
I think people too often misunderstand how much less than they think an intake, exhaust and headers will actually give them.
and lol I`m impressed with the fact that 4banger is making almost 200hp but I really can`t see much more being squeezed out of it
[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=edberg;25756718]post your battle stations guise
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[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
oh yeah I bought some stuff, most important one being a cobb accessport, I have a tune now lol
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also launch control/flatfoot shifting, watch the boost build from a stop and stay up even through shifts
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBjYvWLSh4[/media]
next up is maddad whisper catback and a downpipe I haven't decided on yet, followed by a vf39 turbo, new TMIC, uppipe, and then meth injection if I still want more power
it's all coming together now :v[/QUOTE]
300hp brooo
[QUOTE=Ajacks;25756802]The K20Z3 i-VTEC is a very capable engine and a Hondata FlashPro upgrade with a racing exhaust and exhaust manifold and a good CAI pretty consistently takes it up 35-45hp. But anyways it'll be pretty interesting. Ordered a Techtonics cat-back exhaust for our Jetta MKIII, should have a nice sound to it.
[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
0-60 in 6.6? That doesn't seem right.[/QUOTE]
i suck at at launching
maybe if i get better I can get it down to high 5's
[QUOTE=VQ35HR;25758717]
and lol I`m impressed with the fact that 4banger is making almost 200hp but I really can`t see much more being squeezed out of it
[editline]31st October 2010[/editline]
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What about 200hp out of a four banger?
:smugface:
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