accordexchange

i finally got my own digital camera and took some daytime pics... i switched from the 17" 5zigen fireballs to the stock 15s... oh yea-i just put on 205/55/15 falken ze512 tires on the car so if anyone's wondering what 205/55/15s look like, there they are... i know it's not a real sleeper technically but i don't really care... haha... i'll eventually replace the wings west rear lip with a stock rear lip... comments and questions welcome...

avividmemory

It looks nice and clean...dont get me wrong, but doesnt the license plate "5LEEPER" kind of give it away

accordexchange

thanks... you're right about the plate but i couldn't think of a better name... anything turbo related would give it away... sleeper still makes you wonder what's under the hood-if there's anything at all... some people back off just because of the license plate so that saves me some gas... the boost gauge, intercooler, bov sound, and turbo muffler kind give it away too...

hanginlow

nice for an auto, soon to be manual? that will be a nice conversion and should have more power.

SiRkid

accordfreak

how low does your downpipe hang?

accordexchange

boostedf22, you're right about a manual having more power... we'll have to see though... i still want to beef up the auto tranny...

SiRkid, thanks...

accordfreak, i can't give you an exact measurement but pretty low i guess... i need to raise the car... i've scraped the downpipe a few times and there's a tiny dent on the bottom... you dyno your accord yet..?

btw, here's the dyno graph in case anyone was wondering about the numbers... 180.3 HP and 179.5 TQ at 8 psi...




[Modified by accordexchange, 5:02 AM 3/7/2003]

accordfreak

i guess you fixed your vtec engagement? the numbers are looking better than last time.

yeah i've scraped my downpipe too... big *** dent... i'm going to make a new downpipe since mine is all dented and rusting like a bitch... POS drag...

no dyno for me yet... 2 weeks left until spring break to get everything in.

but yeah Looking good so far!


oh and btw- you cut out the grill on the bumper? do you think it'll be ok?? i don't want my bumper to be sagging or anything...





[Modified by accordfreak, 5:07 AM 3/7/2003]

hanginlow

i would love to be seeing my 300+ numbers, this shop has pissed me off to no end, i might have to go your route accordexhance and go to inline pro where they accutaly know what the hell they are doin.

IloveNewt

Nice. Inline Pro = Good poop. I got my engine built there, they do good work, looks liek i may have to go back soon.

accordexchange

accordfreak, it was weird... at 3500, 3800, and 4100 rpm, the lines on the dyno graph was all over the place... then i had the vafc rewired to not have vtec and act like a safc basically... that didn't work... so i rewired the vafc again to have vtec and played around with the vtec settings some more and now i'm at 3200 rpm... it's hard to tell the difference with vtec at 3100 rpm so i'll have out when i'm at the dyno again...

when my downpipe goes to shiet, i'll either hipercoat it or get another one then hipercoat it... but yea, i cut out the grill on the stock 96-97 bumper (except the part that holds the license plate...) you can go to home depot and buy a mini saw and some fine sandpaper... i think it cost me around $5 or something... it's not perfect but i think it looks better...

boostedf22, i'll be happy if i get in the 200s... fyi to everyone else-don't go to tempest racing in maryland..! inline pro is a little more expensive i think but they got the job done... they hooked me up during the dyno also...

MyWhiteCivic

iTrader: (1)

Yeah boosted automatic! It looks good man. IMO there is more horsepwer top end that you can get with some more tuning. You should come to Pennsylvania some time and we could run. That would be pretty fun. Anyway, looks good!