Im thinking about buy an RSX Type - S here in the near future, I just have a few questions. Can I get the redline up a little bit without any major engine mods right off, dont wanna void warranty too soon. And is the code for the USDM rsx DC5 or is it something else i cant seem to find anything about it. And also how does the car handle noting it is slightly large. Thanks for the responses and sorry for wasting your time!


Modified by Ares_ice at 12:04 PM 1/13/2005

 

Hondata reflash will raise your rev limit. Dont think its out yet for the 05 though. It handles great outa the box. Slap on some springs ($150-200) and you got a roller coaster for the road.

 

flashing the ecu or changing the redline will basically void yer warantee anyway

yer only gonna keep yer complete warantee intact if u don't mod it. every time you mod it, u chip away at the list of things u can claim warantee on.


the chassis code is DC5 yes

 

I say just get it modified, it's Honda. They won't break down in three years.

 

yea plus if it do break its ez to fix

 

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Hopefully one or more of those questions has to do with the proper use of the English language.

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Why would you want to raise the redline? It's set where it is for a reason. Revving higher doesn't gain you more power unless the cams and fuel system can support it.

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The car handles fine. Slap a bigass rear swaybar and some Tein SS coilovers on it and it'll outhandle 95% of the cars on the road.

 

yea with the rsx stock after 8000rpm it starts to burn to rich and it loses power

 

well i got the think, so far i love it, prolly gonna put some tein s techs on it for the time being. It is such a nice car

 

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but the S-Techs... or any spring out for the previous RSXs won't fit on your 05. And as of right now, no one makes a spring for the 05s. The only way to lower your car with just springs is to get a hold of 02-04 struts and shocks, install the springs on those, then install the 02-04 struts and shocks with the s-tech springs on them, and put those on your car.

 

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Anybody on here tried the Omni Coilovers for the RSX?

 

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but the S-Techs... or any spring out for the previous RSXs won't fit on your 05. And as of right now, no one makes a spring for the 05s. The only way to lower your car with just springs is to get a hold of 02-04 struts and shocks, install the springs on those, then install the 02-04 struts and shocks with the s-tech springs on them, and put those on your car. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hehe good thing i didnt got out and spend 1700 on the tien type flex damper coilover for the 02+ thnx for the info

 

The car's weakness is the handling.

Out of the box it not that great. Springs don't help handling, tien flex and an itr sway bar dramatically improve handling.

The stock valve springs and retainers are not very safe past 8000 rpm. 8500 is prob. the limit on them.

Hondata k-pro is a better investment than the reflash. Pay once and get the programable ecu.

w/ just a CAI, K-pro, sway bar, and tiens the car is in a completely different class.

 

Ok, if springs don't help with handling, then why can I hand my friend his *** in the corners. He has an 02 type-s with stock suspension and I have H&R springs. Also, if you think about it, the lower you are to the ground the better your car can take a corner. This is a proven fact!

 

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the lower you are to the ground, the better your car will handle TO A POINT is true, but is usually just used as backwards logic by people who don't know what they are talking about

you can hand your friend his *** in the corners because you are probably driving better than he is and being riskier in taking turns...why is it that most z06 drivers suck on road courses? is it because of their cars? no, it is because many of them are pussies who are afraid of hurting their cars and they couldn't push them to the limits if their lives depended on it

i'll bet myself or mike (archidictus) could hand you your *** with us in a stock rsx and you in your h&r equipped one

in all honesty, with such minor suspension mods, it all comes down to the driver

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by S-fiend &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The car's weakness is the handling.

Out of the box it not that great. Springs don't help handling, tien flex and an itr sway bar dramatically improve handling.

The stock valve springs and retainers are not very safe past 8000 rpm. 8500 is prob. the limit on them.

Hondata k-pro is a better investment than the reflash. Pay once and get the programable ecu.

w/ just a CAI, K-pro, sway bar, and tiens the car is in a completely different class.</TD></TR></TABLE>

people have gone to 8900ish on the stock valvetrain safely, but there are others with the regular hondata #4 reflash that blow their motors from just taking it upto 8600 too often (or so they claim)

and to the original poster...why do you need to take the car past 8300 rpms?

i have tein ss suspension, mugen front and rear strut bars, progress front and rear sway bars, and 18s but i am currently in between tires (have the stocks on now with winter tires...trying to decide on new tires for the spring/summer) and the car handles incredibly well...haven't been in a fwd car that handled better

 

my advice is to actually learn engine basics before toucing anything.......this guys sounds like a high school ricer that just wants to wow his 14 year old gf with an insane 20,000 rpm redline

 

thread poster: pics of 14 year old gf?

 

HAHAHAHAHA!!

It's not about redline. It's all about the power curve. While raising the redline may hepl extend or stretch the power curve, this isn't the case with the stock K20. Just keep the stock redline.

 

Yes after i get my redline to 20,000 rpm I will be happy, you mother ******* *******, Im not goin spoon ek9 here with a redline of 17.5 ish, i just wanted to get it above 8 a little bit. Like i after I put in type R cams and pistons. bitch.

 

well since you mentioned itr cams. go with the itr cams, itr im, hondata itr reflash, (kpro if you plan on modding more) hondata img, cai, dcrh, 2.5'' exhaust. With the itr reflash your car will be redlining at 8800rpm which is safe. you will begin to worry about valve float at around 9300rpm and i doubt you will be reving that h igh.

 

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RIGHT....

Sure it sounds good, lower = better handling. But in reality it doesn't do much at all. When you throw a car into a turn the car has body roll and is being forced outwards at the same time. The more roll the car has the slower you must take a turn. Springs do not reduce body roll, on the other hand sway bars and strut bars do. Springs are commonly misused. You cannot just throw on a set and be good to go. You need to adjust the camber when dropping it or you'll actually lose handling and tire wear. Also springs are known to blown stock struts after a while.

So really , springs will not dramatically improve handling.

Get tien ss or flex and a itr sway bar for actual handling improvements.

 

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you answered it yourself then retard......ITR cams , ITR pistons......grab an ITR ecu or get k pro you dumb ****

 

Figured that out after I started doing a little more research on the car. I came from a damn civic ej8 with a NA D16Y8, so im just learning the K20 and ****. Never thought id actually buy one.

And about the suspension, talked to a few people and they have liked the Omni's so I may go with them, I just dont have the cashflow right now to be puttin the Tein SS on it. What Kinda Sway-Bars yall runnin?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ares_ice &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Figured that out after I started doing a little more research on the car. I came from a damn civic ej8 with a NA D16Y8, so im just learning the K20 and ****. Never thought id actually buy one.

And about the suspension, talked to a few people and they have liked the Omni's so I may go with them, I just dont have the cashflow right now to be puttin the Tein SS on it. What Kinda Sway-Bars yall runnin?

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I've seen Omni's and heard they're pretty good for the price. Of course they're not as good as tiens but hey for about $600 less not to shabby.

I'm saving up for the tiens flex or ss (I have just neuspeed springs and they suck)

About sway bars:
Hotchkis' rear sway is too big and stiff for normal driving (25mm)

Eibach is pretty good for the price and a little softer (23mm)

Progress is the cheapest and smallest (22mm)

But I'd just go on ebay an get an ITR rear sway bar.