eWith having a wife, kid, mortgage and those pesty monthly bills from American Honda Financing I cant go out and spend the money I would like right away on my ep3. I have to plan well in advance and when I buy one part I like to relatively certain it will work with the other things I want to add down the line. For example, I have been doing homework for a while to come to my decision about which coilover setup and tires to get once it warms up.

Now I am starting to think about making a little more power. When its all said and done I would like to have the Jackson Race SC, with i/h (or race header)/ exhaust/Hondata, but I am not sure which i/h/e will work best together or if it really makes any difference. I will probably go with the intake first, then the header and exhaust and then the software. The SC will have to waite until this time next year probably, I have to do this in small increments to keep the wife happy.

So I guess I am looking for other people running this kind of setup on their DD. I am wondering what works well together, gives the fewest problems and is the biggest bang for the buck. I was also wondering about race header vs header and high flow cat for a DD. Being in Kentucky I dont know anyone with the race header so I am not sure if if would be really loud to be in everyday.

Let me say I appreciate any help that is offered and I have been researching individual parts, but would like to hear about what works when they are all on the same car.

Thanks


Modified by giff74 at 7:25 PM 3/14/2005


Modified by giff74 at 7:36 PM 3/15/2005

 

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Somebody must have some idea what are the best group of parts to put on an ep3?????

 

for best gains, use a cai and a race header in conjunction with the supercharger. since it is your daily driver, legality is an issue with running a race header, as it replaces the cat with a test pipe. if this is not a problem in kentucky, go for it, as long as you have a quiet b pipe and muffler(ie stock), it shouldnt be very noisy. hope this helps

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reborn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for best gains, use a cai and a race header in conjunction with the supercharger. since it is your daily driver, legality is an issue with running a race header, as it replaces the cat with a test pipe. if this is not a problem in kentucky, go for it, as long as you have a quiet b pipe and muffler(ie stock), it shouldnt be very noisy. hope this helps</TD></TR></TABLE>

Kentucky still has no kind of emission checking of any kind, in fact Kentucky was the last state to make folks register their cars. The supercharger will be a long time in coming, but that is were I want to end up. I know I want the intake and a header, but I would some suggestions on what types of these parts work well together. Also wondering about your idea of using the oe exhaust. I have heard its a pretty good system, would it work pretty well with a race header or aftermarket header with a high flow cat?

 

dont know too much about hte ep3, as i have a base rsx, but i assume your stock piping is smaller than a type s rsx, so i would at least go with a type s catback, or even type r catback. personally, i was going for the same setup until recently on my base rsx, and i had a aem cai, jackson racing race header, type s bpipe, and spoon n1 muffler(but that would be loud). so i would recommend the same setup for you(but with a type s or r catback), and then you can get the jrsc when you are ready. however, if you are not worried about noise, go with a decent diameter aftermarket catback.