I just got a 07 civic si sedan and I wanted to know what whats the best route for moddin my civic? For now I think I wanna get a aem cold air intake and a skunk 2 exaust. I cant do to much else because it will void the warranty. Also is there any simple way to get horsepower like changing the ecu or a fuel pump or something? Last but not least is there a rev limiter in the civics cuz I seen some civics peel out for a long time but I cant Either I suck as a driver which im sure I do or the rev limiter wont let me.

Also I would like to put that I dont know to much about modding civics so any and all imput would be greatly appreciated!!

 

You will have to extent the Skunk 2 exhaust as it is made for the coupe and the sedan is longer. Mod all you want it <U>WILL NOT</U> void your warranty, im sure IT guy or someone will explain that in the next post

 

unless honda can prove the mod caused the problem! but they cant just void a warranty because of modification.

 

its gonna be hard to get improvements from the intake and exhaust from the new Si. for the first time in civic history, honda actually spent quite a bit of time on R&D on this. A buddy of mine works at Honda R&D in ohio and said that in most cases, people were seeing losses in power from aftermarket intake and exhaust.

 

http://www.corsportusa.com/sto...=2007

actually corsport sells the skunk2 70mm for sedans now

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I was going to sit back and see if anyone else had learned yet... lol

hondamanforlife seems to have the right idea

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I'd like to see proof of this. There have been many back to back intake tests on these cars. If you look hard enough in this forum you can find some of them.

 

My '08 Si sedan will arrive later this month, and personally, it is my preference to stay away from turbos/superchargers. I will begin with new suspension, then a set of new 18" wheels, eventually make my way to new headers and exhaust, and finally a custom reflash of the ECU to optimize performance.

 

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who's going to do your custom reflash? I know Hondata does custom reflashes for manufacturers like Comptech and Hytech, but we are all stuck using the off-the-shelf reflash. Still crossing my fingers for K-pro (or whatever they end up calling it)

and to chawski:

read this thread on the ocho
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums....html

 

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who's going to do your custom reflash? I know Hondata does custom reflashes for manufacturers like Comptech and Hytech, but we are all stuck using the off-the-shelf reflash. Still crossing my fingers for K-pro (or whatever they end up calling it)</TD></TR></TABLE>

http://www.xactdyno.com/

 

nice dyno. that shop tunes engine management systems. no engine management systems for the 06+ si.

so you're using the hondata reflash and going to the dyno to check gains?

 

Your S.O.L. for any custom tuning besides what Hondata provides currently.

You'll also only need a header not headers

 

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so you're using the hondata reflash and going to the dyno to check gains?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, if I'm not mistaken, their tuners can reflash the stock ECU ("engine management system") during the dyno test. I will have my car later this month, but I don't intend to dyno/reflash for at least another six months to a year.

 

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Well, if I'm not mistaken, their tuners can reflash the stock ECU ("engine management system") during the dyno test. I will have my car later this month, but I don't intend to dyno/reflash for at least another six months to a year. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah their tuners could probably tune your ECU on your car IF you had a K-Pro, but there is no K-Pro for our engines yet.

 

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Well, if I'm not mistaken</TD></TR></TABLE>

key phrase

 

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Yeah their tuners could probably tune your ECU on your car IF you had a K-Pro, but there is no K-Pro for our engines yet.</TD></TR></TABLE>

"Yet". I recall stating I wouldn't have this done for "at least another six months to a year". Remember that...?

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Okay. ,;,, ,,;,

 

ok. but when using a k-pro you aren't reflashing the ecu. The k-pro is a board installed in an ECU with a USB interface. This allows the factory ECU to act as an engine management system and the calibration to be modified via laptop.

http://www.hondata.com/kpro.html

here's the info on the current k-pro. hopefully they'll make it compatible with DBW and MAF in the next 6 months to a year and you can tune the car the way you want. Otherwise, you reflash and use the off-the-shelf tune like we said before.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IT GUY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok. but when using a k-pro you aren't reflashing the ecu. The k-pro is a board installed in an ECU with a USB interface. This allows the factory ECU to act as an engine management system and the calibration to be modified via laptop.

http://www.hondata.com/kpro.html

here's the info on the current k-pro. hopefully they'll make it compatible with DBW and MAF in the next 6 months to a year and you can tune the car the way you want. Otherwise, you reflash and use the off-the-shelf tune like we said before.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Either way, I'm sure I will be satisfied with the results. Thanks, IT.

 

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Either way, I'm sure I will be satisfied with the results. </TD></TR></TABLE>

me too

np

 

Just being **** this morning bud.

My bad

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NiGhTrIIdEr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just got a 07 civic si sedan and I wanted to know what whats the best route for moddin my civic? For now I think I wanna get a aem cold air intake and a skunk 2 exaust. I cant do to much else because it will void the warranty. Also is there any simple way to get horsepower like changing the ecu or a fuel pump or something? Last but not least is there a rev limiter in the civics cuz I seen some civics peel out for a long time but I cant Either I suck as a driver which im sure I do or the rev limiter wont let me.

Also I would like to put that I dont know to much about modding civics so any and all imput would be greatly appreciated!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

the warranty was my fear at first as well but after a while i just said forget it hondas are reliable and they need to PROVE it my was mydification that messed up the car. just go for it

 

i dont understand why it has taken hondata this long to come out with it.. arent they usually fast with things haha.. i cant wait tho

 

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rofl..

just go to http://www.pepboys.com best stuff you can find is there.

 

Thanks for the 3 post that were on my topic... and whats hondata??? Is that where you put it on the computer and you can set when the v tec kicks in or what? cuz my cousin set his v tec to 5000 rpms not 6??