Ok so i just purchased a Golden Eagle TB spacer from Robear racing, I havent seen anyone else post up about these yet.. which im suprized.. GE is one of the top import companies on the market.. especially for honda's .. i chose this over the P2R for the reputation that GE has and because no one else has really done one of these that i know of.. everything is pretty much the same as the P2R , has the port for NOS or whatever u want.. its anodized black and has the GE emblem machined into it.. i choose to just use another stock TB gasket, im doing the coolant bypass and prob the IM gasket eventually. so the thermal TB gasket's seem like a waste of money for the little diff u would get from having the other 2 mods done..

Install took maybe 20 min, fairly easy .. it came with a direction sheet from GE that listed the steps to take to install..

First impression , the car feels much smoother.. i havent gotten to drive the car much so i cant say much else.. i reset the ecu and only went to take my fiance something to eat.. i did run out the gears a few times.. did feel alittle stronger up top.. but im sure i wont feel the full benifit untill the ecu has fully learned after the reset.. Here are a few pics... Sorry the engine bay is alittle dirty..lol

 

Cool...waiting for further review. How much was it?

 

here is what i've learned about latest gen MAF cars....

when you reset the ecu, turn the key to the on position w/o the car starting for 10 seconds or so to allow the TB DBW to calibrate. then, start the car and let it idle until warm. drive the car easily for 100 miles as it's setting it's long term and short term fuel trims. During this time introduce about 5 or so key cycles.

all of this might seem unnecessary, and i think that eventually the car would calibrate itself anyway, but this supposedly is the ideal way to get the car to have its bearings in the fastest time possible.

 

I wish they'd just make these in silver.. does anyone else think it looks bad to go from silver to black to silver? Just let it blend in...

 

it was 74.99 shipped on there ebay store...

 

u can always take some scotch brite or some light sandpaper and tak the black off

 

Yeah that's true. Good price

 

key cycles? reading fail

 

yeah, you know, on/off

start car, drive it, turn it off

repeat.

 

Do you have to perform these same procedures for exhaust modifications also?

Good purchase OP.

 

i got this info from Cobb tuning while they were developing their Accessport for the Mazdaspeed3. Evidently, these procedures are pretty standard for all late model MAF cars with DBW, a factory wide band, etc.

i am not positive on that, but that was my impression after talking with them.

as far as when to do it, pretty much after any modification would probably ideal, when you'd reset the battery, but i don't think that is practical, and i think, well, i know that the car would learn eventually on its own and compensate using adjusted trims.

i was just bringing it up in response to what the OP said about resetting the ECU, etc. i don't mean to alarm anyone ; )

 

i read this also in a magazine about maf sensors on the latest gen cars.
i forget which mag it was. but supposedly it works but i have not tried it. i figured in about a week or so of driving in my area, my car is back to the way it was.

 

Cool. What is the purpose of the coolant bypass? What if you don't do that?

And the engine cover looks good. Did you just paint it?

 

the coolant bypass is to bypass the coolant that runs through the TB and heats the crap out of it.. honda designed this to help warm the car up faster and idle smoother in colder weather.. but in the summer time it just adds a ton of heat right to the TB.. this is going to be one of those mods that i switch back in the winter time...

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/engin...lant-pass.html

 

Silver available here
http://www.corsportusa.com/store/cat...0b870182785e6b

 

they have a nice Blue one also.. I kinda woulda liked to had that.. lol

 

we will have them in black silver red blue and titanium soon this was just the first batch glad you guys like it

 

I read that the Civic Si needs to be modified, in some mannor, to take advantage of having the ECU flashed. Will this Throttle Body spacer be enough of a modification/or is some type of CAI/Header/Super Charger needed?

 

p2r started the tb spacers for our cars, and machine them themselves. ge ripped off the same thing. i like my p2r and wouldnt have spent the extra money for a name

 

oh and importdps has great prices on the spacer

 

actually, a company in arkansas has been making them for years for the k20, before anyone else i'm sure. they have been making spacers in general forever...

it's just that they market to a different crowd (hot rod, domestic) and do the import stuff as a way to fill out their line so it works well at the warehouse distribution level.

http://www.streetandperformanceelect...inst/91204.pdf

 

i know spacers have been around for years.. im just sayin that p2r had the first one for the 06+si's that people were buyin.

its a good product and their gaskets are great too

 

Actually i paid less for a Name brand .. GE didnt rip anyone off.. there are several companies making these for our cars.. P2r was one of the first to push them on the 8th civic forums.. before that they were a no name company to a large part of the market, they didnt come well known untill they started pushing out products within the past year or two, not saying they are not a good company... But u shouldn't bash another company for having a similar product .. especially when they are known to be one of the best in the bizz with
the honda/acura crowd....

 

well damn! why couldnt u had that sooner... I would really of liked to had a blue one for my Si...lol

 

ive heard of p2r before i ever joined 8thcivic