my new car mods (NIIICCEEEEE)

NavindraLR

NavindraLR

Pre Med Student
check it out... my stuff is here.. thank god... all these nice goodies... now im really anxious to go install them... as u can see, i couldnt wait on the intake.. but thats a piece of cake.. my sister could have done it.. anyways.. on to the pics.. tell me what u guys think...

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I just hate the way how the intake now it been design. Why they put the damn air filter face angiast the firewall? :huh
Overall the RSX is dope ass car. Its everthing is from Injen?
 
Very nice... a friend of mine had a type s (for what i remember, maybe only 6 months) and he installed an AEM cai (too much mental anguish involved) with a VAFC-II, it really did open up the car. So, I'm not sure what else you had in mind, but fuel management and some dyno tuning does make a big difference on those k20's.

Just as an added comment, I can't really notice it in your pics, but it was funny, looking at the engine bay after the stock intake was removed because of how far the engine is shifted to the passenger side.

Anyway, congrats on feeding the mod bug
 
Parts look good man. Here is a little tip for you. Lose the K&N and get a Apexi oil-less lifetime filter. I used one on my Ingen and loved it. Plus it gets much better flow and filtration ratings in a few test I have read over the K&N.
 
Awesome stuff, I've been looking in to modding my CRX, but I keep spending my money on detailing supplies. I can't think of how that intake draws any cold air, it must be a cowl induction setup, otherwise it would just be sitting in the heat of the engine compartment.
 
tubafeak said:
Awesome stuff, I've been looking in to modding my CRX, but I keep spending my money on detailing supplies. I can't think of how that intake draws any cold air, it must be a cowl induction setup, otherwise it would just be sitting in the heat of the engine compartment.
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I don't think the temp of the air matter as much as how much air you are actually getting in. From what I ahve seenand heard anyway. I have always ran a short ram intake rather than a cold air intake and have never had any troubles with heat.
 
Please, don't take this as a dig or anything. But does anyone make a performance exhaust for imports that doesn't have a coffee can exhaust tip? I just can't get past the looks of those.
 
Scott P said:
Please, don't take this as a dig or anything. But does anyone make a performance exhaust for imports that doesn't have a coffee can exhaust tip? I just can't get past the looks of those.
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they do have some.. but everyone likes their own thing.. plus u wont see all that crap when its intalled on the car, just the tip
 
Bob said:
I don't think the temp of the air matter as much as how much air you are actually getting in. From what I ahve seenand heard anyway. I have always ran a short ram intake rather than a <a href="cold%20air%20intake" onmouseover="window.status='cold air intake'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">cold air intake and have never had any troubles with heat.
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Actually, dyno tests have found that in a stock tuned honda civic, each 5 degrees of temperature drop nets a gain of 1 HP. It has to do with air density, colder air is heavier because it is more dense, more density = more air into the engine, more air + more fuel = more power. If you're doing a Cold Air intake, you don't NEED a huge air temperature drop, but you may not see any gains if you don't. For reference, the intake on my honda is visible through the front bumper grill. I'm getting 0-60 in ~7 secs with a stock CRX except for the intake. That's a lot of air, and a lot more power.
 
For exhausts, custom is the way to go. You can save a few hundred dollars, and if you follow a few basic principles you get a quality similar to that of an expensive exhaust. If you step up in sizes from headers back, and you use mandrel bent curves, you create a suction effect that reduces backpressure a TON. If you have a friend that has access to a lift and another friend that is good at welding you can have a new CUSTOM exhaust in as little as a day. Really fast cars don't have mufflers, think about that.
 
it must be nice being able to buy all those parts. i have so many parts on my wanted list, but sadly enough, zero on my purchased list. what kind of drop are you looking at with the teins? congrats on all the new toys.
 
tubafeak said:
For exhausts, custom is the way to go. You can save a few hundred dollars, and if you follow a few basic principles you get a quality similar to that of an expensive exhaust. If you step up in sizes from headers back, and you use mandrel bent curves, you create a suction effect that reduces backpressure a TON. If you have a friend that has access to a lift and another friend that is good at welding you can have a new CUSTOM exhaust in as little as a day. Really fast cars don't have mufflers, think about that.
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From what I have seen it is always cheaper to just buy a good prefabricated exhaust from a reputable company that has been proven to make power over a custom exhaust. By the time you buy some stainless steel tubing, a muffler, a silencer if needed, have a place mandrel bend, IMHO it would just of been better to go with a company like HKS that has proven gains, sound, and you get a warranty. That is just me though. I have had TONS of "performance" exhaust built for me in the past and I have never been happy with them. Now I just find a good prefabricated direct bolt on exhaust.
 
For most applications it is cheaper to go with a pre-fab exhaust, but my CRX has so much ~1.5 inch tubing that anything will give a step-up in power. As long as you can weld it yourself, you can buy pre-bent sections of tubing in a variety of angles. The problem I have with the pre-fabs is that they all loop around in the back like the stock system, I want my exhaust to bend as little as possible, and a custom job is the only way to do it. I'm not saying that this is cheaper unless you have access to a lift, and a full welding outfit, but one of my good friends has both a lift and welding skills, so this is feasible for me. A good pre-fab system will probably give you similar, if not better, gains, but not for $50.
 
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