Mirrorimg's build thread
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Thanks. Since I painted my housings black, the grille is somewhat wedged between the lights, so its not as nice as it used to be. I think the headlights warped ever so slightly to throw off the alignment (nothing I can see with the naked eye).
CHRISTMAS IN JULY!
The rest of my parts cam in, one after another
B20 Headgasket, IM manifold, valve cover gasket/plug seals, and my Blox cam gears. I would have to say, she is all ready to bolt up to the motor. I will wait on that until I am ready to pay for a tune (and replace my header).
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Updated the original post with some hyperlinks to the pages.
I have ordered a Ebay exhaust and expect it to come in next Monday. Other than that, I need to contact the tuner my shop referred me to (who I have read some good reviews on from another local site) to find out what he needs to tune me. The shop has a dyno that this tuner rents to do tunes. I expect I may have a Hondata S300 when I get it tuned, and I will have lots of play for tweaking it myself down the road, or get re-tuned without having to burn new chips.
I will probably get the EMS from the tuner, as I believe he is a dealer.
I have ordered a Ebay exhaust and expect it to come in next Monday. Other than that, I need to contact the tuner my shop referred me to (who I have read some good reviews on from another local site) to find out what he needs to tune me. The shop has a dyno that this tuner rents to do tunes. I expect I may have a Hondata S300 when I get it tuned, and I will have lots of play for tweaking it myself down the road, or get re-tuned without having to burn new chips.
I will probably get the EMS from the tuner, as I believe he is a dealer.
Samurai_Blue
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lmk how much s300 is man i need one i think
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I think its going to run me $500. Everywhere I see online its like $495, and the prices don't deviate much (if any at all).
Its still a little ways out. I hope to be done in September. I need to save up for the EMS and tune once I figure out how much its going to cost. I'm working on saving for a house while I'm building this
Samurai_Blue
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i think im doing an OEM build to be honest...im going to either rebuild the c1 to stock or at most type a blox/skunk cams...=/ buttonwillow scared meI think its going to run me $500. Everywhere I see online its like $495, and the prices don't deviate much (if any at all).
Its still a little ways out. I hope to be done in September. I need to save up for the EMS and tune once I figure out how much its going to cost. I'm working on saving for a house while I'm building this
mirrorimg
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Oh yea? You know you will want more power after you're done. I mean, if your break it open, you may as well have some fun before you put it all back together, after which you may never crack it open again.
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Header came in this afternoon. I was happy to put it together when I got home, but upon opening the package, I knew things werent going to be perfect.
The welds look nice, but they could have done a better job with the inside of the flange at the header. I will probably take a grinder to it to smooth it out.
The packaging was also total shit. there was a small bit of bubble wrap around each piece, and it did not protect the tubing. One of the ends had a bend in it, which I had to work out. Another was a bit deformed and I had to bend it round as well.
The welds look nice, but they could have done a better job with the inside of the flange at the header. I will probably take a grinder to it to smooth it out.
The packaging was also total shit. there was a small bit of bubble wrap around each piece, and it did not protect the tubing. One of the ends had a bend in it, which I had to work out. Another was a bit deformed and I had to bend it round as well.
mirrorimg
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I picked up some new hardware today after work. The bolts provided were short, and I would have had to do some serious beating on the pipe to get them threaded. I had to file out some of the loops for the bolts because they did not line up properly. You can also see where the bend was that I worked out. Hopefully she doesnt leak. It will be a pain to take it back apart.
Here is the provided bolt next to mine. It was also an allen key bolt, so I felt more comfortable using the box end bolt.
Bend is visible on the right
And a close up of the welds/bolt
Here is the provided bolt next to mine. It was also an allen key bolt, so I felt more comfortable using the box end bolt.
Bend is visible on the right
And a close up of the welds/bolt
mirrorimg
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I guess that is an option, but I dont know how much some one would charge to do that. I dont think I would be willing to pay $50 or more for it getting welded. I would be fine with some high temp RTV (if that could even withstand the temps lol.)
The packaging was terrible, which resulted in a little bend, but for $170-180, I cant beat it
The packaging was terrible, which resulted in a little bend, but for $170-180, I cant beat it