Man, if you were closer I'd offer to just pick it up off your hands so at least another HX owner can scavenge it for parts.
CHILD'S *EK* ... finally i have an EK
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Showed up at JTran Studios for my tune nervous as hell just from wondering what my little engine might do on the rollers
But before I could get that far, the front end needed to be raised up a bit so that the oil pan can clear the dyno. K swap problems lol
Honda civic lift kit installed
J Tran exposing the K24
Nothing new...except the coil pack cover
stream of useless and uninformative photos
Thank goodness for raising the car
Sorting out some of the wackiness from my original .kal I was using
The wife showed up with my son to check out how the tune was going. Gotta love family events
what else do you between pulls with a camera around your neck...take pics of the same stuff
My son makes a revving sound EVERY single time he hears a car rev haha. It's hilarious and awesome at the same damn time.
The silent treatment. So glad I went with this exhaust. It's downfall doesn't outweigh the benefits IMO
Johnny getting some feedback from his employee
This is just a compile of the last few runs with partial throttle tuning knocked out as well.
I didn't get a shot of pulls before this but this shows a piece of the most informative point of the day regarding my restrictive and quiet exhaust. I started watching when we did pulls redlining at 7200rpm, 7400rpm (pictured below), 7800rpm, and then an 8000rpm pull. Peak TQ stuck around 164tq-167tq on each consecutive pull and was around 6500-6600rpm. Peak power on the other hand, was always at the stopping point (set redline) on every pull. The power surprised me since I have the RBB head and seeing all the CFM data on it, i figured it would taper off in the mid 7000's at best. It seems that my setup is pretty efficient besides the catback exhaust which is an obvious bottleneck. Although comparing different people's dyno results should be taken with a grain of salt, a very similar TSX swap running open header put down 205/142 both at 7600rpm on the same dyno with the same tuner. Still could be tons of other things, but I assumed my subtle setup wouldn't be near this particular setup. I didn't catch the baseline pull, but the lowest I saw for my tune was a 205whp @ 7200rpm, so there was still a pretty significant improvement through tuning.
My best numbers on the day. I'm very satisfied. Car is even more quiet and smooth now throughout the rev range and it MOVES now!
The run following this best pull, actually showed more improvement but the gains were getting smaller and not worth the risk of extra revs on the stock oil pump.
But before I could get that far, the front end needed to be raised up a bit so that the oil pan can clear the dyno. K swap problems lol
Honda civic lift kit installed
J Tran exposing the K24
Nothing new...except the coil pack cover
stream of useless and uninformative photos
Thank goodness for raising the car
Sorting out some of the wackiness from my original .kal I was using
The wife showed up with my son to check out how the tune was going. Gotta love family events
what else do you between pulls with a camera around your neck...take pics of the same stuff
My son makes a revving sound EVERY single time he hears a car rev haha. It's hilarious and awesome at the same damn time.
The silent treatment. So glad I went with this exhaust. It's downfall doesn't outweigh the benefits IMO
Johnny getting some feedback from his employee
This is just a compile of the last few runs with partial throttle tuning knocked out as well.
I didn't get a shot of pulls before this but this shows a piece of the most informative point of the day regarding my restrictive and quiet exhaust. I started watching when we did pulls redlining at 7200rpm, 7400rpm (pictured below), 7800rpm, and then an 8000rpm pull. Peak TQ stuck around 164tq-167tq on each consecutive pull and was around 6500-6600rpm. Peak power on the other hand, was always at the stopping point (set redline) on every pull. The power surprised me since I have the RBB head and seeing all the CFM data on it, i figured it would taper off in the mid 7000's at best. It seems that my setup is pretty efficient besides the catback exhaust which is an obvious bottleneck. Although comparing different people's dyno results should be taken with a grain of salt, a very similar TSX swap running open header put down 205/142 both at 7600rpm on the same dyno with the same tuner. Still could be tons of other things, but I assumed my subtle setup wouldn't be near this particular setup. I didn't catch the baseline pull, but the lowest I saw for my tune was a 205whp @ 7200rpm, so there was still a pretty significant improvement through tuning.
My best numbers on the day. I'm very satisfied. Car is even more quiet and smooth now throughout the rev range and it MOVES now!
The run following this best pull, actually showed more improvement but the gains were getting smaller and not worth the risk of extra revs on the stock oil pump.
Nice Bro. It was nothing to be nervous about, but understandable. I mean, so far you've built a nice machine man - and there's the proof 
What did those guys think about your build?
Ha, family event! - hell yea man.
Few Z in that place huh?
What did those guys think about your build? Ha, family event! - hell yea man.
Few Z in that place huh?
Everybody was impressed with how it did. One, becuase I had the small exhaust, and two, because this is a known low reading dyno. A similar TSX swapped integra only put out 205/142 here. So I was all smiles after the first few pulls!!!Nice Bro. It was nothing to be nervous about, but understandable. I mean, so far you've built a nice machine man - and there's the proof
Ha, family event! - hell yea man.
Few Z in that place huh?
and yeah, there's a lot of Z's being done at the moment. A few GTR's just got finished up there, along with a whipple mustang, NA1 nsx, and all kinds of crap. There's usually big horsepower cars in there.
It's crazy man. The car feels 10x better and a hell of a lot faster.
Yeah you need a turbo...
I know right....but I have supercharger-like torque now.
The difference in something thats "like" something is that it isnt that thing
And turbo is even further away from being like that thing, so it's a bit further away from the current excitement. I need to run some more fast cars to see where I'm at.The difference in something thats "like" something is that it isnt that thing
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Not sure but I know there'd be more torque for sure. I wanted to add an aftermarket intake manifold first for a full bolt on with oem motor tune but I may do it anyway down the road. I think even with the small exhaust that I get more power up top
very nice Child!!!! its been a blast watching this from the get go. Im assuming paint is next because you talk about how you dislike the body condition. Maybe paint-less dent repair? Then show car!