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Old 08-11-2013, 10:16 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Old 08-12-2013, 08:48 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Old 09-05-2013, 12:04 PM   #23 (permalink)
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i think i saw that car for sale on craigslist a while back. if i remember correctly it had low miles. glad you fixed it up to its full glory!!
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Old 01-02-2014, 02:06 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Old 01-03-2014, 08:17 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Brrrrrrrrrr

It being the winter months here in the northeast my current mods center around heat for the car and me! I installed a full grille block, Honda factory block heater, and a warm air intake. I still have to measure temps in the intake to see if it is doing any good. Data to follow. I also have added a Kammback but don't have pics of it yet. It was a rush job right before I had to make a 1,800 mile trip for the holidays.
The block heater install was easy, I did have to loosen and pry back the exhaust manifold though. After that I just followed the instructions in the kit from Honda.
For the warm air intake I had to purchase a stock intake off ebay first because my car's intake ended at the filter box when I bought it. I installed it minus the large resonating chamber and then just turned the snorkel towards the exhaust. Its almost like the Honda engineers planned it that way. I extended it with some flexible stainless steel ducting that I had laying around so it was pretty close to the catalytic converter and sealed it up with some aluminum tape. Easy-peasy.





Eagle - eyed viewers will also notice the new wheels. I had to get 14" steel wheels for my new studded snow tires I got for the trip. Smoothies to follow soon....
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Old 01-03-2014, 09:19 AM   #26 (permalink)
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alota nice work happening here. Wow.
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Old 01-04-2014, 10:45 AM   #27 (permalink)
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How well does the block heater work? Is it 12v or 110v AC?
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Old 01-20-2014, 12:36 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Finally he gets to the point!

As promised a pic of the Kammback.

It is 16" long at the apex of the roof. It looks like it would block most of my rear view, but I can only see about 1" of it from inside the car. It is made of 1/8" ABS plastic I got off Ebay for $28 for a 4' x 8' sheet. I used some 3/8" stainless steel pipe to support it and secured it with 1/4" pan head screws to the original mini Kamm mount that came on the car. No A-B-A testing done yet because the new snow tires have messed up my MPGuino calibration. My ODO is under reporting by about 12% right now.
Eagle eyed viewers will also note my new charging port installed in the rear bumper. It connects to my battery charger in the rear for the new deep cycle battery for my alternator delete mod. It is a NOCO Genius model I got from Amazon. The plug port is really nice and has a rubber cap to protect the plug when not in use.

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Old 01-20-2014, 12:48 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Now with more overlay

Seems to match up pretty good for a rush job in the cold before my 1800 mile trip up north.

I was aiming for the 30% of template line, looks like it just makes it there.
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Old 01-20-2014, 01:18 PM   #30 (permalink)
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... Eagle eyed viewers will also note my new charging port installed in the rear bumper. It connects to my battery charger in the rear for the new deep cycle battery for my alternator delete mod. It is a NOCO Genius model I got from Amazon. The plug port is really nice and has a rubber cap to protect the plug when not in use.
This is doubtlessly the item you refer to:
GCP1 | Genius Battery Chargers

i think might buy it, since making on from stuff laying around and at HomeDepot was proably not gonna look real good. I like your attention to outward appearance and fuction.

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