06-23-2014, 10:08 AM
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Nice to have all those issues sorted out.
How's the job? Share some exciting stories about the automotive design world!
Also: doesn't your stripped interior drive you nuts? I've never gone that far, after hearing several stories about the noise being unbearable.
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06-23-2014, 10:25 AM
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Feels good to have a working car, although there are always a few nagging issues, like the rattle in the exhaust resonator. So far the exhaust noise isn't that bad, but I haven't been on the freeway. It's definitely worse with the windows up, and when the exhaust braps (2500-3500rpm). I'm planning on bringing ear plugs on the trip just in case.
The job is going well! You wouldn't believe what I see! Haha it's awesome. Kind of the odd man out because I bike to work (only about three-four people in the design center do it on a given day), but hey. It's bad for engines to run for 3 miles and shut off anyway.
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06-23-2014, 12:04 PM
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Would it be possible to grind down the "normal" cam lobes on a VTEC head but keep the higher up ones, so it would have near-VX fuel economy on the freeway but still 125+ bhp in the higher rev range? And how hard would it be to lower the VTEC changeover point to, say, 3500rpm?
I seem to remember someone doing something similar but don't know where the thread was, or how much I'd be able to understand. I will talk to some Honda guys around here at some point and see what they have to say.
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06-24-2014, 08:49 PM
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Alignment done and it feels good. Windshield guy coming on Friday. I have to throw the air dam on and it will be ready. Also remove rally lights!
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06-24-2014, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Sven7
Alignment done and it feels good. Windshield guy coming on Friday. I have to throw the air dam on and it will be ready. Also remove rally lights!
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No need to remove the rally headlights, just create small boat tails for them 
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06-28-2014, 11:07 AM
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I'm stuck at a shell service station in Sawyer, MI because the header to downpipe bolts and gasket fell out. It's an open header right now. I have to wait and see if they can fix it. I don't know what else to do...
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06-28-2014, 01:22 PM
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How did they fall out? The good news is that the gasket shouldn't be expensive and the bolts should be cheap too.
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Aiming for 50 MPG from an automatic.
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06-28-2014, 02:05 PM
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The gasket blew out and bolts apparently rattled themselves loose. It's a cheap eBay exhaust so no replacement gaskets are to be found. They custom cut a new one and are installing it now...
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06-28-2014, 07:38 PM
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Well, I lost three hours but it's working so whatever. Got from Warren Michigan to the middle of Wisconsin on one tank of gas too so that's cool.
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06-29-2014, 09:18 AM
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I'm getting an encoding error when trying to enter my 48mpg tank into the fuel log...? Mobile version
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