[02BLKCIVIC]

i just installed megan's race cat,

but i have my stock cat still...

ill try to get mine tuned with a race cat...

see how it goes

[d17civickid]

Originally Posted by susuking

i read before from somewhere that they someone from asia with a d17a1 had a vtec swap from the honda city d15b which is true vtec. i duno how much work you have to do to make that work though ....

edit: nvm... its just a d17a2 with aggressive cams and bigger valve.

do you have the link??

[civic-driver]

might be easier to pm him this thread usually isnt seen much

[d17civickid]

yea should have done that before.. dont know why i didnt think of that..lol

and custom itb's are expensive doesnt matter where you look.. why dont we look into aftermarket intake manifolds from d16's since we can already use the d16y8.im thinking of getting a obx im that i found that looks to be alot smaller so it can fit without cutting into the firewall. as for the throttle body i think we have to add a maf sensor from the d16's or something like that..(i saw that somewhere now i cant remember where..lol) what do you think?

[civic-driver]

well there is a couple things about the D16 intake manifolds. If i remember correctly none of the bolts line up and have to be redrilled, there is some kind of coolant passage that is a problem, i believe it runs into a egr passage but im not for sure. The main problem is the production intake manifolds really dont work that well on the D16s ( small gains) and they were designed for it when you put it on ours its just not really the best design for it. intake manifolds have alot of different factors that go into making them work well. Dezod canned there intake manifold because they couldnt get consistent gains on different setups. That was with turbo setups too and its alot harder to get it NA. So you could go through all the effort of a D16 mani with no promise of gains and possible losses and unreliability. It is posssible to get ITBs for around 500 dollars but they require full standalone fuel management so its really about what you want to pay.

[02BLKCIVIC]

the D16 mani fits with mods to the runners

old news guys search there are like 10 members with them...

one thread.
D16y8 manifold on a D17a2

[ronaldo9]

Or buy a JDMFabtech intake mani for about $1000. Gerry made one for Bomerman. Things can be done gentleman its just a matter of how much money you want to spend.

[02BLKCIVIC]

got damn it i wish i could rep but i repped you too much like a year ago...

[ronaldo9]

Haha its cool man, I'm waiting to here results of your build. No one I know has used AEM FIC with a cam and if your not going to try I might have to do it all again this summer. I have a motorcycle and I'd rather drop money on that then spend it on a turbo lol.

[ronaldo9]

On a side note. I'm not trying to pick fun at certain ppl but running 15's with a turbo and running 15's with an n/a d17 is pretty comical. I suppose launching a 200+hp front wheel drive car is not easy.

[02BLKCIVIC]

lol true, waiting on my tax checks

i need new tokico too

[civic-driver]

i knew it could be done i just never looked into it too much cause it didnt seem to be worth it. i was also aware of the jdm fabtech one. like its been said its all about money.

[bomerman19]

Yeah JDM Fabtech mani FTW! lol

I just got the mani about a week ago it's a prototype so you could say it's still in the development stage. Me and some of the D.C. guys stuck it on this weekend. It's absolutely beautiful but there have been some issues with placement of sensors and the cnc on parts of it and fitment. But mind you it's still a prototype and once you get it in there and move a bunch of stuff around it fits really well. I haven't had a chance to send Gerry a note on the issues yet, the seem to be pretty small for the most part.

I also don't really have a good idea of how well it really works because once we got it hooked up the car would not run from 4000 rpm on down it would just stall out. (yeah try to make it home to VA from MD while revving to like 5000 grand or higher at every stop light and not get arrested by the cops; mind you I have no cat and am basiclly running straight pipe). Fixed that problem on Monday for some reason the MAP sensor and TPS sensor have the exact same plug

I had some overheating issues but thats from something else completely different went to check everything today under the hood and the timing belt is half off the cam wheel I think the tensioner seized so I just pushed the car into the garage I'll fix everything tomorrow hopefully.

So I have had about 5 mins of driving with the new mani, it feels good! but my car hates me

[02BLKCIVIC]

Geesh^ that sucks!

[civic-driver]

so any update bomberman on the manifold? curious to see how that worked out for you.