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Update 09/08/11

picked up a couple parts today.. stage 1 clutch and light weight flywheel. picking up a new trans on thursday

 
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Update 16/08/11

picked up an apexi vafc2 today.. let the mild n/a build begin

 
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I'm a noob. What can you use the Apexi for? Is it only setting the on/off points of your vtec?

 
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i got it so i wouldnt have to get a si ecu for when i put an a2 head with stage 1 cam in my car and yeah it controls when vtec kicks in and also can control air/fuel

 
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Oh ok. This whole time i thought you already had an SI :P I knew people got them when they did the head swap, i was thinking that you got it to play with your vtec settings.

 
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yea unfortunately i dont have an si.. im planning on doing the head swap in a month or so

 
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That should be fun. I like how active you are with your car. (Y)

 
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^ thanks i always have to be doing something to it.. even when i think im done i always get new plans of what i want to do to it

 
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Lol, the laundry list only gets longer

Especially when you have a 7th gen pandora box

 
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got the transmission and stage 1 clutch/ light weight flywheel installed today.. the car feels a lot quicker and a lot more fun to drive. can't wait to get an a2 head and stage 1 cam.

 
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some randoms from today

 
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Sexy ride, Muirsy! I'm hoping mine looks somewhat like yours in the next year or so, but in black. Once I pick up an EM2, I'm thinking of slowly stocking up on parts while driving it stock through the winter... But that bumper* you have on the front, is that from the Reverb kit? I was looking for something very similar but where did you get it from... I never found any site for us Canadians, or is there a good importer or something you know of in the GTA?

 
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i have the pdm front lip.. i got it off ebay.. if you want the oem reverb kit. i believe extremeparts.ca can get the reverb kit. its not on their website but i would give them a call. seem to remember someone buying the reverb kit from them.

 
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What do you think I'm looking at, in costs with installation?

 
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pm sent

 
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im just curious what happened to your left fog in a few of the pics?

 
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If i remember correctly, he busted it driving to IA a while back

 
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raise up ur rear. it is dropped too low and doesnt match ur front's drop.

are u on springs or coils?

 
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as kenny said.. i lost it on the way to IA. a range rover had a blowout on the highway and his tire hit my buddys integra then my car

 
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front will be lower if anything.. im either going to take the helper springs of my coils or cut them a bit

 
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dont cut them. bad idea. it messes with the integrity and dynamics of the spring. especially if u have a progressive spring.

trust me, thats how i totaled my last car by cutting springs.

 
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^ im not going to cut the actual spring.. but the helper spring on top that doesnt do anything but keep pressure on the strut mount when you jack up the car.

 
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^helper spring?

what kinda suspension are u running?

 
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skunk2 full coilovers heres a pic



at the top of the strut where the spring gets thinner.. thats a separate spring that I can fully compress with my hand. its just there to keep pressure on the strut bearing when the car is jacked up. Im either gunna take them off or cut them a bit

 
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not advisable to take that out.

thats a dual spring rate set up. one spring does one specific thing, the other another specific thing:

one spring is for the the big absorption (like bigger bumpers on the road) and the other spring is made for the little minute absorption on the road...like small bumps and stuff. (even those the smaller spring may seem useless)


they work together in sync and if u take one or the other out, u will throw off the compression dynamics of the spring.

unlike single wound spring that are progressive or stagnant.

 
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it cant be doing anything.. when the car is on the ground that spring is fully compressed. from my understanding from skunk2, tien, and tanabe's website that the spring is only there to reduce noise and keep the spring seated when the car is jacked up

 
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ic ic. let us know if u have any problems when you take it out. i am truly curious

i hear a pop once in a while with my ground control when i lower my car (after i jack it up) so i know what ur talking about.

 
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yea i sometimes hear a pop when i lower it back down because i have the coils all the way down so the helper springs aren't long enough... i ended up cutting those springs in half today the wheel gap in the front and back are the same now.. been driving it around for a bit and car handles the same

 
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lowered the front a about 1/2 inch.. took a few pics when i went for a little drive today

 
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Your car is really nice dude.