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Ok last night me and my buddies got together to hang out they have just gotten back from college for thanksgiving. This was the first time that my friend Scott(totatly against all that is Honda) had saw my civic. He is all like "you got rid of a Trans Am for this?" And i told him what i had done to it and he instanly called his brother Greg(worst tuner ever) who has a 1990 Ford Probe GT his 3rd one why i don't know. So his brother is talking all kinda of crap saying yeah i have a turbo 2.2 and run a 15.837. thats before i boosted my turbo up to 10 psi. now with stock fuel system i don't know how good this would be but anyways. He couldn't believe that i ran a 15.769 with a professionally tuned engine w/o my NO2. And i couldn't find the slip cause it was in aughust when i ran it. So he was all like i bet $150 that i take you even if you do you NO2 you couldn't break 15.8. so from there it was on for, $150 hell yeah.
We race at about a 5/8 mile place
So here is how the race went
We both get really good launches
Through 1st were neck and neck
I shift at around 64000rpm and i start to pull a little
I have about a 1/2 car on him through second and shift at 6200rpm or so
At about 3600rpm i hit the button( about a 1/4 throught the race) and took off pretty qiuck and shifted late at 6984rpm according to the VFACII readback.
By the end of the race i had about 4 cars(according to his bro) on him.

 
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Here is my list of my performance mods right off my profile

JDM D17a2 w/modified DX harness(who woulda thought that the Japanese harness would be backwards. lol)
cold air(ebay)
mugen header/ collector pipe
Greddy Cat Back
titantium valve springs
copper head gasket(Made at local speed shop)
Apexi VAFC II
Venom injestors
Venom Fuel Rail
AEM fuel Pump
Custom Wet Kit w/ Purge adjustable jets 35-100(built off Ebay)
OBD2 Vtec computer

 
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Nice...

 
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Very nice set up. I like that. Good kill. Bottles are for babies that can whoop your ***!

 
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nice kill............you got a return set-up ???

 
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JDM D17A2? You imported a D17?

 
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i got it from a place that imports jdm engines, i needed an engine cause i got the car cheap from junkyard because it was in a flood and the only thing wrong was that the D17a1 engine was locked up. was an easy bolt in. only $350 for it, alot less than a $6000 k-series swap.

 
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like EGR stuff no i don't. it wasn't needed. but i do have like 4 wires that go no where from the EGR valve. but still pased emissions fine so.

 
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What year trans am did u have?

 
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you should dyno that and show us, wondering how much power your getting with your internals upgraded w/ NOS

 
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i would love to dyno it but i don't have the money for it. believe me i would if i could, but id still probably put that money towards a body kit. im not to worried about my power rating, just what it does. i don't know on the bottle but im guess low 15's or so.

 
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i had an 87 305 TPI w/ headers,exhast,custom ram air,shift kit,z rated BFG 225 16 tires,and on the rebuild i had it port and polished and a 72mm throttle body on it.

 
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no..........return fuel conversion

 
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post some pix of ur ride

 
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all the pics i have are to large and i don't know how to shrink them but if you want to see some pics go to my profile and go to my page, and there is a link to my car domain site haven't been updated in a while. its there with some old pics from aboput 6 months ago.

 
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Haha..ur car looks very RICY back in the days, I hope you don't have that SPOILER,Graphics anymore..
Where in St.Louis are you

 
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actually yeah i do. lol. but im just keeping it through winter till i get my kit on and what not but i live in south city.

 
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no wonder you won. you were revving to 64000rpm

 
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you got a nice set-up man. dont let those "pretty" items/graphics ruin it

 
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nice "JOKER" sticker on the back ? don't mean it the bad way

 
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ok anwser alot of questions real fast, 64000? i ment 6400. ok and the graphics i thought they look kool for like the 1st month or so then they got old. so im working on getting moey for a kit and im respraying it an putting a small fiber glass drag wing on it. it gonna be orange with blue stripes and ghosted in nautical stars, and im air brushing some wicked looking nautical star designs on the side. i have my interior ready to redo, i changed my stock speaker layout and made 3 formed in 5 1/2 speakers in the front doors. i have 3 premier DVC subs fiberglassed into the trunk(there not in cause i don't have the amp rack built seeing as i don't have my amps cause im getting those for x-mas. then it will be to cold to make the boxes because i don't have a garage to make them in and the fiber glass will never dry. and im getting another 10lb bottle and molding those in the trunk one one each side of it, so its really gonna slow me down, but it sure as hell gonna look good.

 
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How much HP does a JDM d17a2 put out same as here 127?

 
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i believe the jdm d17 and american d17 have the same output

 
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yeah im pretty sure the jdm and american engines have the same stats the olny noticiable diffrences between the american and japanese jdm's are that the serial number is stamped in the jbm block under the header right, and the wiring harness is backwards.

 
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I got a 2002 ex coupe D17A2 I bought in Germany but it was amarican spec. The stamp is on the right (looking at the motor from the front) under the header. does that mean mine is a JDM D17A2 also?

 
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JDM engines have the serieal number forged into the block on the bottom left side of the block and has the engine code forged underneth it. where the american engines have the stamp on the left side and has a sticker with the engine code on it on the right side of the engine.

 
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mine is forged in to the block and has the serial number with is forged as well.

 
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yup. some usdm engines have forged vin/engine code as well.

 
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wrong

 
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um yes. exactly how many engine swaps have you done? how many with jdm engines have you messed with? ive done probably 40 engine swaps. not just in hondas, my own cars i did it with a trans am, 92 z24, and my civic, with is JDM. yes it is possible and very easy and cheap. we also did JDM swaps in my neighbors 90 crx si(h22) and his 95 dx. and out a b18c5 head on his wifes integra. and other cars for people such as a 94 240sx, 93 prelude, 87 mr2, 89 rx-7(why get rid of good bodies when the engines are fairly cheap) and some others but you get the point ive been pulling engies and swapping them since i was 13. most of were big blocks into mid 70's-early 80's muscle that had small blocks to begin with mainly GM. i did my first by my self at 15. in my Trans Am. well that was more of a rebuild but anyways. i know what im talking about. i may only be 19 but i have 6 years of experience. 3 years with JDM swaps. im not a mechanic in fact i only have a year left before im technically and electronic engineer. but give me a little credit. its not like im a rookie at this ****.