oh yeah. thats right... hmmm...

 

What are your numbers like?

 

here are my numbers...

 

Those are really nice numbers

 

^thanks.

i was really happy to break 300whp that day.

im curious on what numbers your car will pull.

 

Wow, that's really good numbers for only a TBE and tune. very nice for 23psi too.
Couple of my STi's friends and myself will probably be at the dyno day Gotta install my TBE by then haha.

 

^hey bro. if you need help wrenching let me know. hehe i did my own catback+cat coverter install with a help of another evo head in seattle. install wasnt that bad. taking out the undertray is teh biotch...

thanks guys.

btw - i might drop by at the dyno day in racing greed. im still debating if i should dyno or not since i cant really compare gains of a licp upgrade...

 

^ thanks for the offer!
My undertray is off permanently from when I did my fluids haha. Too much work to keep taking it off each time.

Also, its hard to compare with a mustang dyno as well.

 

Hello from Bangkok, Thailand guys!

the car scene is pretty booming here lol. although for some reason i have not seen a lancer above 2002 yet.

it would seem that everyone and their granma has Brembo calipers here on their rusted Civic, quite amazing really. until i inspected one closely and that underneath the caliper there is another caliper....stock, and rusted. i investigated further and found that EVERY car that has brembos are just fake slip-ons that is glued to the stock calipers LOL. i love fake asian markets.

Josel, glad to see the LICP got there, overall i dont think there would be a HP boost, but peak TQ at earlier RPM range due to less bends in the pipe. Also very nice numbers! i definately will get myself an O2 Housing when i get back to Canada next month. How was the install, it looks like an afternoon's worth of work from what i've read on the forums.

 

Sounds like fun man, make sure you take lots of pictures!

 

hey vince. thanks for shipping the licp. i got it superfast. i owe you money now. haha ill send you a pm after this...

i had a shop here in seattle install the 02 housing. i know theres a diy but you are right. its a lot of work. i heard that if its your first time doing it, it will take you 8-10 for the install. i recommend paying someone to do it for you.. but thats just me. hehehe

that same time, i had them weld my uego wideband sensor on the dp + dp install.

enjoy your vacation there man!

 

^ I was just going to ask you how to install the o2!! haha, i finished installing the "o2-back" exhaust now, and need to buy an o2 housing now!

i heard its a lot of work, but i never bring my car to shops, so i guess i'll have to figure it out

 

yeah 80$ an hour for labour is just BS. i rather curse and swear through an install than pay big bucks.

ive done 3 turbo swaps on the suby in my driveway, so O2 should be cake lol.

i see that Josel went with Megan O2 housing, which one does everyone have? Megan seems to be best bang for the buck if you dont want an O2 dump.

also does anyone have the Megan Test pipe? i was thinking of purchasing the test pipe and the O2 housing at the same time, i finally caved on the test pipe, the car was too quiet lol. although i find it strange that it has a low frequency drone at 4000rpm onwards with a works Highflow cat, works Resonated intermediate pipe, and a works muffler. its a very deep muffled exhaust sound which is probably why it resonates so much.

im gonna get some sound deadening mat for the trunk lid also, i think thats another major cause of the drone since the trunk weights like 4lbs and is thin as hell

 

Well, instead of hearsay about a local shop I'll chime in and actually speak from experience.

The guys at racing greed are definitely knowledgeable, and skilled when it comes to tuning. A close friend of mine has a daily driven e2 eclipse that put down 420whp on their dyno, it's a monster and it's reliable.

On his reference I went to RG with my Evo X MR. The car baselined at 173 on their dyno due to a mess up from my dealership. Fixed a couple boost lines and it was up to 190whp 190wtq. After tuning, meth installation, exhaust, and intake I'm now making a very comfortable 304whp and 285 wtq on their dyno. That's a 60% increase in whp and 50% increase in wtq. Give me a baseline of 250 whp on a dynojet and that makes 400whp.

Yes they charge by the hour, but so does every other shop. Yes, I'm sure they've made mistakes, just like every other shop. In my specific case they've been very helpful, open with what they're doing, and their work gets an A+. Heck, my exhaust was out of alignment by less than 1/4" and they called me to come in and inspect it before they finished bolting it all up.

Forums can turn into a really bad spot for many a shop. Just don't want to see it happen to a good place. We don't have many good tuning shops up here, would be a shame if a good one got a bad name due to some hear say crap.

If anyone's interested in what my car actually did with a VERY complete write up PM me and I'll link you to a thread elsewhere.

My final thoughts on RG - good place, honest staff, good mechanics, good tuning, low reading dyno that will make you cry.

 

i may give them a chance if they can guarantee me the same power output as English Racing, and at a competitive price.

because ER will get me the power i want, at a flat rate. I wont want to dick around and pay more than i need to get the same power.

plus if they **** up my tune, i can stalk them since they are almost local to me :P