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Name : Wes

Location: Lakeland, Florida

Age: 21

Engine : k24a4AT

Occupation: Sous Chef, Grillsmith Restaurant

Interests: Hondas, Xbox Live(see me on COD), Cooking, Computer Programming, Sports (Chelsea FC)

Organizations: DriveAccord.net, EliteCM.net, gen7accord.net

Mods Installed:
Bosch Oil Filter
Q Horsepower 5W30 Synth
TSX IM
Hondata Heat Shield
P2R TB Gasket
Ralco Underdrive/Alt/PS Pulleys
Custom Exhaust
Weapon-R SRI
12000k HID
Alpine everything except for custom FI 15" Sub
Blacked out taillights
Bright white interior LED's
Dynamat Trunk
White Calipers
Custom Painted Engine Well
Grillcraft upper grille
Black housing oem headlights
ebay oil catch can

Mods Waiting for Installation: 15% tint anytime now...replace front and rear bumpers, new battery

Future Mods and Plans:  DC Headers, Struts, Suspension, CF Hood/Spoiler, New Battery and Alt,

Pictures:(http://api.ning.com/files/29vqmKQdmaUw377GAW*Fq518tjjvVXnsORogn7glNco5S9F0AgcCmTNUJ937Rel4/photo10.JPG?width=737&height=550)
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(http://api.ning.com/files/KHRU6FtgUYzmo3FYrL2neudb8LqLTXT0Hx0q1mKH-SQXhKBOBaauFxLJK5XBnXLz/photo6.JPG?width=650&height=475) installed with new belt. (thanks to Jeff for info)
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Looking good man. Never seen your car around here though. I've been to Grillsmith a couple times. Do you work for the one at Lakeside?

Yes sir. Since weve opened. Youll find me in either the kitchen window or the grill  ;D
I live in South Lakeland/Mulberry. A quick hop on 60 and ill be to WH in 15.

Sweet man, Grillsmith is a nice restaurant. We live on Lake Hancock, so it's on the edge of Winter Haven closest to you.

Yeah thats all of 15 min. You know of anyone else around here from Lakeland...ish?

No one that's on this forum, it's just you and me bud, haha. Unless you want me to ask my grandparents who have an 8th gen to join the forum...  ???

I think we'll be alright lol

I see you got some of the mods im about to install.
how are the ralco pulleys treatin you?

Pretty great. Just make sure you get that tighter belt (the part # is on my profile), so that you don't kill your auto tensioner. It was a pretty big difference, and makes the car a lot smoother.

My car is really loving this cold spell we've been having lately, haha. It can get up and go so much easier.

oh youre tellin me!
right after i get my tsx im and gaskets installed. ive caught myself taking a few random drives just because of the difference lol
i love it.

ill get in contact with you whenever i get the pulleys to make sure i get it right.

No problem. It's a bitch and a half if you don't have a powerful enough impact gun. I ended up taking mine to a mechanic shop to have the crank pulley installed for $140. The other pulleys are easy to do, though. You just have to unbolt the alternator to install that one.

Welcome Wes!

Holy Black! Welcome to ECM!

Like my women :D lol
(btw a BIG jk on that one, beyonce black is as far as I'll go)
Anyways thanks and I love this forum compared to gen7.

I think we all do as well.

Ralco underdrive pulleys ordered ;D
Got the goodyear belt too.

Sweet man, you're gonna love the pulleys.

I cant wait. right in time for christmas too.
im pretty confident with the air tools we got here but just incase the shit hits the fan, what shop did you get yours done at?

http://stewartautorepair.com/ (http://stewartautorepair.com/)

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Welcome welcome nice ride!

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hell yeah.
and my belt comes in tomorrow.
this weekend should be exciting

What kind of impact gun do you have? We tried using a 600ftlbs Craftsman, but the crank pulley still wouldn't budge. Then again, we were using a 50 foot air hose. The guy we borrowed the gun from said that if you use an extremely short hose, it would be enough. So if you have a gun in that range, try to use the shortest hose possible.

If you plan on installing the power steering pulley by hand, make sure you wrap whatever you use to keep the pulley from moving in a towel or something. I used a breaker bar to prop the pulley in place, and it put all kinds of dents in the inside holes of the aluminum. It looks like shit, but the thing still works.

Also, I found that the best way to pull the auto tensioner back is to put the box wrench on the nut (I think it's 14mm), then take another wrench (I used a 17mm) and lock it into the open end of the 14mm. It'll make your life a shitload easier, because you've just made a cheater bar. I don't know if you already know any of these things, but I just thought I'd throw them out there to give you a hand.

thanks for the advice.
fedex should have the belt in by 2:00 and depending on what time i get off tomorrow
ill try to get the install done.

Serpentine belt tools work really well too Jeff.

I like the murdered out look.

I do too.
But my next project is wheels. I would love some silver Rays to go with this pinstripe from hell.
It wont come off (i literally have tried everything. Goo-gone, goof-off, goof-? and nothing. Cant get under it either)and not to risk damage to my paint, im rockin it.
I think the Rays would accent it quite nicely ;D

Which ones?

I had my eye on the G07WT silvers.

oh and i tried the pulley install today. dont really wanna talk about it :'(
Im all about goin for the gold but im a realist and i didnt see that fuckin bolt coming off.
appointment at local body shop in the morning.

Breaker bars are also helpful,

like i said. im about diy over shop all day. but ill end up settling for shop.
you win some, you lose some.

The last time I dealt with that particular bolt was on a 92 Accord. A breaker bar, my leg, and a brick wall were used to break that bitch loose. Wasn't fun.

hahahaha.   welcome to the elite wesley

well theyre installed. shop was quick about it.
and DAMN i had no idea the factory crank pulley weighed so damn much.

profile updated with pic

Looks good man. How do you like the improvement?

i love it. 1/2 throttle now feels like 4/5 throttle without them.