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To those who Ive grown close to over the years on this forum and to those who even care just sending a quick update and saying goodbye to the Accord community. I appreciate all the help and all that has been done here, I hope you all continue to stay close on this forum and modify your rides cleanly.  

I traded my Accord in yesterday for a ride thats more suited for my Lifestyle and Taste. Part of me teared up driving it into the Dealer's Garage for the last time :'(

But s far as the Accord goes, with all of the upgrades, repairs and modifications to the car it was shaking itself to pieces and more of an eyesore than a well tuned machine. Furthermore it would've been nearly impossible to return it to its glory days. I have no regrets about the mods I did, I just wish I had been more prudent with them and realized a car is transportation first. In the end the time value outweighed the monetary value of even parting the car out.

Goodbye

Blackout - 2007 Honda Accord 5mt LX k20/k24
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July 2007-Feb 2011

Hello

Cerberus - 2006 Mercedes Benz C55 ///AMG
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Feb 2011-Present

Welcome to the Elite.

welcome to the club!

Welcome to ECM Bryan.

Welcome to the Elite, Brian

welcome brian.

Welcome Bryan, you gotta nice list of modz installed! Keep it up!

Bryan, fix the spelling in your OP's title

welcome man....looks like we both signed up on the same day....WOOT!!

welcome to the Elite Bryan....

Thank you for joining enjoy your stay

Bout time!

Welcome to the club. Now post some pics!!! J/p

Alright! Tomorrow's the day it all gets started

Parts list so far for Stg 1:

RSX-S JRSC Kit
4" Pulley (6-7 psi)
Precision 525cc Injectors
Precision Clips
AEM F/IC
Boomslang Harness
AEM UEGO Gauge
AEM 35 psi Boost Gauge
k20 Intake Manifold Gasket
Powder Coating Valve Cover and Custom CAI Solar Rain (nothing flashy)

The plan:
Drop the car off at 10am at NVA-AV6s on 4.29, pick up around 9am on 5.1, drop off at Ptuning at 10am, hopefully pick car up by noon from Ptuning on 5.2 and the fun begins

The Goal:
240-260whp

good luck, ive got my eyes on this build since a s/c k24a8 is my goal as well.

Any update Blinx!

This is our official stance on the situation!

F#$K!!!! As previously posted Blackout was having oiling problems, mainly low oil pressure. Upon discovery of other engine malfunctions which shall remain anonymous the proposed "C-Day" is being postponed. Due to these unfortunate circumstances Blackout shall remain N/A until a time when we can determine what is best for him.

In the mean time we will be gathering funds towards our next project! When we reach an appropriate time all prior and current information will be released. Information on future plans will be syphoned as seen fit.

What we can tell you about our current project is: it has yet to be named. It is not being implemented for performance purposes but will once again be a 1st for 7.5 Gens. As of now estimated completion time is early June. We will not be taking any questions at this time.

Thank you

Reposted from 4.30.09

its  about time you made a profile

Some huh? I made this the first day!

k20z3/k24a2/k24a8/k20a2 build for Blinx197, built and installed by NVA-AV6

So about a month ago I went to Paul's place to drop my car off to install my JRSC. The night before I told him I was having oil pressure problems. He expressed worry when he heard this and asked me why I never mentioned it before. Replying I said my dealership told me it was because the engine was low on oil, that is why I was having these problems (the first week I had the car)

So since then I had chalked every Low Oil Pressure light prior to this event up to my engine being low on oil. This whole turn of events led Paul to perform a compression test on my engine. The results deemed unfavorable for the Supercharger. It turns out this LEMON had been made worst by myself who thought it was cool to attempt to street tune on my own! (needless to say Ive learned from that experience)

So Cylinders 1,3s compression came in at a wooping average of 115psi. 130 is the factory minimum! After performing a wet test we discovered it was the cylinder rings due to my F+F efforts to get more power(Lesson learned dont street tune!) and the decision was up to me to install the Blower that day. I decided against it with Paul's advice in mind that I would be back in a month with a completely destroyed engine block, so dawned the frank idea. Ive had a k20z3 head sitting in my basement for about a year that I needed to do something with in addition the fact that I planned on swapping to a k24a2 down the road made this a no brainer! Paul showed me the prices of the parts and I went to work collecting $$$.  

Here are the parts and a few specs

Engine:
Ported k20z3 (Civic Si) Head w/(z1<stock cams<type R)
k24a2 (TSX) Type A Pistons and Rods
k24a8 Block Honed and Bored to .06mm
k20a2 (02-04 RSX-S) Oil Pump (modified), chain and chain guide
k20a2 Block Girdle
k24 Rebuild Gasket Kit
k24 Crank Journals
Should be runing about a 10.5 cr

Misc:
TL-S front Sway bar
AEM UEGO Wide-band Gauge
AEM Boost Gauge (for later)
AEM Oil Pressure Gauge
BLOX Oil Sandwich Adapter
AEM F/IC and Boomslang Harness

Going to be tuned at Ptuning in Manassas 6.2/3.09

Ill keep you all posted

People are posting 220+whp #s at 8500 redlines, due to the F/IC ill only have 6500 so unfortunately the expectation is lowered for now. Expecting 180+whp which is about 210chp. Wish me luck! and obviously the blower,aftercooler, clutch and the addition of F+/Kpro is in the future

First 7.5 Gen Frank!

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New pics
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Cant wait to see the beast in person!

+1

Sick stuff man I can't wait to see it all done.

looks rly good, when will it be running?

ADI its already running! currently got it using the a8 ecu without any fuel trim adjustments,.. does anyone know if the fic can adjust the vtec window? I mean the aem says it can,.. im skeptical tho! but yea its running pretty craptastic but tuning will fix that! ill keep the updates coming already got 75+ miles at the moment

It is now......

We can adjust the VTEC window, but not the VCT, I am not sure what the implications would be yet of adjusting VTEC and leaving the VCT at stock, reaserch over coffee tomorrow.

memorial day is weak! I figure ill celebrate a memorial to my stock engine;-) and yea I think putting the rdx injs in for the tune we can change the window then if its possible

nice cant wait til it get tuned.

Few new pics check em out! Hope to be up and running again real soon!

Any updates on the FPro?

very nice. Iove your ride. just a side note Its called VTC not VCT.

B, I hate whoever you host your pics with because I can never see em! Get with the program damnit! LOL!!!

Its cause your always trying to look at them at work!!!!!   LoL

that shift lever is still way too long

hahah shut up Kai! I heard yours is givin you Carpal tunnel so I didnt take it down as low!!

hows the car?

oooooo cant wiat to see the numbers on this one man

Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-btDDK2eChk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-btDDK2eChk)

Im shooting for somethin conservative maybe 220-230whp. Dont plan on revving past 8k. Ported head and stock everything else,.. we'll see and yea the Knoc Ive def seen that video before not sure what all the guy has done but thats just incredible! Especially to have that power in a RSX

false, with the skunk2 knob it's awesome. when u get more used to shifting cut it down more u wont regret it

Alright den! Let me drive your car and see how it works! ;-)

the kpro is successful? the car is up and running? when are you getting it tunned?

Ive never tunned a car buuuut, tuning will be handled on the street! Im quite broke at the moment and Ill prolly just use a bolt-ons k24a2 w/45 deg VTC gear basemap n adjust accordingly by AFR then prolly have it dynoed to give u all an idea of what its making. I put a down payment on tuning at Ptuning a few months back so yea! They SHOULD take that as a payment for dynotime since its the same amount

ahahaha damn you man your exceling faster than me..... i finally have the money to get my shit done also so look out for me...

R U kidding me?! Hah! My engine's been built for 2.5 months now and its only been driven 5xx miles! I forget what the seating position is like in my car when its moving! But keep up the good work! I really am excited to see an a4 w/ Aftermarket Valvetrain hit the dyno! Gives a lot of folks hope!

interesting engine build, looks awesome - keep up the good work, very clean car

New Rims pics posted from Abailey4 take a look, needs a new name too, any suggestions

Hmmm, those wheels look familiar. Looking good man. Where's your front lip?

Looks good man

Z, I lost the lip about a year ago in Ocean City when the suspension dipped too low n caught the lip on the ground. Then I pulled in to a parking lot which had a hump at the entrance and tore it off an ran it over,.. either way its too low not to even allow a front lip. Debating on a Body Kit anyways so we'll see in the coming months

I didn't know you lost the lip. My bad. lol.

When are we gonna race?

I have a flange to fix on the exhaust and have a new resonator installed tomorrow and as u can see its getting tuned Monday soooo,.. anytime after! If you come down we could get a meet going at MIR hopefully when you end up coming down or just go for a quick street run

Well, at this point, I have a motor waiting to be swapped in this weekend.  I'm also waiting for a few extra parts to show up in January.  We can take a quick run for shits and giggles.  We'll see if I get down there in a few months on my way to FL.  I may take a slow ride down just to hang out with different people from the forum and see some new places I've never visited yet.

Alright so Ill post up some Dyno graph pics later but the engine with test pipe and an extremely small post cat exhaust flange which will be fixed soon, also a rotting exhaust which will also be replaced

211.4whp and 165lbs.tq.

I wasnt exactly impressed with the #s when looking at the graphs, although this was a DynoDynamics Dyno and doing a lil internet searching Ive seen them run anywhere from 10-20% lower than a Dynojet. This specific Dyno at Ptuning has rated Stock STIs at 225awhp and stock ap1 s2000s at 195rwhp to give you an idea of the difference. Also the guy working their said one of his friends with a k20/k24 dynoed at 208whp with the same internals so porting the head and the test pipe mustve helped.

Vtec engages at 3800rpms, I know sounds low but it actually makes pretty good tq and pulls strong. the tuner said its alright to move it up about 500rpms if I feel it necessary since the map is tuned for it.3rd gear is soooo damn tall in k24s tho so its kinda hard to downshift n pull unless I go to 2nd, although off the line the car is extremely fun and breaks 80 damn quick.

Its drives a bit rough tho since it wasnt street tuned and Im not 100% sure the tuner knew everything he was doing he said he had tuned s2000s before on kpro. Not the same and not the best choice on my part so Ill prolly be retuning here in the future but for now Im just enjoying the car

Not bad numbers.  My VTEC low threshold is at 3000, and I think the high threshold is around 4200.  I don't think 3800 is too low, but I'm also not a tuner, so I don't know much.  Which shop did you go to?

he went to ptuning in manassas

This is just a suggestion, but you may want to go to an authorized Hondata dealer since they are all required to have a dyno and know how to tune with Hondata software.  I made the same mistake by going to a shop where the tuner didn't know much about kpro, and my performance suffered.  If you go to a reputable shop that's authorized by Hondata, you stand a better chance of getting a tuner that actually knows what they're doing.

No no I felt the same way, unfortunately I had to put a downpayment on a tuning session way back when I thought I was gonna be using the AEM F/IC for the Blower but, I just sold that and have a few other things I need to do so this tune will do for now,.. I mean theres nearly a 13% decrease in a Dyno Dynamics from a Dynojet so by my calculations thats about 235+whp but I agree Tim Ill probably be going to InlinePro after I get my highflow Cat Converter and completely redo my exhaust, maybe put in an aftermarket clutch and the RSX-S flywheel at that time too

hey nice numbers man.....redo the exhaust. My car made 9 more whp from redoing my exhaust. It was really hurting my power wiht the old set up cause of how he made it dual exhaust and wiht the tiny glasspack he put on there. Now its Custom Dc sport SS header with a bigger flex pipe going into a a highflow cat then to a Magnaflow striaght through resonator and then to a real y-pipe  

Do you still have your blower up for sale cause i will be in the market soon for a blower?

I'm sure Inline Pro will be able to do a better job.  I'd just make sure to do your research and talk to ther guys that have gone there for tuning.  Upgrading your exhaust will also be beneficial.  I'm actually looking into doing a few upgrades to my exhaust also.  I'm still waiting to hear back from SSR about a header.

Goodbye Bump

best of luck with the new ride

Good luck with the new ride bro... Doesn't mean you have to leave the community!

Hate to see a fellow accord go , but with a sweet upgrade like that ur forgivien , G/L with everything and stay safe.... ;)