[Profile] Accordguy04 (UPDATE: New Accord! Page 3 5/2/2013)

[accordguy04]

Real Name: Ryan
Ride: 2004 Honda Accord EX-L (CM8)
Color: Sapphire Blue Pearl
Engine: J30A4
Tranny: KA6MT
Status: Maintenance Mode (no more plans for it, just keep her on the road, shouldnt be too hard)

Location: Bethlehem, PA
Occupation: Advance Auto Parts, Retail Parts Pro
Interests: Cruisin, workin on the car, Xbox, Listenin to music, guitar, movies, shootin pool, drinkin and just hangin out havin a good time.
Awards: None to date.

Mods Installed:
Exterior
- Blackhoused Headlights
- 8000k HID kit ( VVME.com)
- Yellow LED front turn signals
- LED License Plate Bulbs
- Oem Decklid spoiler
- Oem Thule Roof Rack w/ snowboard attachment
- Grillcraft upper and lower mesh inserts
- Black Painted Rear Honda Emblem Black, Debadged rest of car
- Summer Wheels: '09 Honda Accord coupe EX wheels wrapped in Hankook Ventus V12 Evo Tires (215/45/17)
- Winter Wheels: Painted 7th Gen 6-6 Wheels Graphite Gray, wrapped in Blizzak WS-40 tires (215/55/17)
- Slave cylinder mod

Performance
- K&N CAI
- Richie's V2 PCD
- Richie's V1 J pipe
- Borla CBE w/ 3rd cat test pipe
- Cosmo Racing Short Shifter Adapter
- Torque Solutions Shifter Bushings
- Smalser OEM Motor mounts (Front and Passenger Side) filled with Polyurethane

Suspension
- Function and Form Type 1 coilovers
- 20mm/25mm (Fr/Rr) Ichiba V2 spacers
- TL Front (27.2mm) Sway bar and TL-S Rear (20mm) sway bar

Audio
- GROM iPod Interface

Mods Waiting for install:
- Ingalls rear camber arms

Future Mods and Plans:
- Drive her and keep her running

Car History:
- Bought in Summer of 2009 with 55xxx miles
- Oil changed every 5k (Mobil 1 5w-20 and M1 Filter)
- No repairs done to car since purchased (besides normal wear items) knock on wood...
- Dyno'd last fall: 232 whp, 196 wtq

Pictures:















This...

 Plus This...

Equals This...


My False Low...
Snow rutts in the alley goin into work.

Front passengerside tire up on a ramp.


Dynosheet:


Winter Mode:




And here's my first love, my 5th gen coupe.  Dad bought her new in december of '93 and held onto her til I turned 16, loved that car and now she's layin in a junk yard somewhere (guy I sold her to got slammed by some old lady and they claimed it a total loss).


Videos:
AutoX Videos

http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc384/Rachko87/?action=view&current=facebookYourVideosMyautocrossrunHQ.mp4

http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc384/Rachko87/?action=view&current=facebookYourVideosMyautocrossrunTake2HQ.mp4

Dyno Video

http://s1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc384/Rachko87/?action=view&current=facebookVideosPostedbyKennethBentonRachkosDynoHQ.mp4

Underpass Flyby


Runnin the mountains of PA in my 5th Gen


Got the exhaust all situated.  Heres some vids of my '04 6-6 with Richie's V2 PCDs, V1 J pipe, Test pipe and Borla catback.  LOVE IT!

[Mike]

First post is a profile in my book that means props for you!!! Welcome to ECM, and enjoy your stay!

[gargantula99]

Welcome to the elite Ryan. 

[CrackerTeg]

First post is a profile in my book that means props for you!!! Welcome to ECM, and enjoy your stay!

I'm in complete agreement. Best way to start off with us bro. Welcome to the elite. As for the link you spotted in another forum, was it in my sig?

[accordguy04]

No, it was in some guys picture for the camber kit he's sellin.  I remembered last night cause I saw his seller post on here. Still don't remember his name. Haha

And thanks guy, im likin it already, just what I needed... another forum to waste my time in instead of working.

[jdmaccord]

Welcome to the forum and hope to see you at some events.

[CrackerTeg]

Oh. That would be Eric aka CYANiDE.

[accordguy04]

That'd be him. lol  Remind me to thank him for opening me up to this world of the Elite!

[CrazyCreashunz]

Welcome!

[accordguy04]

Taanks.  I have my dyno video and some autox videos I wanna post up, just havin trouble gettin em, but as soon as I get em up, I'll let ya guys know.

[accordguy04]

Hey guys,
added some AutoX (first time last summer), my dyno vid, an underpass flyby, and runnin the mountains of PA in my 5th Gen.  The last two wouldn't actually post the video like the first three did... no idea why.  So I just posted the links.  Enjoy! 

[accordguy04]

Painted my calipers and the top hats to my rotors black today.  Put it off for so long, but gotta say, it was pretty easy, and makes the car look so much better! Black > Rusty Orange any day! haha.  Got a lot of overspray on the rotors, but after like a week of drivin, it will all grind off so whatever.  Heres some pics, sorry for the crappy phone pics in a cramped space.

Front




Rear

[accordguy04]

Slapped on my spacers 20mm Fr, 25mm Rr. Love the way they look! Def helps the look of the car.  Thought the 20s look a bit big for the front, but took it out and she ain't rubbin at all.  Here's some before and after shots.

Front



Rear

[accordguy04]

Had my TL Front (27.2mm) and Rear (20mm) sway bars installed yesterday with new end links all around.  The car feels great!  Significantly less body roll and it shows.  Before I put the sway bars on my rear driverside fender would rub on the tire (25mm spacer in the rear) it wasn't rubbing bad and there was no noticeable wear, but you def heard it and it was worse with a full car.  Well I hit some on/off ramps last night after pickin the car up and I hit em pretty hard and had NO rubbing.  Which is great news, so we'll see how it does with people in it to see it I'm gonna have to roll the rear fenders.

Takin a break off from the Moddin for a while to try to get my bank account up to good standings again.  But hopin to have Richie's PCDs and Long tube J pipe on by end of summer for the Sloppy Mechanic's Fall Dyno Day. 

[accordguy04]

Did a wash and wax to prepare for the snowy/salty season.  Also decided to put my snowboard rack back on in preparation for some boardin.  But no snow yet so I put something else up it until then...

My phone takes terrible pics, everything comes out blue!  Oh wait!


She cleans up nice from 5-10 feet away. haha


Ready to shred.