Ok i wanna tune my car but as you all know im limited to alot, im not allowed to change anything so cai is outta question. i modded my stock intake so its louder and more performance, that way my dad wont kno i did shit, but neway what other stuff like. tweaking that i can do. like ima start using premium fuel instead of midgrade and lowgrade, cus i want performance racer brrrrrrrrrr. haha,. so like tuning idle? advance the timing? tuning ignition i dunno im a newb any ideas and diy info would be tizight.
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Question related to this topic, started by xplode.
If basic bolt-ons like AEM short ram intake (daily driver, father may drive it as well....I don't expect him to clean CAI filter...heard they get dirty quickly) and exhaust system were done...maybe DC 4-2-1 header if stock were corroded badly enough. The stock fuel pressure regulator & stock ECU would automatically adjust the fuel appropriately, correct? I'm pretty sure that's the case, now would advancing the timing help too? Any other Hondas have a camshaft that'd fit into a 4th gen Accord with performance oriented profile? eh, too many questions...maybe I should take this route and fly with it...prolly only way I can satisfy this urge to modify at the moment....have the bug man. Can't help it.
You and I are in similar situations & your in Michigan as well. I think what we need to do is look into EBAY and junkyards or deals from peeps, friends... I hear from co-workers some near where I work that have some imports...and Accords are fairly abundant. We can look for parts of newer Accords or other Hondas that basically bolt right up but are better. Example...someone mentioned that a newer Accord I believe had a better, larger throttle body...so port matchin it to a EX/SE with the 2ndary butterfiles on the intake manifold would produce some gains along with AEM short ram intake & exhaust, maybe even header. If your dad is anal about aftermarket....what i'm sayin is how would he know the diff if you put an EX/SE header (better flow) in your LX? It's possibly to work around it....or a rear disc conversion from an SE or 2.3L CL I think that's right...post about that somewhere on here.
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Re: Questions on Tuning all types of shiznits
Originally posted by xplode
Ok i wanna tune my car but as you all know im limited to alot, im not allowed to change anything so cai is outta question. i modded my stock intake so its louder and more performance, that way my dad wont kno i did shit, but neway what other stuff like. tweaking that i can do. like ima start using premium fuel instead of midgrade and lowgrade, cus i want performance racer brrrrrrrrrr. haha,. so like tuning idle? advance the timing? tuning ignition i dunno im a newb any ideas and diy info would be tizight.
now....if you want some power, work your way from the inside. you can always get yourself a performance cam kit and change up the valvetrain. then electronic tuning would be good too. i'd recommend upgrading your ecu to a civic ex ecu (if you have vtec) and getting a hondata chip for it. you can get the drop in k&n filter too for some more hidden upgradesMy reality is greater than the sum of its parts...
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Originally posted by fizzbob7
but if you're trying to do mods that your dad won't catch, you're gonna be hard pressed to get power from it.....isn't that what your main objective is, to keep him from finding out you've modified it while modifying it?
isn't that what the above means?My reality is greater than the sum of its parts...
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probably the only thing u can do is get the car to preform the way it should. cleaning out all the components...intake and such to get it to run correctly. u cant really gain power by doing nothing...but u can re-gain lost power.
i agree with ultra though....high performance gas is a waste...and ur not running high compression so u wotn need it. its debatable..some say it gives u more power and runs cleaner....it may run cleaner but it may not give u more power (i think someone did a dyno test to prove it before). waste of cash
maybe if u up the timming u can get a little more out of ur car...but then iono too much stuff to deal with.
in cali here...im the quickest 4th gen. i can go up against a 4th gen with like intake and exaust....maybe headers as well. but thats cause the car is running like IT SHOULD....others dont really care and just bolt on things and think they will go faster, but they havent gained the lost power....thats why im in front of them.
hehe if nothing, just be clean....its a mod within itself "accordtunerx"What makes me laugh about forums, is that no matter how much you try to help someone, they dont take the advice. Go ahead and do it the hard way.
You got to respect what you drive, and appreciate what you have, making the best of what you got. and if that means putting CAI, HID's, a phat stereo system, and a idiot in the drivers seat...then so be it!
Retro!
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Originally posted by accordztech
in cali here...im the quickest 4th gen. i can go up against a 4th gen with like intake and exaust....maybe headers as well.
lol not to slam a moderator or anything i just didn't know if you *REALLY* meant what you said hahahahaMy reality is greater than the sum of its parts...
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smart NOOB...lol jK....hehe fine in my class....in sacramento!
i played with some si's and others...got my title on a platter haha. funnie though...
but here i own 5th gen's...some...damn v6's, civics...lightly modded (those dudes are slow)....iono
ill stop racing
i run 14.5...LOLZ 1/8 mile JK...What makes me laugh about forums, is that no matter how much you try to help someone, they dont take the advice. Go ahead and do it the hard way.
You got to respect what you drive, and appreciate what you have, making the best of what you got. and if that means putting CAI, HID's, a phat stereo system, and a idiot in the drivers seat...then so be it!
Retro!
Hater
I love nooBs...They make me look good
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Originally posted by xplode
u got mei didnt know that was gears, then wuts a "CAM" heh i new to performance... all i no is intakes haha
jk playa! lol
yeah d00d3 the aem cam sprockets (aka gears) are what adjusts the timing of the cam shafts there are no set "values" for the perfect setup because each car is unique and requires time on the dyno to get maximum performance out of the modification
My reality is greater than the sum of its parts...
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