cp[mike] : 1992 Accord EX

[cb7wagonPL]

lol that header looked nice. thats usually the case when you paint it because the thing gets so damn hot. did you ever think of heat wrapping it? it would probably last a lot longer than the paint. mine has been fine for a year now

[cp[mike]]

the tune was pretty good! long weekend for sure... great to spend time with MRX and the others and get to see the master at work.

biggest problem, unfortunately, is that for some reason the nitrous wasnt reaching the nozzle. the fuel was, but no n2o. so we took a while to tune the car's existing map, which had a number of spots that antoine had to tweak. we then worked on a nitrous map taking care of tuning for the extra fuel, but dammit, we didnt get to feel the nitrous

i was also having a number of oddball ignition quirks that took some time to straighten out, but thats no biggie.

though now the car runs nicer, stronger, smoother. it idles lower, more consistantly, and much more smoothly. the vtec crossover is fantastic. the car runs and idles much better now, im really happy with how it feels. it feels more finished, and doesnt seem to have as much of a 'mind of its own'.

now that i know the car is running on a solid tune and im getting a good AFR across the board, im no longer worried about going the extra step and running the nitrous.

soon im going to dig back into the engine bay and redo a lot of the wiring and plumbing underneath the intake manifold. i want to take apart the nitrous solenoids and find out whats blocking the flow. also i decided that im just going to pull out the power steering lines entirely, get the best feel that i can, because its going to be a long time before i bother finding and hooking up an electric pump. maybe someday ill hook it back up, but for now, im going to run completely looped. i also need to do a lot of rewiring and retucking of ignition wiring.

as i get accustomed to the feel and use of nitrous, and get situated with a 2timer ECU setup, next time MRX comes up ill go for a more finished nitrous tune.

but overall the car is running fantastic and im settled with what seems like no real problems to deal with. so i look forward to making PROGRESS this summer, instead of just fixing problems!

[minoreparations]

it's good to hear that your car is running better than before. sucks that you couldn't feel the juice though. haha. what do you plan on doing with the power steering lines? are you going to use a reservoir to keep an eye on how much fluid is in the rack? are you planning on keeping the lines that run to the VSS? just wondering what you have in store as far as that goes. i'm sure you have it all planned out already.

[MRX]

glad you're pleased mikey. I just had an idea. We need to research the way the 2-timer switches maps because we could probably integrate the arming switch for your nitrous into the 2-timer so that it switches to the nitrous map at the same time.

[Boost_Lee]

lovely

[MRX]

oh, and look into ZEX nitrous spark plugs.

[d112crzy]

glad you're pleased mikey. I just had an idea. We need to research the way the 2-timer switches maps because we could probably integrate the arming switch for your nitrous into the 2-timer so that it switches to the nitrous map at the same time.

Wire it into the headlight knob/switch. Turn lights n to activate the new map, then brights to activate the nitrous

Well..I guess that isn't all that practical for DD's, lol.

[bmxicansd]

looking nice as hell mike.

Too bad about the header though. I think you should get that jasma one. How did the tune go?

yeah mike.. a rsr would be game over in your sexy engine bay.. hint hint

congrats once again on getting it tuned Mike.. Keep up the good work and also love the 50's high beam switch..
for creativeness..

[TypeG]

once everything dried i took it out for a drive. within 5 minutes the header paint started to sizzle and smoke. it literally bubbled and turned wet as if it were a layer of boiling water at the bottom of a shallow pan. very weird looking. once it all burnt off (within the hour it took me to drive to jersey) it only left a faint pink dust on the bare metal runners, with bubbly corroded paint still on the flange.
... lame, what a waste of effort.

from what i understand about high temp paints, you have to do a ''bake on'' procedure. this is a process of painting the header and installing it, then starting the car and let it idle for 20 min. after the 20 min, turn the car off and let it completely cool and repeat 2 more times. this should be done without any throttle. maybe it will work for you in the future. later.

[C91BLX7]

from what i understand about high temp paints, you have to do a ''bake on'' procedure. this is a process of painting the header and installing it, then starting the car and let it idle for 20 min. after the 20 min, turn the car off and let it completely cool and repeat 2 more times. this should be done without any throttle. maybe it will work for you in the future. later.

I thought you were suppose to let it set for a few days

[Straight Success]

Excellent job on the headers. The look almost juicy enough to drink.

[TypeG]

I thought you were suppose to let it set for a few days

that probably wouldn't be a bad idea, but just for clarity, i didn't mean put them on the car and start it up while the paint is still tacky. later.

[timmy0tool]

sucks to hear about the paint mike. looked great afterwards and at least it should protect from the rust!

[oneoffaccord]

mike if anyone says that driving with no power steerin is hard need to be smacked. you done it the right way, im following in ur foot steps . car feels alot better to drive than my civic which is way lighter. good shit man... check ur PM

[verothacamaro]

wintermode looks great!