New Thread for a N00b!
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:21 pm
Hello all. I've been a lurker on your forums/calendar for a while just trying to find the time to make it to one of your meets. Amazing how much knowledge I was keeping from myself by not going. Thanks for all of your great advice and my checkbook thanks you and hates you all the same. I was wondering what direction I would go with next for my car...but it has been decided now...after I ditch the Utec and go opensource I must have some sort of meth/water combo...so excited. Gotta wait a bit though as I just dumped a bit of money in the car and the wife does NOT want to hear about it costing anything but gas money at the moment...hehe.
Anyways onto the car. Purchased in May 2011 with 42k miles. It's previous owner had passed away two years prior to me purchasing the car so the car was in not so good shape when I picked it up. The white paint flat instead of having the clear shine. All fluids were changed right away. Next mod was to get rid of his EL headers...no evo/honda for me. This caused me to mess up my inlet when I had to remove my turbo to get it off. New inlet in, caused my intake to not fit...so I had to get a silicone reducer and then my filter was shot so I put a new K&N filter on my intake and called it there. Next I went to get a new tune from Dan at MachV. Tune wasn't ever good, but he didn't have too much time to do it since I had messed up the firmware on the UTec and it took him forever to get the right version flashed to the UTec.
Currently my FMIC has a small hole in it causing me to lose boost...I'm in the process of talking to SS Autochrome to get them to send me another one.
All in all it's been a great year, but my wife is sick of me having to spend $$ on it. I love it and think it's a great car. She won't ride in it atm but I have some soundproofing to put in to fix her bleeding ears.
Sorry this got long, I guess I had a lot to say. I'm excited to get to know all you guys/gals and to go on some cruises
Anyways onto the car. Purchased in May 2011 with 42k miles. It's previous owner had passed away two years prior to me purchasing the car so the car was in not so good shape when I picked it up. The white paint flat instead of having the clear shine. All fluids were changed right away. Next mod was to get rid of his EL headers...no evo/honda for me. This caused me to mess up my inlet when I had to remove my turbo to get it off. New inlet in, caused my intake to not fit...so I had to get a silicone reducer and then my filter was shot so I put a new K&N filter on my intake and called it there. Next I went to get a new tune from Dan at MachV. Tune wasn't ever good, but he didn't have too much time to do it since I had messed up the firmware on the UTec and it took him forever to get the right version flashed to the UTec.
Currently my FMIC has a small hole in it causing me to lose boost...I'm in the process of talking to SS Autochrome to get them to send me another one.
All in all it's been a great year, but my wife is sick of me having to spend $$ on it. I love it and think it's a great car. She won't ride in it atm but I have some soundproofing to put in to fix her bleeding ears.
Sorry this got long, I guess I had a lot to say. I'm excited to get to know all you guys/gals and to go on some cruises