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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/27/2008 7:52:15 AM
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falkore24
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The first mods on your car should be the following:
-remove the intake resonator in your front bumper (DIY, free)
-quality tires (ultra high performance rating - all-season, ~$280)
-performance anti-sway bars (~$300)
Next, look into cat-back systems (~$500)
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/27/2008 1:10:17 PM
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Fenix
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ORIGINAL: falkore24
The first mods on your car should be the following:
-remove the intake resonator in your front bumper (DIY, free)
-quality tires (ultra high performance rating - all-season, ~$280)
-performance anti-sway bars (~$300)
Next, look into cat-back systems (~$500)
as usual falkore, i agree with you. Cept the swaybar part, not to say your wrong, just my swaybar money is going to either a new TL Type-S or a Gixxer
Oh and dont forget to add weight redux...thats free!
< Message edited by Fenix -- 5/27/2008 1:11:07 PM >
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/27/2008 1:34:19 PM
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falkore24
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Depends on the level that you plan to take the suspension to. A matched pair is going to perform better than the TL's bar. I haven't seen anyone else put down a 0.9g turn with a sedan that weighs in over 3000 lbs.
..... as far as a budget project goes, I agree that the TL bar will offer a great improvement over stock and will be fairly cheap.
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/27/2008 5:31:06 PM
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Do yourself a favor and make sure EVERYTHING is in top shape before you spend money on go fast stuff.
Do this first or play the fool! Take it from one that has learned the hard way.......and WAS the fool.
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/27/2008 6:31:55 PM
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You can get intake, header, test-pipe, cat-back exhaust, lightweight pulleys, hi-flow spark plug wires, grounding kit, msd ignition all for around $1200-1300
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/28/2008 8:52:52 AM
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i liked J_man's list... what's you budget anyways? Mine was 400 (b4 the turbo obviously...)
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/28/2008 8:55:51 AM
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I'll say it one last time.
SAVE.
Don't use word like these... sounds disrespectful...
He said cheap... as in: "i don't want or can't save $$$ so I'll get whatever I can afford"...
Don't push him...
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/28/2008 11:44:21 AM
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ziwang55
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what do u mean remove the intake resonator. what does that do. and where is the diy. this is my first post on this site i came from 8thcivic so please dont trash on me
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/28/2008 12:12:30 PM
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finch13
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i came from 8thcivic so please dont trash on me
We can't bash on you for taking a step up in the world 
It's on this site, but for the life of me I can't find it.
http://www.filtsai.com/accord/index.php
The intake resonator is like an exhaust resonator, it quiets the airflow by passing it through a large chamber to slow it down. It weighs a good 8 lbs. and is basically useless besides what I wrote. taking it out will get you a growl under acceleration in between stock and a cold air intake.
Loudness and airflow increas from Stock -> Resonator Delete/High-Flow Drop-In -> Cold Air -> Short Ram.
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/28/2008 1:31:31 PM
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ziwang55
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so ur saying that i can do that with my stock accord? its a 03 accord ex
and i still cannot find the DIY for that.
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/29/2008 5:34:45 AM
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KevinAccord
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where's that???? my car doesn't have that right? or u mean the black box...?
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/29/2008 3:38:09 PM
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finch13
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It was hiding in the AEM CAI instructions: http://www.filtsai.com/accord/AEM-CAI/index.php
Kevin, it's in the passenger side behind the bumper cover and and fender splash guard. Sorry, but you do have one my friend. Takes about 20 minutes, a few screws, a few bolts, and a ton of plastic rivets.
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/29/2008 10:11:00 PM
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HORSEPOWERJUNKIE2007
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quote:
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ORIGINAL: HORSEPOWERJUNKIE2007
I'll say it one last time.
SAVE.
Don't use word like these... sounds disrespectful...
He said cheap... as in: "i don't want or can't save $$$ so I'll get whatever I can afford"...
Don't push him...
my bad dude..i didn't think he meant like that.i just thought he wanted more bang for his buck.
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/30/2008 8:07:42 AM
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KevinAccord
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HPJ: it's ok... i know you didn't mean that buddy...
Finch... My car is turbo... i still don't know what you're talking about but i'll bet i took it off a while ago! lol
Thanks for the info anyways man!
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RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas - 5/30/2008 8:31:07 AM
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falkore24
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I'm not sure, but I think on the 4 cylinder models, the resonator is on the stock intake piping .... the black box between the filter and the TB that hangs off the pipe. On V6's, the pipe is fairly smooth, but the resonator is upstream of the filterbox. There is a little snorkel that pulls air from the top of the driver side headlight and runs down into the bumper where the CAI filter goes. The resonator has an outlet connection to the bottom of the filterbox.
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