.:HSTuners::

Grip72 · 04-10-2005, 05:08 PM

Well we finally got around to installing my header and exhaust and i must say DAMN that exhaust hangs lower than stock..i'm rubbing on damn near everything! Anyways, as for performance, it picks up a little quicker now but not anything to write home about. THe looks are freakin awesome!
problem is i have an exhaust leak somewheres! so i need to fix that tomorrow and i'll hopefully get around to putting on the H&R Sport springs sometime this week, painting the valve cover and givin'er a tune up. Oh one more thing...i dunno if its just the exhaust leak, but somewhere around my valve cover/header area, i hear a slight ticking sound. its rather annoying and i'mworried about it.

p.s. (just had timing belt, balancer belt, water pump replaced by Honda on thursday and the sound just started today [sunday]) any thoughts?

*pdiggitydogg* · 04-10-2005, 05:39 PM

If there is enough room against the body, just use some shorter rubber hangers or bend the metal hangers on the exhaust to bring it up a bit.
Find that exhaust leak...they suck

When did you have your last valve adjustment?

JDMFantasy2k · 04-10-2005, 05:49 PM

speaking of which i'm going to need a valve adj. how much do you guys think it costs?

*pdiggitydogg* · 04-10-2005, 06:29 PM

Honda rips you off roughly $85 (because it takes less than 1hr)
If you have a feeler gauge you can do it yourself.

JDMFantasy2k · 04-10-2005, 07:27 PM

yeah i think i've read the procedure, but i don't have a feeler gauge, so i'd have to buy one (which i'm assuming isn't cheap) and i'd probably fuck it up.

Grip72 · 04-10-2005, 07:41 PM

my mechanic is going to do it for me hopefully this week

*pdiggitydogg* · 04-10-2005, 07:44 PM

feelers are like $8

ebpda9 · 04-10-2005, 08:23 PM

get an offset gauge, they help a lot ond dohc hondas, and they are not that hard, just make sure the camgear is properly aligned with the marks on the head, otherwise it won't come out right

JDMFantasy2k · 04-10-2005, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
otherwise it won't come out right

^^^= $$$$ :o

CD5Passion · 04-11-2005, 07:50 AM

man I'd do all my own but im lazy :o

IALuder · 04-11-2005, 09:00 AM

nice install. but what brand are they?

RxGoaT13 · 04-11-2005, 02:34 PM

pics look good.

Grip72 · 04-11-2005, 08:27 PM

header is DC Sports 4-2-1 Ceremic coated
and the catback is Apex-I World Sport 2

ShEaNy · 04-12-2005, 12:19 AM

looks good man...just find that leak...i just fixed mine..just the gasket in the header...only took me a month longer then it should (no time) ...sounds great now...and its about time for a vavle job for me too...

MissJDM · 04-13-2005, 01:09 AM

Looks good. I rarely ever see any preludes of that gen around here..so I think she's sexay.

Grip72 · 04-13-2005, 03:15 PM

thanks..i actually ahve the only prelude in my town..its one of the nicer cars in my town

cept for this rex done to the nuts!! its silver and slammed and a wicked kit..i rarely see it tho!

04-10-2005, 05:08 PM	#1
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 39 Posts: 2,962	Exhaust, header install pics :P Well we finally got around to installing my header and exhaust and i must say DAMN that exhaust hangs lower than stock..i'm rubbing on damn near everything! Anyways, as for performance, it picks up a little quicker now but not anything to write home about. THe looks are freakin awesome! problem is i have an exhaust leak somewheres! so i need to fix that tomorrow and i'll hopefully get around to putting on the H&R Sport springs sometime this week, painting the valve cover and givin'er a tune up. Oh one more thing...i dunno if its just the exhaust leak, but somewhere around my valve cover/header area, i hear a slight ticking sound. its rather annoying and i'mworried about it. p.s. (just had timing belt, balancer belt, water pump replaced by Honda on thursday and the sound just started today [sunday]) any thoughts?

04-10-2005, 05:49 PM	#3
JDMFantasy2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: northeastern connecticut Age: 37 Posts: 1,765	speaking of which i'm going to need a valve adj. how much do you guys think it costs? __________________

04-10-2005, 07:27 PM	#5
JDMFantasy2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: northeastern connecticut Age: 37 Posts: 1,765	yeah i think i've read the procedure, but i don't have a feeler gauge, so i'd have to buy one (which i'm assuming isn't cheap) and i'd probably fuck it up. __________________

04-10-2005, 08:23 PM	#8
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	get an offset gauge, they help a lot ond dohc hondas, and they are not that hard, just make sure the camgear is properly aligned with the marks on the head, otherwise it won't come out right __________________

04-11-2005, 07:50 AM	#10
CD5Passion Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Barbara, California Age: 38 Posts: 5,446	man I'd do all my own but im lazy :o __________________

04-10-2005, 05:39 PM	#2
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	If there is enough room against the body, just use some shorter rubber hangers or bend the metal hangers on the exhaust to bring it up a bit. Find that exhaust leak...they suck When did you have your last valve adjustment?

04-10-2005, 06:29 PM	#4
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	Honda rips you off roughly $85 (because it takes less than 1hr) If you have a feeler gauge you can do it yourself.

04-10-2005, 07:41 PM	#6
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 39 Posts: 2,962	my mechanic is going to do it for me hopefully this week

04-10-2005, 07:44 PM	#7
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	feelers are like $8

04-11-2005, 09:00 AM	#11
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	nice install. but what brand are they? __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

04-11-2005, 02:34 PM	#12
RxGoaT13 4th Gear Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 801	pics look good. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/rxgoat13

04-11-2005, 08:27 PM	#13
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 39 Posts: 2,962	header is DC Sports 4-2-1 Ceremic coated and the catback is Apex-I World Sport 2

04-12-2005, 12:19 AM	#14
ShEaNy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB Age: 40 Posts: 3,821	looks good man...just find that leak...i just fixed mine..just the gasket in the header...only took me a month longer then it should (no time) ...sounds great now...and its about time for a vavle job for me too...

04-13-2005, 01:09 AM	#15
MissJDM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: West Coast Age: 37 Posts: 2,244	Looks good. I rarely ever see any preludes of that gen around here..so I think she's sexay. __________________ you say it best when you say nothing at all

04-13-2005, 03:15 PM	#16
Grip72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Age: 39 Posts: 2,962	thanks..i actually ahve the only prelude in my town..its one of the nicer cars in my town cept for this rex done to the nuts!! its silver and slammed and a wicked kit..i rarely see it tho!

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