A few recent additions!

[J-Ro]

Hey everyone,

Just thought I show the fruits of my labour yesterday
I finally picked up a few items, including my shifter cable bushings, Injen CAI and Cusco 3-pt strut brace. Plus a few other goodies...



Here are the shifter cable bushings installed. I decided to do it at the same time as the CAI, since you have to remove the stock airbox for both installs anyway.



And here is a shot of the CAI and brace installed.



I was pleasantly surprised by the CAI... I was expecting a bit of a change, but nothing much. It actually makes more of a difference than I thought, and gives the R18 a bit more juice The sound around 3-4k also puts a smile on my face! I don't know if the sound might be helped out by the Si exhaust, but it might.
The only problem I had with the CAI install was that the 17mm breather tube was about 1mm larger than the breather fitting on the CAI all the way around, and so wouldn't fit on its own. I think it was the fitting on the CAI that was the problem, not the tube, since the other end fit fine. Luckily my neighbour had a spare 1" gear clamp, and I used that to secure the tube onto the CAI, with no further problems, and no CELs
The strut bar is a bit more of a subtle addition, keeping the car flatter in turns. It makes it feel more controllable, and less "jumpy," especially if there is a bump in the road during the turn.

Among the other "goodies" that arrived were my Corsport endlinks, SS brakelines and front and rear Hawk pads, with a shoutout going to Tai @ Corsport for his true-to-form excellent service, despite my constant PMs
Goodies that have yet to arrive are my Megan downpipe, Megan H-brace, front & rear BDI rotors, G2 caliper paint and interior LEDs.
Once I get those, I think it'll be time to start a thread for everything I've done, and make it all available in one place

****EDIT****

Here's a drive-by video for sound... unfortunately my camera picks up a lot of background noise, so it doesn't really do it justice.



And I have to post this for a laugh. My girlfriend's PRICELESS response when I was trying to explain how to work the "movie" function



****EDIT AGAIN!****

Here are some more pictures of today's additions:

Megan downpipe:


Megan h-brace:


Downpipe installed... the install was fairly straightforward, except for the fact that you need three nuts, bolts and washers to join the downpipe to the exhaust, since the stock bolts are welded to the downpipe.


A shot of the new bolts... I used M10x30 bolts with M10 washers and nuts.


Megan h-brace installed... very easy install, but the only difficulty was actually getting the 17mm bolts on the subframe loose, since they were stuck on there like a bastard.


Side shot of the brace installed... fortunately, it doesn't reduce ground clearance by much.


After fence-sitting for a while, I finally decided to add the Injen and Megan stickers on the rad cover. At least they're not visible from the outside of the car



I'll make an "all-car" thread once I get some time!

[NBPRudy]

NOICE!!Looking good J-Ro!!

[AznSupastar]

Hot!!!!

[whitecivicsi]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to J-Ro again.


I have to say man your ride is tite! I love it. Everything you've done to it and the color is great!

[J-Ro]

Updated with vids!

[inyong1988]

wow sounds so bad ass!

[jspecFG]

The car is comming along sick Jason!


"wow, what?! this thing is f'n retarded"

[wing_gundam]

sweet car!

[J-StarR]

sweet ride dude!

[truflip]

car sounds sooo deeeeeeeepp like it!

[iluvmycsx]

looks and sounds good

[chenslee_cheese]

Whoa there, hold up. Where did you get that Cusco 3 point? I havn't seen those yet!

[J-Ro]

They're available through Z1 only, and for the R18 only. They won't fit the Si, but I'm still convinced that with some modification to the bars, it could be done. Or making new bars and using the brackets
And thanks for the comments everyone!

[Nomar06]

Your girl has a potty mouth!!!

Nice ride!

[civicsi1217]

HEY... where did you get those braces.. those ARE sexy MAN!!!!

[pd0019]

looks good!

what exactly does the shifter cable bushings do? do they change the catch-point on the clutch?

[TampaSi07]

That 3pt front bar looks like a nice way to defeat the millions of dollars Honda poured into engineering the ACE body structure to absorb energy. I can't imagine the damage you will now cause your car in a minor front end collision.

It looks cool though, but I wouldn't drive with it.

[andywho]

car loooks goooood the 3pt barrr is hottt!!

[J-Ro]

Originally Posted by pd0019

looks good!

what exactly does the shifter cable bushings do? do they change the catch-point on the clutch?

The shifter cable bushings eliminate the play between the shifter cable and the shift lever on the transmission. They don't do a lot when the car is new--they would make a larger difference on an older car where the rubber has broken down somewhat.

Originally Posted by TampaSi07

That 3pt front bar looks like a nice way to defeat the millions of dollars Honda poured into engineering the ACE body structure to absorb energy. I can't imagine the damage you will now cause your car in a minor front end collision.

It looks cool though, but I wouldn't drive with it.

The bars are hollow aluminum, and weigh probably just less than a pound each. When the ACE body structure forces the front end and the engine down in a collision, I guarantee that these bars are going with it. Steel > aluminum.
I don't mean to get technical on you, but bracing the car means that more crash energy is transferred to me instead of the car. The ACE body structure is meant to destroy the car and absorb as much of the crash energy as possible so that it doesn't go to the occupants. By bracing the car, I'm transferring some of that absorption away from the car and to myself (which also means that the bars would cause the car to sustain slightly LESS damage). Why do you think that racing cars from the 50s caused so many deaths when they crashed? Because the cars were built as strong as possible, which meant that all the crash energy was transferred to the driver instead of the car.
However, in the end, I'm not terribly concerned since the bars would buckle easily in a crash and the car's other safety systems are still in place.

[civicsi1217]

good answer... still doesnt tell me where you got em?? lol