DIY: HONDATA IMG INSTALL

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

warning:you have to have a rag ready b4 removing the injectors and the fuel line. need to drain the coolant out.



disconnect all the lines and the fuelfail/injectors etc..etc..



disconnect the hose atthe bottom of the manifold


loosen all the bolts that is attach to the manidold
-(on the pic) thats how you remove the manifold
heres the bolt pattern.


*important*
make sure you take this bracket out for an easy diassemble.

remove the stock gasket out and ceal both heads and manifold surface.


install the HONDATA INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET


then....reverse the disassembly for intallation.




*you know how to remove the manifold then you should know how to put it back....

good luck.

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

bump for night crew....lol...

[Seemund]

ok ok ok, fixed.

[Zeuceone]

IMG=intake manifold gasket.

[Dwn4nythng]

Good write up, seems simple enough since I do alot of engine work. Should of did the throttle body gasket while you were at it Batang.

[Zeuceone]

the TBG takes like 15 minutes to do.

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

i wonder is installing the TB will make a difference? anybody who has it?

[Zeuceone]

i have it. not a real big dif. but it helps.

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

bump for this DIY....

[mattsbobo]

As always Batang....You're the man!

[Nomar06]

good stuff.

Do you know what is under the little hump on the left side of our manifold cover? Im thinking the fuel rail, but not sure

[mattsbobo]

How does this help with performance?

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

Originally Posted by Nomar06

good stuff.

Do you know what is under the little hump on the left side of our manifold cover? Im thinking the fuel rail, but not sure

can you point it out on the picture? i don't know what are you taling about..

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

Originally Posted by mattsbobo

How does this help with performance?

FROM HONDATA

Hondata have developed a special high temperature insulating gasket which replaces the stock intake gasket. This and bypassing several heat sources significantly reduces the transfer of heat from the head to the intake and incoming air giving you up to 5% more power.

Turbocharged cars often use an aluminum intercooler to cool the air compressed by the turbo. The intake manifold is also made of aluminum but because it is heated by the head from combustion and coolant, works in reverse to an intercooler by heating the intake air by as much as 50° C.

Fact: For every 3.3 °C (5° F) rise in intake temperature, air density drops 1%. The hotter the air, the less fuel the computer injects to compensate for reduced oxygen. HondaLogger datalogging software has enabled us to measure intake air temperature under varied driving conditions.

Around town, testing has shown an average drop of around 10 degrees C which is good for around 3 percent power increase. Remember though that 3 percent power increase is difficult to feel. You'd feel a greater change in performance getting rid of that passenger. In certain conditions a 30° C drop has been measured.

The Honda manifold is heated in up to 5 places. From the head, the interior heating takeoff hose, the cold idle valve, the idle control valve and the throttle body heater. The Heatshield gasket kit contains an insulating gasket, and installation instructions. A race version only version with the thermostat bypass blocked is also available.

The graph above shows the results of installing the Heatshield gasket and bypassing the throttle body heating and idle control valve heating. If you examine a Type R intake manifold you will find that most sources of water heating are removed. Further temperature drops are possible when in addition the interior heating hose is blocked. What the graph shows, is that as you open the throttle, the intake temperature drops slowly as it cools the intake. When you descend a hill with the throttle closed or drive around town on a light throttle the temperature climbs quickly. It takes a good 15-20 seconds for the temperature to drop again when you open the throttle. So if you start your 1/4 mile drag with a hot intake manifold - you are only starting to develop maximum power near the end of the run when the intake has been cooled. The Heatshield gasket kit gives you 4-5% more power immediately by lowering the intake temperature.

The Hondata Heatshield manual is available online.

Read what customers say.

[mattsbobo]

Thanks bro! You're an endless well of info.

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

NP matt.

[striker_1818]

out of his 2500 posts, half of them are DIY's
Nice nice
+1

[BATANG CITY JAIL]

^^ ....... and half of them are stupid sh*ts....

[reaper702]

+1 rep for the diy on this. i have asked how difficult and don't think i ever got an answer.

[xxmstajxx]

BATANG CITY JAIL.........you never listed what tools to use. I was wondering because I already bought the hondata gasket (havent installed it yet) and still waiting for my throttle body gasket....What extensions or wrenches did you use for those hard to get nuts and bolts?????