i was out last night coming home from a buddies house. i was on the the interstate (I-74 in indiana) and this 99-00 honda civic si pulls up to me. besides what i can see the big crome turd coming out the bumper i figure from the looks of the car the guy might have some else.....cai or something....
1st run 35 roll.....i take off in 2nd and leave him from the get go by 5 car links when we hit 100.
2nd run 55 roll...i take off n 3rd and he gets me? but i pul hard on him and end up about 3-4 links by the time i hit 100
so we get off the interstate and he asked what i did to the balt said nothing all stock he replied damn i need one i got 1500 in this motor. thats when the light turned green and i was out

 

Damn!

 

I saw a type-S today on the freeway with a fat intercooler smiling at my rearview mirror, complemented by a three-pillar gage cluster in the cockpit..How much do you think I woulda got whooped by if i woulda raced him?

 

Nice run.

Only one way to find out.

 

if he is tuned the right way it woulda got nasty. untunned though it wouldn't be so bad.

 

that's the problem w/ a lot of honda owners and just any car modifier. you can't add a bunch of bolt-ons and do some head work w/out a tune. $1500 and you pulledhim that bad! he def. needs a tune and someone to teach him what the hell to do with his car!

 

How do we get "a tune?" Call me a newb, but do we just take it somewhere and say "tune this?" How does that work?

Looz

 

Lots of blood, sweat, and tears, oh and beer

 

lol, now that's what i'm saying. well, you can really tune without some kind of tuning device. and the best, cheapest, and the most practical is an afc. particularly for the honda guys would be the Apexi VAFC. then you can tune your fuel:air to get the right mix and make the most hp.

a lot of honda guys (sorry to keep refering to hondas, it's really anyone in general) will get i/h/e/cams/port/polish sometimes like a skunk 2 intake manifold and then they won't tune it at all. with all those mods, you are making more power, but your running really lean. you got all this extra air flow and no additional fuel to take advantage of it. plus a VAFC will let you control your VTEC on a honda.

there are other ways to tune also like a wideband 02 gauge and then there is the best way which is a stand alone ecu. greddy emanage being the cheapest ecu unit.

or if you don't feel comfortable doing any of this yourself, take your car to a shop and ask for them to tune it with your additional mods.