I’ve been a long time reader of cb7tuner.com but I’ve never posted. I have some decisions to make as what to do next with my car. It’s a 1990 Accord LX. The body still needs work and hopefully I’ll finish that up this summer. It’s only been on the list for the last 3 summers. I’ll list everything I can think of that has already been done and then list off what I plan to do shortly.
Suspension:
NuSpeed Race Springs
KYB AGX struts
Energy suspension front bushing kit
Prothane rear bushing kit (also includes upper front control arm Energy Suspension bushing for the rear
strut bushings, also the sleeves are welded in place per recommendation of this site)
Trailing arm bushings
Acura Vigor 16mm rear sway bar
1990 EX front sway bar
Front adjustable upper ball joints
Rear adjustable upper control arms
New tie rods
Ebay front strut bar
Brakes:
ROH upgrade to 11.1” rotors 25mm thick (with new rotors, pads and calipers)
Rear disc swap (with new rotors and pads)
40/40 proportioning valve
Engine:
Rebuild
85.5mm pistions (new)
All new bearings/rings/seals
Crankshaft was micropolished
Rotating assembly was balanced (with ACT parts)
ACT 12.5 lbs steel flywheel
ACT Stage 3 clutch
Bisimoto Valve springs and titanium retainers
Bisimoto Stainless steel valve springs
Bisimoto Intake Manifold gasket
F20B crankshaft pulley
P/S deleted
Manual rack
H23 IM manifold (soon to be ported and polished)
Ebay SRI
Ebay Header
Balancer shaft deleted
Magnaflow 2.25 catback
Magnaflow 2.25 Highflow cat
EGR blocked off
FITV blocked off
F22A6 camshaft
PT3 ECU
Interior:
LED dash/interior
1996 front and rear seats (originals are being reupholstered in leather very soon)
I plan on keeping this an N/A build. So with that in mind here are some of the things I plan on getting next. My eventual goal with the car is 200-250whp.
Bisimoto Stage 2 camshaft
AEM V2 for the Prelude
I was also thinking of buying either a Kamikaze, DC or Hedman Chikara Tork Stepped header. The ebay stainless steel header I bought, has caused some problems. I’m wanting to be rid of it. I had space out my A/C because it was hitting the lines after I got it in, the heat from the header actually melted a little bit of the aluminum A/C line even though it wasn’t touching it. Also having problems with gaskets on the downpipe. I just ordered the Hedman gasket for it to hold me over for the time being. I had another ebay header that was fine but the downpipe was partially crushed and the flex pipe was messed up due to other drivers running me off the road in winter. Sliding into the ditch backwards shortened up my exhaust about 6” and bent the inner walls of the flex pipe, couldn’t see daylight through it anymore.
This is where I want some help at. Is it even worth buying a different header? This ebay POS has a 1 5/8” collector I believe. Can double check that. Would it be worth upgrading to either the DC or Hedman at all with a 2” collector? With the Kamikaze I can maintain a 2.25” exhaust all the way. If I go with the Kamikaze I know there would need to be some fabrication done to it immediately based on some of the feedback here. Mainly to add a bracket so it can be bolted to the back of the block, to avoid sagging causing the welds to crack. Also I don’t need any just save up the Bisimoto header. I really want the Bisimoto header but can’t afford $1349.00 for a header right now. It’s on my list in a year or two.
Also I know very soon I’m going to have to get a chipped ecu and get a tune. I haven’t done any research into that yet. I’m not even sure where I would go for that yet. I live in MT and not very many people do a lot with Honda’s around here. I’m one of the few people around here to have a lot of work done for a Honda at the machine shops here in town.
So what I’m wondering is should I spend the money I was thinking about spending on a better quality header and spend it elsewhere? A programmable ecu and try to get it tuned? Or suspension upgrades like the fender braces for the CD5 and a better front and rear upper strut bar?
One last thing with the Bisimoto Stage 2 camshaft would it be worth running it with the PT3 or going with a P12? Both being stock mind you.
Sorry for the very long winded post. But I figured to help make a better decision it would help to have as much of the information upfront as I could supply you. Thank you so much!
Suspension:
NuSpeed Race Springs
KYB AGX struts
Energy suspension front bushing kit
Prothane rear bushing kit (also includes upper front control arm Energy Suspension bushing for the rear
strut bushings, also the sleeves are welded in place per recommendation of this site)
Trailing arm bushings
Acura Vigor 16mm rear sway bar
1990 EX front sway bar
Front adjustable upper ball joints
Rear adjustable upper control arms
New tie rods
Ebay front strut bar
Brakes:
ROH upgrade to 11.1” rotors 25mm thick (with new rotors, pads and calipers)
Rear disc swap (with new rotors and pads)
40/40 proportioning valve
Engine:
Rebuild
85.5mm pistions (new)
All new bearings/rings/seals
Crankshaft was micropolished
Rotating assembly was balanced (with ACT parts)
ACT 12.5 lbs steel flywheel
ACT Stage 3 clutch
Bisimoto Valve springs and titanium retainers
Bisimoto Stainless steel valve springs
Bisimoto Intake Manifold gasket
F20B crankshaft pulley
P/S deleted
Manual rack
H23 IM manifold (soon to be ported and polished)
Ebay SRI
Ebay Header
Balancer shaft deleted
Magnaflow 2.25 catback
Magnaflow 2.25 Highflow cat
EGR blocked off
FITV blocked off
F22A6 camshaft
PT3 ECU
Interior:
LED dash/interior
1996 front and rear seats (originals are being reupholstered in leather very soon)
I plan on keeping this an N/A build. So with that in mind here are some of the things I plan on getting next. My eventual goal with the car is 200-250whp.
Bisimoto Stage 2 camshaft
AEM V2 for the Prelude
I was also thinking of buying either a Kamikaze, DC or Hedman Chikara Tork Stepped header. The ebay stainless steel header I bought, has caused some problems. I’m wanting to be rid of it. I had space out my A/C because it was hitting the lines after I got it in, the heat from the header actually melted a little bit of the aluminum A/C line even though it wasn’t touching it. Also having problems with gaskets on the downpipe. I just ordered the Hedman gasket for it to hold me over for the time being. I had another ebay header that was fine but the downpipe was partially crushed and the flex pipe was messed up due to other drivers running me off the road in winter. Sliding into the ditch backwards shortened up my exhaust about 6” and bent the inner walls of the flex pipe, couldn’t see daylight through it anymore.
This is where I want some help at. Is it even worth buying a different header? This ebay POS has a 1 5/8” collector I believe. Can double check that. Would it be worth upgrading to either the DC or Hedman at all with a 2” collector? With the Kamikaze I can maintain a 2.25” exhaust all the way. If I go with the Kamikaze I know there would need to be some fabrication done to it immediately based on some of the feedback here. Mainly to add a bracket so it can be bolted to the back of the block, to avoid sagging causing the welds to crack. Also I don’t need any just save up the Bisimoto header. I really want the Bisimoto header but can’t afford $1349.00 for a header right now. It’s on my list in a year or two.
Also I know very soon I’m going to have to get a chipped ecu and get a tune. I haven’t done any research into that yet. I’m not even sure where I would go for that yet. I live in MT and not very many people do a lot with Honda’s around here. I’m one of the few people around here to have a lot of work done for a Honda at the machine shops here in town.
So what I’m wondering is should I spend the money I was thinking about spending on a better quality header and spend it elsewhere? A programmable ecu and try to get it tuned? Or suspension upgrades like the fender braces for the CD5 and a better front and rear upper strut bar?
One last thing with the Bisimoto Stage 2 camshaft would it be worth running it with the PT3 or going with a P12? Both being stock mind you.
Sorry for the very long winded post. But I figured to help make a better decision it would help to have as much of the information upfront as I could supply you. Thank you so much!
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