Jacob's Milano Red DC5R

[Paulieee_R]

Can afford respray, cant afford intake. hhhhmmmmmm

Aesthetics > Performance, sir.

Cheers Paulie! I'm dead set on a Fujitsubo RM01A. It's going to be best I think because it's not too loud and it will be more free flowing than a Mugen Twinloop.

Sounds good! I'm not sure if Fahad is still selling his! They're a bit pricey brand new!

[Beatz]

Aesthetics > Performance, sir.



Sounds good! I'm not sure if Fahad is still selling his! They're a bit pricey brand new!

I can get one shipped for $1100 on perfectrun.jp which is only about $200 more than a used one there are some businesses in Aus selling them for $1500 which is too much I agree!

[Beatz]

So today a package arrived on my door. After months and months of searching I finally settled upon a Fujitsubo Powergetter exhaust. This was such a hard decision for me for some reason because I really wanted to get it right! Countless hours on youtube and endless weeks scouring forums narrowed it down to the Mugen Twinloop, Fujitsubo RM01A, Fujitsubo Powergetter & Kakimoto Regu 06&R. After thinking about it I decided the Fujitsubo Systems would probably be the way to go in terms of noise level, performance increase and quality. Getting this installed has made the car feel a bit smoother and I'm happy with my decision!

Thanks to Jesse Streeter for helping me with the purchase. From Japan to Perth in 5 days! And a special thanks to the guys at Genie Exhaust in Myaree for fitting, top customer service and generally good guys!

[Norm]

The exhaust is looking mint Jacob! Happy with the sound? Feel any difference with a change in exhaust?

[mountfranklin]

reading this makes me wanna make my own threaddddddddddddddddddddd... cept too lazy and dont know how to :O

[iampotato]

How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?

[Beatz]

The exhaust is looking mint Jacob! Happy with the sound? Feel any difference with a change in exhaust?

I am happy with the sound! It's not too drony in the cabin which was the main purpose but it's a deep sporty note compared to stock! The car feels better in the low end I'd say. It feels less restricted to the stock system before.

[Beatz]

How much did it cost if you don't mind me asking?

Not a problem! I picked it up on upgarage (a Japanese website) for $450. It didn't come with the original box but the exhaust was new and hadn't been used. I paid $370 for shipping through Jesse Streeter.

[iampotato]

Not a problem! I picked it up on upgarage (a Japanese website) for $450. It didn't come with the original box but the exhaust was new and hadn't been used. I paid $370 for shipping through Jesse Streeter.

Wow that's a pretty good deal. Now I want myself one of these. And I agree that this exhaust is the perfect combination between noise and performance. Was looking for something that wouldn't attract too much attention.

[Paulieee_R]

I want a new exhaust now...

[DjentleDjiant]

Small update for today unrelated to the car. I'm going to Japan for a holiday at the begining of next year Will without a doubt check out Spoon Type One while I'm there!

This looks awfully familiar!

[Beatz]

I'm guessing... Eddy? Good to see you on Club ITR! Post an intro thread!

[Beatz]

So it's been while since I updated this thread. Haven't done much to the car so far this year because I've been a real travel bug and have spent a lot of time/money overseas. So for the moment it's just been a matter of trying to tidy the car up.

The other night I decided to DIY fix the flaking and cracked weather strips underneath the window as seen below


I'm a real perfectionist when it comes to these things so after scraping off the black paint with a razor and sanding it, I hit it up with black plasti-dip and this was the result. And yes my car is pretty dirty in the photo if this doesn't hold well I may just look at buying new weather-strips on Amayama.



I thought plasti-dip would be the way to go because it wouldn't need a layer of like paint to stop it from looking like crap and if I stuffed up I could peel it off and do it again. With the leftover plasti-dip I decided to spray over my centre caps and applied Honda stickers just as a small cosmetic touch up


I bought some RE002's after reading positive reviews and with Bridgestone having a buy 3 get one free offer why not? This has made a huge improvement to the vehicles handling and I can now corner in the wet without my car being sent into a spin (yes it happened, my brother shat himself) I'm holding out for some new headlights at the moment to replace the dirty old ones but otherwise holding off other modifications until I get back from my trip to Melbourne in July

[Beatz]

Small update ahead,

On Saturday I joined Perth Honda Club for a dyno day at Garage 101, It was a great day and good to catchup with some other members and get to know some new people! My car was fourth on the dyno and ran 145 horsepower at the wheels, below is a video showing one of the dyno runs

The result was a little lower than I was expecting, especially because a type S with stock exhaust and intake ran 175 at the wheels. What do you guys think? I think once I get the new header put in and get it tuned with an aftermarket ECU it should see a more decent power figure!

[Norm]

Awesome Jacob! Good to see you taking the car out to events. Next event is a track event I presume? hehe.

With regards to the dyno numbers, do not be so alarmed with what you see on the computer. Rolling dyno's will always somewhat present lower numebrs but the most important thing is you don't get fixed on tha too much. You don't really know whether dyno has been calibrated, and also what is more useful is power that you can use in the mid range around the track. Top end power doesn't seem too vital at the end of the day.