Lowie's DC5S...

[stevan]

Cheers mate loved your car yesterday!

have you installed the PG yet? rev match when down shifting at around 4k rpm and you should get an awesome rumble loved your car too man looks so mean rolling, i surpose i should sort out my weak wheel setup haha

[sugz]

Steve .. get H&R 25mm spacers fornt and rear.. quick fix!

[stevan]

Steve .. get H&R 25mm spacers fornt and rear.. quick fix!

hmm interesting, although i do admit agressive stockies would looks awesome i just have a stigma towards using spacers, i think after exams next week ill hit work fulltime and order the 17 x 9 +35 enkei RPF1's ive wanted for so long, SBC finish if possible yo

[lowie]

Tried installing the PG yesterday, jacking up my car is a bit of a process these days.

To the rears, use a small hydraulic jack on the tow bar, which then lifts the car enough to put my other jack under the tie bar with a block of wood in between for extra height.
Fronts only the scissor jack fits, such a pain!

anyway, yesterday I found out the nuts bolting my exhaust are imperial. Pain in the ass, didn't have time before the meet to go get a imperial socket set so that set me back a day.

Picked up a cheap socket set this morning to use from supercheap and began the length jacking process again!





As you can see, the flange is same style to OEM (obviously, as its suppose to be a straight bolt on to a stock cat)
With the 3 bolt pattern.

My cat



Only has two bolts. I guess it means I need a new cat, with OEM pattern flanges.

The same goes for the flange that connects the cat to the header, with two bolts and nuts.
Yes that shitty little blue thing :P




B-pipe to axle back is fine, WD40+9/16 socket did the job fine




Can anyone tell me quickly if the stock header/cat flange is two bolt or three bolt? (Don't have my stock piping with me)

Looks like I'll need a new cat to fit this. Hoping the header-to-cat 2 bolt pattern on the flange is fine, and that a cat with a 3 bolt flange cat-to-b-pipe still has the 2-bolt flange in header-to-cat?

[iversonruls]

header 2 bolt.
cat - b ppe 3 bolts

[lowie]

cheers for quick reply.
Thought so, just wanted to make sure. Good confirmation as buying a new header as this stage wouldn't suit the budget this week heh

[plAythiNG]

u buying TODa this wweeek comming?

[lowie]

nah.
Will need to save up a bit now, this weeks been a killing!

[plAythiNG]

i might be parting out my TODA....

[MYDC5R]

i might be parting out my TODA....

lemme know LOL! aslong as it includes the cat and sway :P

[plAythiNG]

if I part out one thing. I'm parting out everything... But someone already has dibs on my TODA header.

[lowie]

if I part out one thing. I'm parting out everything... But someone already has dibs on my TODA header.

lol

[lowie]

Fujitsubo Power Getter

Got it fitted on last friday
Originally was just going to bolt it on myself but as I stated before it wasn't a straight fit to my custom catalyst/header due to the different size flanges.

Went to westside and swapped my cat for a X-force high-flow 100 cell 2.5" made from stainless steel. Although it is xforce apparently it's Westside mufflers design and they gave it to xforce to sell and brand which I found quite interesting.



Suppose to be a real good design as well, Brad said he fitted it on Yona's civic and there was a 1hp difference on and off.











My initial thoughts was that it was alot quieter then my previous 2.25" custom catback although this one is slightly bigger at 60mm.
All the drone associated with highway driving and light acceleration in longer gears has been eliminated and i'm real happy about that.

Wasn't sure if i liked how quiet it was as I was use to something else but after a few days I've come to like it alot.



Compared to my 2.25" mild steel, non-branded custom, press bent, with a universal 400cell cat, leaking hunk of junk :P it is:

- Deeper and more throaty exhaust note (very good)
- stainless steel vs. mild steel (lighter and looks better)
- Alot quieter at idle and cold starts (good thing)
- Slightly less distinctive vtec crossover in the exhuast note (meh)
- more distinctive crossover from the engine bay (good)
- feels smoother to drive (good power gain for what it is)
- quieter across the rev-range (neutral)
- no more drone (excellent)
- and axel-back and tip looks ALOT better imo


Still running the hurricane header, made by liverpool exhausts... may change this soon as it is apparently worse than stock according to the guys at TODA and it's got a small leak in the flexi-pipe sections built into the header.
No major issue but just another incentive to change, especially in light of how crap my old exhuast was in terms of performance/fabrication quality and the header being apart of that purchase.

[stevan]

that looks the sex! how do you like the exhaust mate?

[lowie]

And a few pics at La perouse with Alex yesterday.