Just registered, turbo accord owner

[retroshark]

hey guys, ive been living in atlanta for about 4 years since i moved from the UK. i go to school at IU but my homes ATL.

anyway, ive been driving my 02 accord for just over a year and a half. mods are as follows:

ENGINE

Garrett t3-super60 turbo
Tial 35mm wastegate
HKS SSQV blowoff valve
Spooling Performance Manifold
3" downpipe
3" stainless straight piped exhaust
Open dumptube
HKS Hi Power Muffler
Vision Motorworks FP guage
Hallman Manual Boost Controller
Flow matched DSM 450cc injectors
Xenocron 225lph in-tank fuel pump
CCA Intercooler and custom charge piping
Signal oil catch can
Pspec Tuning true short shifter
Full OEM 5spd conversion
Clutch Masters Stage 3 solid faced sprung clutch
Fidanza 9lbs flywheel
Stealth-mode oil lines
Chipped P28 ecu running crome
Moates.net Ostrich Romulator
Datalogging Port
OBDII-OBDI conversion
F22 Intake manifold and IAC
AC Autotechnic water temp adapter
AEM Air filter
Fan switch bypass


HANDLING

Tokiko HP shocks
Ground Control coilovers
APR front strut-tower bar
NRG engine dampener
AEM Big Rotor Kit (Fronts only)
Hawk pads


STYLING

18" ADR battle Exe's
TYC headlights
Mugen Replica CF Lip
CF eyebrows
CF fuel door


INTERIOR

Autometer Cobalt boost gauge
Autometer Cobalt oil pressure gauge
Autometer Cobalt air/fuel ratio gauge
Autometer Cobalt water temp gauge
PLX M300 Wideband
PLX Wideband to Narrowband converter
Pspec True Short Shifter
MOMO Phantom Shift knob


AUDIO

Pioneer Premier DEH-P680MP head unit
2 Pioneer Premier TS-C160R 6.5" fronts
2 Pioneer Premier TS-D901P 6"x9" rears
2 Pioneer TS-W12DVC 12" subs
Pioneer Premier PRS-D2000T 2 chan amp
Pioneer Premier PRS-D4000F 4 chan amp
Pioneer Ipod adapter




havent been on the dyno since the initial tune... didnt turn out so well and ran into some issues. anyway, shoudl be getting retuned at 9 pounds in the next few weeks. heres the latest pictures, although i literally put the new springs on this evening so i havent got pictures of those yet, but you get the idea.

if you see me around sandy springs or east cobb, say hi but dont make fun of my driving, ive been driving stick for 2 weeks so give me a break lol.


marc.

[bigdare23]

damn!!! thats a nice ass accord!!!

[efman]

welcome, props for one of the few good looking accords

[retroshark]

thanks guys, i try to do my best to make up for the hanous ammount of riced out accords.

later this week ill be installing an h23 intake manifold since the f22 one i have now is just not cutting it. ill have better pictures once the new suspension settles.

[2.0civic]

i was going to say, some more drop and maybe different rims but shit, nonetheless still sounds nice

[retroshark]

i was going to say, some more drop and maybe different rims but shit, nonetheless still sounds nice

just put ground control coilovers on, actually going out to try and shoot the car right now. ill have more pictures tonight i guess lol.

and if i was here next month id definately go, i just have untli the 6th before i go back to school.

[Nitro]

good lookin accord there...u might wanna learn to drive/tear up the clutch on something else tho

[efman]

you should make it out to the honda/acura meet were having next month

[retroshark]

haha yea that would have been a better choice, but hey, i was doing the conversion to get more power and because i had always wanted to drive a stick, so it worked out. yea, it did beat my car up a little but whatever, ive learned how to drive the car pretty damn well on my own so now that i drive it all the time and its not broken down for months, i can really practice.

[-Blown-]

Welcome, nice accord!

[retroshark]

heres the new pictures

[AlliRae]

looks great.... like the setup

[BlkCD5]

nice to know another superhonda member converted. I"ve heard a lot about this accord.

[N/A EK]

Welcome, and thats a bad ass accord.

[BABY J]

Rims will be FINE once u drop it. Also - keep ur ride garaged as OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. And YOUR NEXT MOD SHOULD BE A HIGH-END ALARM SYSTEM!! Nice car.

[retroshark]

Rims will be FINE once u drop it. Also - keep ur ride garaged as OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. And YOUR NEXT MOD SHOULD BE A HIGH-END ALARM SYSTEM!! Nice car.

ive got an alarm, but posting what alarm it is and details on other swecurity measures i may or may not have taken to secure the car would be pointless, especially on a local board lol. but yes, the car is well protected thanks.

[WhiteAccord]

Welcome dude...... Nice to see you came here....

[BABY J]

Good deal homey. I know people that can steal the ALARM off of a car and give it to you - LOL. But at least you take the initiative. +1

[retroshark]

oh yea, through installing my own alarm i know how to steal a car and disable the alarm pretty fast. it would take me 2 minutes tops to disable my alarm, start the car and drive off, so i know its not much, its more to alert me since it is a paging sysytem.

[wantboost]

looks good, how much boost are you running. how heavy is the car?

[retroshark]

right now im running 5 pounds, but will be running 9 when i get back to school and get it on the dyno. the car weighs 2900 i beleive, probably about that with me included, im skinny lol.

[WhiteAccord]

Dude no offense but our car ways 3100lbs stock with manual tranny...

[retroshark]

Dude no offense but our car ways 3100lbs stock with manual tranny...

it was just a guess, but i beleive its 2900 with an auto, btu im probably wrong. either way, it doesnt matter much, i dont race so its not much of an issue lol.

[£G2♣]

nice accord.....DAMN YOU GOT THE SAME LIP I HAD.....i owned for 2 hours and it flew off on the road somewhere......welcome aboard

[WhiteAccord]

IDK but still im not going to argue withsome who did their own tranny swap and work on their turbo setup at home....

[The Ren]

So you finally decided to come to my neck of the woods..

[imbosile]

very very nice, i love it

[ctzfinest18]

yes very bad ass accord keep up the nice work

[CHADbee]

wow...thats not something u see everyday. welcome to IA

[IndianStig]

thats a nice accord man.

gosh, i feel so bad for getting a prelude now, your accord is sexy, i shoulda' just gotten another accord.

[retroshark]

well guys, i jsut finnished what i would say is my first real car show point earner lol, i got busy with a multitude of different grit sand paper and began to polish th ehell out of the crap in the bay. so far, ive hit the bov 9 i bought it used and it was scuffed to hell) the manifold, the dump tube, the catch can, the wastegate and the turbo. the turbo took nearly 3 days to do and it looks badass. also painted the valve cover. but anway, ill get pictures of that later or tomorrow, im still making modifications to the air filter for my catch can line, since i deleted the long section of piping since it looked stupid.

[retroshark]

oh, and the curb weight of a standard 2002 accord with a stock manual tranny and all options is around 2976

[Maniaç]

Real nice accord man! Real nice and clean.

Welcome

[SPOOLIN5.0]

nice looking ride, better since the drop

[EmminoDaGreat]

nice

[retroshark]

here it is, sorry for the crap photo, ill get better later, my camera is stuck at my gf's house in cobb and i dont feel like getting my lazy ass over there to get it. although, the in car footage on it is quite tempting... anyway, enjoy:



oh, and the valve cover lettering is polished, you just cant see it

[WhiteAccord]

hmmm I that s prob what I did wrong your car is 2002 mine is 2000.... Love the engine shot... hey wanna build me a turbo kit?>

[BlkCD5]

I'd like one too

[retroshark]

if you pay, ill get you what you need. now that ive learned a lot from doing mine, id be open to install one on someone elses. but i still always recomend starting off with a pre-made kit, since theres really no way you can go wrong or forget to get something, and theres no issues with parts not fitting right (providing you get a good kit)

i had a lot of issues with things like the manifold arriving and not being decked, problems with initial exhaust setup, so theres a lot to keep in mind.

[RUFFIAN]

welcome. big ups for a pretty tight accord whats the ball park amount $$$$$ that you have in the engine? I'm trying to get mine off of the ground