El Cid Acura

Well guys I haven't been here in a while. Marine Corp and School stuff has been really bogging me down. Anywho I thought it would be good to take some curent pics of my car and post them. I know you guys werent too up on the white decals and no sideskirts from last time so I changed alot. I took some tips from the forum and also added a couple of my own things. I'm on my 2nd tranny now and got the car boosted. I want to IC the thing but I gotta wait until someone is willing to give up their scalbert kit. anyways I hope u enjoy the pics. The mods are listed below.

Engine-
Comptech SC w/ HB pulley
Comptech IB intake
Greddy CB exhaust
AEM pulleys-kinda useless
no-cat (livin in SC rules)
Comptech headers/downpipe
ZEX 125 wet jet
ZEX 2-10 lb bottles + purge
Grounding kit
200amp alternator
optima yellow top
APEXi V-AFC II

Brakes&Suspension-
Koni Yellows F/R
Neuspeed 2" springs
Comptech sway bars F/R
Neuspeed Strut tower bar (polished)
Rotora BBK Front
Rotora D/S rotors and axxis pads rear
Tenzo R mean 6 gloss black 18" rims

Body&interior-
20% tint
custom gloss black mesh grill
Pure Body kit
cut lip
PIAA 1001 lights
Full Crossfire stereo system
BMF 10" in custom box
1000 W Class D
400Wx4
6.5 componants
6x9 rears
pioneer 6500 touch screen
custome dash w/ ignite switches for purge, NOS engagement, interior neons, remote bottle openers
sparco fighter race seats with custom brackets
sparco three point harnesses
sparco pedals
sparco shift knob
interior trim painted satin silver

pics:

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

i have a question... why do you need that shift light + huge tach if you already have a tach on your gauge cluster and drive an auto?

enginewise your car is quite nicely put together

interior wise - i would put the guages on to the a-pillar and lose that tach from 1996.

CL Platano

Word..love everything about except the huge tach..

mclarenf3387

How hard was it to get the Supercharger to fit to the car?
Was it from a CL-S or an Accord?

Like was mentioned already, looks good besides for the gauges.

Sun Diego CL-S

no cat, eh?! crazy guy.

rtatsutani

Closer to his line of sight for racing?

El Cid Acura

yeah I know the tach is pretty bad, but I gota deal and I'm eventually going to change it out for a full set of apex guages with the link box. As far as the guages in the A pillar. I refuse to do that cuz its just plain played out. It is cleaner but I just don't feel it and it is my car and no offense to anyone but I do what I like. I may put the guages in the same place with a custom cluster box.

As far as the charger I bought it from a guy with an accord. I got a killer deal on it and it runs great. I got the HB pulley from a comptech dealer and also a new FPR. It was giving me a lot of problems but those were all mended. I traded in my redtop battery from the same guy for a brand new yellow top and he gave me a deal on a 200 amp alternator-new.
I've been having tranny slippage again so I might need to go shopping for one once again. if it blows on me again i may go looking for a whole new car.

Lord Helmet

I like it except for the tach.










WAAAIIIITTTAAAAAA MINUTE!!! Did I just read about NITROUS as well as the S/C?? If so, what's that thing dyno!?

Lord Helmet

WAAAIIIITTTAAAAAA MINUTE!!! Did I just read about NITROUS as well as the S/C?? If so, what's that thing dyno!?

SkillmatiC

wow im loving your car bro!!! hot hot hot

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auhsoj

nice, any pictures from the back?

All Mine

Ultra hot. Tach is the only thing I disagree with. But hey, it's your car. I'm sure you have a reason for it. But dayum. That's hot. Show us the dyno graph!

All Mine

How do you like those turn signal mirrors? Were the lights easy to hook up?

6peedSleepR

dude.. how many pounds of boost are you running? When i had my cl-p charged I could only run 4-5 lbs. with the h/b/p and i had some problems with the "competch elbow" the part where the charger connects to the intake manifold. how did you take care of that?

6MTpromises

what kind of side mirrors do you have?

diori

Find someone to make a pod or something for the guages on teh dash........and 86 the Tacky Tach....will look a little classier. Nice car though

All Mine

Oh shit. It's a CL-P. I didn't even realize it untill I saw the black gauges. Cool.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

Sweet job. Same as everyone, I wasn't too much of a fan of the tach, and the gauges on the dash. You need to hide those.

El Cid Acura

I am also running 5 lbs. As far as the intake inlet it was tough but with the help of friends we managed to shave it down and make it work like a charm. The only real problem was the FPR and tuning it. we had to buy a fuel pressure guage and attach it in the line to see where we were while tuning. That helped alot. after that it was just a matter of finding a good tranny to go with the cars power.

for the mirrors I bought M3 style mirrors made for an accord at a car show. A guy bought a set of carbon fiber JTGC style mirrors and had them so I took them off his hands. I have defenitely learned that if you wait a little deals sort of fall in your lap after meeting the right people and ging to the right places. Also being a nice person isn't bad either.

El Cid Acura

Any type of suggestion would be nice guys. I am always looking for opinions and options and maybe a little compliment here and there, but who doesn't?

All Mine

Soo.... Dyno numbers? lol

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

my opinion would be lose those 18" wheels, they kinda 'cheapen' your car's appeal.
try and go with some 2-piece or 3-piece wheel -- it would set your car off.

El Cid Acura

havn't ever gotten it on a full dyno tuning yet. Want to. My tuners just got their full dyno in their shop so I cant wait to get it on their. Just a little more time.

All Mine

Track it yet?

mpchad

what year is it? you got an accord s/c to fit? what year was the accord? and where did you get the cover of the engine at?

El Cid Acura

its a 2003 CL-p. Yes it is an accord kit. It was meant for the accord 00-02. It fits better than the CL-S kit does. The engine cover is the original with a little engine paint-nothing tough.

mpchad

so the 00-02 accord s/c fits better than the CL-S kit? thats awesome, so would it fit a 03 CL-S?

Lord Helmet

SO, if your car is an '03 and it's a CL-p, did the CL-p come with the brushed aluminum int. trim as well as the Type S? I thought the CL-p's came with the wood grain only. Can someone clairify?

El Cid Acura

No the accord kit fits better onto the J32A1 block because it is more closely related to the J30 that it is on the accord. The CL-S is a bit larger and needs to have the CL-S kit on it. Or at least that is what I hear from the Comptech dealer.

El Cid Acura

The interior trimin my car was painted Satin Silver (I don't know where you got brushed aluminum from). I bought a brushed aluminum kit but only used a few parts from it. And yes the original trim was wood grain.

Lord Helmet

In the Type S it looks like brushed aluminum and I didn't read all of your specs so I just assumed it was the same.

Did you paint the pieces on the doors and rear quarter or did someone else. If you did, did you take them off and how'd you put them back on? Can you get me close up pics of them? I have parchment int. and this is a project I have been working on for some time now. (Silver as opposed to OEM wood) I'm just affraid to do the doors and quarters.

Thanks!

El Cid Acura

It does take some time as a DIY project. I took mine to my tuners and a guy there actually knew exactly what to do. He took off the interior panels and steamed them off and than painted them and put them back on. But instead of doing that I saw some guys buying sheets of silver vinyl and applying that to the interior. Only problem is that you really only have one good chance to apply it the right way. But in the end it is a hell of alot cheaper (probably only around $35 for a long sheet) and looks almost just as good. keep me updated I would love to see how things turn out

Lord Helmet

Thanks! I'm really trying to stay away from the vinyl sheets.

iisylentii

i like the grill and the side mirrors and where did u get them and do they come with out the turn signal and are they still powered ? but yeah i pritty much like almost every thing u done with the car

mpchad

yeah... what he said.... where did you get the grill and the side mirrors... i want them

El Cid Acura

Thanks, the grill is just the regular universal grill my tuners had at their shop. They had some left over sheets in the back so I took it, cut it out to fit the whole front end, and than primered and painted them (with the sanding process of course). I got the paint from Advanced Auto Parts and as far as the mirrors go I got them from a guy that had an accord. I dunno exactly which ones they are, but they are electronically powered, led's did come installed and no modifications ofr fitment. The only down part is their line of sight is much worse than the stock ones, but that can be exspected with after market mirrors. if you have any more questions shoot them over my way.

Yumcha

Nice!

mpchad

so, your saying the mirrors came off you friends accord, and they fit your 03 cl with no problem? what year is you friends accord? because i can just look for mirrors for that model accord and then put them on my 03 cl.

stilla

is that body kit ronjon it looks jus like it. but in mods list is says (Pure body kit) which is it?

thanks

El Cid Acura

no its isn't I bought the pure kit from andys auto parts and cut out the center. It not only looks better but its more sensable for a daily driven CL. At more than 60 MPH's the center piece bends and hits the ground, grinding it down and ruining the entire paint job