I see, thanks for the info. I wonder how the exhaust would sound like without the resonators..more sporty perhaps?

 

Fantastic!

Are we done yet?

 

Yeah, woooohoooooo more improvement! Cant wait for the dynos!

 

Hey I didn't know this was back. I had signed up for the last one, hoping to give a little more edge.

I'm down to buy one. Put me down on the list.

 

any updates?
we're going to have to compile a list of people that want in or thinking about it again.

 

Ahhhhh is this gonna die again?

 

Nope its not! We are waiting for the fabricator to make the final piece to make sure there are no adjustments that need to be made.

 

Interested in this as well! Any new updates???

 

Not yet. I just sent Mike another email and ill let you guys know what he says.

 

Project is still on. We're waiting on a finalized prototype piece so we can R&D for fitment, power and sound. This piece should be ready in 7-10 days.

 

WOOT! Keep it going, man, keep it going.

 

Updates?

 

anything?

 

I just talked with Mike and the fabricator is still working on the prototype. We should have more news by mid next week.

 

Just out of curiosity - are you going to be doing before and after dyno's?

 

We were planning on it but we gotta finish the prototype first to make sure everything fits well.

 

no prototype yet?

 

Its still in the works... Its actually a pretty complex piece to build. Mike said he will give me another update early next week.

 

Update? Modbug!

 

Looks like we should be meeting up friday to see if this will be the final design.

 

Talked with Mike again and I have an appointment to get this installed on Friday. As long as the fitment and sound are good it will be the final product. We wont have any dyno results yet since he wants me to drive around with it to make sure there are no rattles or other issues. Ill be sure to snap some pictures of it while im there as well.

 

Woot, FINALLY.

 

OMG! Cant wait!

 

YES! cant wait for this either

 

This better not be a swindle!

 

I've been waiting a long time to upgrade my rl

 

Imma let you get yours on first before I pay for one.

 

I can't wait... tomorrow is gonna be an awesome day. I'm even taking off work early which almost never happens on Fridays.

 

Can you also take note on the mpg after the install? Curious if it'll help or worsen it, or maybe it won't do anything to the mpg at all.

 

I'll keep an eye on the MPGs but im sure they wont really change... As it is, i'm averaging just over 16 haha...

Hey what do you guys think about this? Mike and I were talking about other options for the RL as well. I think I would prefer the dual round tips and on my car. Excuse my bad 5 minute chops...

 

does mike and them do ecu flash/upgrade/tune?
that's what we really need.
any plans on the rest of exhaust?

 

I would go with the dual tips.They look good.Can't wait to see them on my rl.

 

A reflash would be great since it gets the fuel, timing and everything else tweaked so you do actually get gains. The sad thing is that since the RL does not have much of an enthusiast following, I doubt any company will invest the time into it for such a little return. If you really need to be able to tune it, I’m sure there is at least one piggy-back solution that would work ok although they are not ideal.

The stock ECM can both pull and add fuel as required. I know it will set a check engine light if the long term fuel trim gets to +15% or –15%. I did a k20a2 swap in my other car and had a wiring problem with the primary o2 sensor that made it think the engine was always lean. I wouldn’t get a check engine light till a couple days later after the ECM kept adding more fuel. It set a “too lean” code… After I fixed that it was at a steady +2.4% with an intake and exhaust. So there is really no need for tuning as far as I’m concerned since Honda is usually very conservative with the stock fuel maps.

 

Alrighty... just a quick update for you guys. Got it mounted up and drove just a bit. There is definatly more of an exhaust note and a noticable improvement in mid to high end power. Mike and I are still trying to fine tune the sound then I will take a vid of it.

 

finally!! all we need now is vids, dyno, and link to buy haha

 

How is it so far?

 

Power is good. and my MPG hasnt changed. Im going to call mike today to figure out where we are going from here with the design... Ill have another update this evening.

 

Are you going install the pre-cat deletes as well before you dyno it?

 

I'm not planning on doing the pre-cat deletes since I live in CA and emissions testing sux here. Plus I don’t want to deal with tricking the secondary o2 sensors so the CEL will stay off. Already the car has a noticeable increase in high end power and doesn't feel like it lost low end. For example when you’re going 40ish and floor it causing the transmission to drop into 2nd it really throws you into the seat a lot more than before. Plus the sound is nice too...

The true duals are back off the car for now though for some fine tuning and the addition of an X or H pipe...

Sorry about the quality of these. They were all taken from my phone.

 

Wow Nice work! What does the lack of the third cat do as far as compliance with air pollution regulations and tampering with equipment? Varies state by state? You just have to pass a certain minimum level?