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Spoon 1.35 bar radiator cap
Spoon T-stat
Spoon T-switch

I asked my friend's shop about the Mugen parts, but it turns out that I can spend 20 bucks more (normally these Spoon parts would cost over 200 bucks, but I got it without tax or shipping, and a small discount since they are not big-profit parts) and get Spoon parts with higher bar cap and T-stat opens at 63 degrees C.

Relatively easy installation, although coolant went EVERYWHERE (but got 2 gallons of coolant for free from my buddy who works at the Honda dealership ).

That is all. I just wanted to brag.



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P.S. During installation, I noticed that Suburban Acura didn't put in the oil jet kit per the recall when they installed the new transmission.

mr.motoring

Nice. I gotta ask, how does she run with all those goods on the track? Is it a decent improvement over stock (seeing that we weigh 3400 lbs)?

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She can hold her own. It's a lot of fun to drive.

I had a couple of seasoned drivers test out my car on the track and they said it rotates pretty well and surprisingly does not understeer much.

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By the way, I meant to say that the t-stat starts opening at 65, not 63; fully opened at 70.

demolition_x

how much did the t stat and switch go for?

fsttyms1

Cool,



and the new trannies have the oil jet built in

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Inside?? Really? I did not know that. Grazi on the info.





demolition x -- Around 85-90 bucks each. They are more expensive than the Mugen parts. I figured I would try Spoon since nobody else has, and they open up at a lower temperature.

demolition_x

just makes more coolent run through the engine pretty much? thats the ones on my audi did

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Yeah, it circulates coolant at a lower temperature, so the engine runs cooler.

ndawood

congrats on the new mods!!! did you notice any different in the way the car felt? I would imagine that with a cooler motor you should have found a few extra hp.

You think this could cause any problems in the winter?!?

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Thanks.

Could've been my imagination, but during the 2->3 shift, the car buckled... it usually upshifts and just goes, and it feels like it's picking up speed faster in the mid-range. Regardless of whether it adds power or not, I was all smiles.

In the winter, I don't foresee any problems, except maybe the heater won't blow as hot. Speaking of which, I better reconnect the coolant feeds to the TBs.

ndawood

I was just going to ask you if you had reconnected the coolant feeds!!!

Im assuming that spook doesnt make these specificaly for our cars so which application will work for us?!?

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Thermo switch -- 37760-EK9-G00
Thermo stat -- 19301-BB1-000
Radiator cap -- A11-19045-000

They can be found on www.optionsauto.com.

shockwave

Are you sure that 70C is not two low? I've heard that some ECU's will never go into closed loop mode with a thermostat that is two low, because they never see the engine as fully warmed up. 70C is only 158F, which sounds pretty low. I would try to find out if the TL ECU will go into closed loop mode at this temp.

ABP-TLS

we have this problem with the tbird I own

the main down side is the car runs alot richer so watch your gas mileage

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I'll look into that. Thanks for the heads-up.


On another note, the MIL came on today and had me worried. Turns out, it was a random misfire on all cylinders (pulled up 3 different codes). Had it reset and hasn't come back on yet. Probably a fluke.