Trentimus

Buy them and then get those H&R springs from the forum vender. He was offering them for 209?

Complete setup for <500 is a WIN!

spdandpwr

Gonna go with the hfp suspension...found it for under $700. By the way, does anyone know or have any recommendations for the brakes...feel like they could use some extra initial bite when I try to grab the brakes during spirited driving.

Trentimus

StopTech makes rotor replacements for about $350ish and you could get you some ceramic pads...

tech2332

Hey speed did you ever get the drls?

spdandpwr

yea, they're in my trunk, waiting to go on with the intake...hopefully this saturday when I have all the tools out and some extra help.

spdandpwr

Finally got around to installing the yellow DRLS. What's great about these is that you can look at them head on and they don't hurt your eyes...great for oncoming traffic on the other side of the highway.

spdandpwr

I also installed the aem cold air intake. Rest assured, this intake fits. I didn't use all of the hardware (i.e. to mount the intake to the frame) because the intake was snug, I was lazy, and I wanted to be sure there was some play once the pieces settled). Surprisingly, the intake is not as loud as I thought it was going to be. Then again, I could be used to hearing the intake sound as I removed the fresh air tube coming to the airbox when I first got the car, lol.





lower resonator box removal was an absolute pain. My friend threw the resonator box to the ground as soon as it was removed, lol.





installing the hose for the coolant was surprisingly easy. I should've done the coolant bypass mod, but I'll probably do that once the s/c goes in:



because I'm not a perfectionist, I didn't try to fix the fact that the intake wasn't aligning with the mounting point.

Trentimus

Coolant bypass mod? I didn't remove the battery either. Hmm.. It wouldn't align itself with the battery, I had to push it over there

spdandpwr

Yea, it required a good amount of effort to push over, so I was like eff it.

spdandpwr

The TB mod works by bypassing the hot coolant lines running through the bottom of the throttle body. By design, the coolant lines are there to prevent the throttle plate from freezing under cold temperature. Because of this, the throttle body receives the same coolant temp running through the engine, which also heats up the intake temp. Therefore, this mod is usually done along with the Hondata heat gasket to further reduces intake temp.

spdandpwr

Removing the battery made it easier to move around that area, especially as we were putting on the cupplers and tightening things.

Trentimus

Hmmm... should I do this?
And, the CT-E kit comes with a gasket.. I dunno if it has cooler properties to it like the Hondata one.

spdandpwr

I just mentioned hondata's heat gasket because they make one. But the ct, p2r, etc will all be the same. In our case, it's just to prevent the tb from contacting the hot metal of the supercharger. But, for a stock ilx, where the manifold is plastic, an aftermarket tb gasket isn't necessary.

SlaammedILX

Looks like a whales penis intake. Didn't know there was that much room taken up by the stock box itself. Great work haha

spdandpwr

why does everyone say that intakes look like a whale's member? Who started that comment anyway, I don't want to meet the person who actively looks at the private parts of animals, lol. That notwithstanding, the password jdm intake is the official whale ***** intake.

Trentimus

The stock air box is ridiculous lol.. I am still not sure how it got air.

spdandpwr

good amount of weight savings from this vs the stock box.

Trentimus

Like 10lbs it seemed like! That resonator box was heavy!

The downpipe is actually a weight difference too.. the RV6 pipe was a good amount lighter than the stock pipe.

spdandpwr

I'll be running catless so I suspect my weight savings will be even greater. With the spare removal, the intake change, and the downpipe delete...I'll have shaved a good 50lbs.

SlaammedILX

That's what the password jdm intake is called lol whales penis intake

usdmJON

Agreed^
The Whale Penis is just a term honda/acura tuners have been calling the Password JDM intake for years now.

spdandpwr

Took some pictures this morning:

usdmJON

This your whip?
If so what are the specs? 8.5 +35offset?

Trentimus

I believe that ILX was the one Evasive Motorsports was working on for the SEMA show. They're TEIN coilovers for sure though.

They're broken for me cant see them

spdandpwr

the images work for me.

neveronlineilx

I just called Greddy about the exhaust they made for the Sema cars and they said those were custom one off exhaust and that there were no plans at this time to release an Axle back or Catback for the ILX...

Looks like one off or custom may be the only option for us? I know its early in the game but if sales dont pick up we could have a hard time getting certain things (non SI compatible stuff I mean)

tech2332

Broken for me too, a lot of pics in your thread are but when i right click the pics and open in a new tab i can see them

usdmJON

lol Yeah so says the license plate.
Thanks, but Im trying to figure out the wheel specs so I can figure out what I need before I spend a couple grand on wheels. Gotta do it right the first time.

OP, How large is the diameter of the AEM filter where it meets the tubing? Has anyone measured before instillation?

spdandpwr

That's because the pics are large (and in charge ) I'll resize them whenever I post.

usdmJON

Contact Magnaflow and see what they can do. They got big by making custom exhausts. Nothing crazy or expensive. Just the diameter you want and the quickest easiest way to go from the motor and out... where ever you want it to exit.

Trentimus

LOL I didn't notice the plate. But you could probably email Evasive Motorsports on what the TE37 wheel specs were. I am 99% sure that is the SEMA car while it was in process to being built. Or email TEIN directly as that is the car they posted on their site when they officially confirmed the coilovers worked on the ILX.

I didn't measure mine when I got it, hopefully speed did to help you with that.

usdmJON

Evasive may know. I highly doubt tein knows or cares what the specs were... evasive might not even car lol They look pretty average so they probably just threw on some average spec volks they had sitting around.

Thanks douh.

Trentimus

Evasive actually responded to me EXTREMELY fast when I asked about the SEMA car. Shoot them an email.. I bet they know.

usdmJON

Don't really care enough. Knowing the specs of the finished Sema ILX is good enoug

Trentimus

Yep they're a good starter. You can figure the spacers in so their flush fitment with no tuck or roll, they went 19x8.5+38 rear, 19x8.5+40 front. I am gonna try to get something close to that, as I don't wanna mod the fenders

usdmJON

Yeah I know. I put those specs to memory so Id know what to look for.
And its getting there. But still a long way to go before it's flush. Still sunk a bit though. Check out the rear shot.

spdandpwr

They're runnnin 19x8.5+38 rear, 19x8.5+40 front and it's still not flush...I may need to rethink my wheels

usdmJON

Plus spacers. I say fuck the spacers. Same specs but lower offset like +20 or even lower and it would look perfect.

Trentimus

+20 on a 8.5 should clear fine because civic guys have ran +22 & +28 on 9" wide.

I feel like the Evasive set up was about as flush as I would want personally but there is definitely room to grow on it.

Trentimus

Yeah, the rims were actually +45 but had a 5mm spacer up front and 7mm in back. So that's figuring that in.