Achtane posted:

I love this thread.

honda whisperer posted:

Never tried turbo civic life myself. I've worked on and driven a ton though. Weird how a car can roll through a friend group. For a while my DD was an EG hatch that I was the third owner of without it changing where it parked.


It's weird because I know that's happening because I do the same thing but brains are dumb.

Some of my friends finished their vaccines recently and i got to share that whiskey with them. Very popular, thanks again.


Ask away. I love explaining the theory behind this stuff.

honda whisperer posted:

-Defroster something. Rain sucks. Blind in the rain suck harder.

honda whisperer posted:

Got the email today tunings done and I can drive it. Hooray.

I figure there's been enough heat cycling to give it another torque check.



Ahhh not crawling around is amazing. Probably did the whole thing in less time than getting it on stands would have taken.

Coating check. Probably an hour of driving, lots of full throttle / high rpm. The real test will be autox or better a track day.



The only issues are places I scratched it. No discoloration or bubbling. I'd say it's still the good stuff with a big I haven't tracked it * right there.

honda whisperer posted:

I did not realize it was rainbow chrome before putting it on and its glorious.

honda whisperer posted:

Poured 5 gallons of gas in the ffr and low and behold it starts and idles like a dream. After putting the fuel cell in I only added about 3 gallons so if there was an issue I could get it back out.

Fuel gauge still reads 00. gently caress. I'll look at that later.

Then I cranked up Benny hill and got the brz on the lift. Road trip coming up so I thought I'd give it a quick once over and make sure the header bolts were still tight. About 2k miles since install.







Maybe a little soot? No obvious leaks. It sounds fine driving. It sounds awful on startup but always goes back to normal maybe 30 seconds after start. The internet says that's normal and a leak sounds like rod knock.

99% peace of mind before 9hrs one way. Everything else was fine. Coatings holding up beautifully.

Reading the stories about track days making them back out plus the engine being high strung I think I'll order gaskets and hardware, copper spray them, and safety wire the whole mess. Won't sweat it short term though. I bet if I have parts on hand it's never an issue.

Ffr checklist for auto x

Fuel gauge? Not required
Doube check fuel pressure.
Set timing
Install and test cool suit
Tires
Trailer tires.
Bleed brakes one last time just because.
More gas.

honda whisperer posted: