RS Speed

In the flesh! Click link in my sig for build thread

click the link in my sig for the build thread... got a good amount of pics in there.

I'm sure fines about mislabeling is what someone is thinking about when sticking a 10lb nitrous bottle in a street car.

With 300-400whp goals down the line you might as well get it done right the first time. The cost of an intercooler really isn't that much to warrant skimping out on it. You would probably spend more money on complex piping with the smic then you would running a fmic setup with an ebay intercooler.

front mount with greddy style intake or don't do it at all in my opinion. The engine bay layout is just too perfect not to do it this way!

It's like shooting dice in our court system, hope I don't crap out lol

what car was this for?

so in short we may have screwed ourselves by going to the ref... either way, I'll just wait and see what happens, got too much going on in life to even worry about this. I barely drive the car and I'm honestly ready to sell it at this point anyways.

Is this from first hand experience?

I'm getting different stories from different people so at the time being I'm just going to wait for the paperwork in the mail since I can't do much til then anyways. I've been thinking about selling it to fund some other projects I have in mind so this might just be catalyst to that. Regardless, I'll figure it out and I'm sure it will be fine.

you can't even see my muffler from behind, its tucked up, looks pretty much stock. The guy was just bored. I might give the No-op thing a try i guess and see what happens.. I'll keep you guys posted.

Did some reading and asked a friend of mine which had 5 ref tickets on his integra and it looks like I can just pay the fine and be on my way (~$400-$650)... pretty much what the referee told us too. My idea with the lawyer was not to fight this case, rather drop the case due to some legal mumbo jumbo... $$$ talks in this town folks, gotta pay to play!

My friend got the same ticket, paid the fine and went on his way... I'm not sure about car car being black listed from being registered ever again.

In all honesty they should give me a prize for putting a modern EFI motor in a 40 year old car, but its really not about emissions in the end...

Sheriff pulled my brother over (I was passenger) for a modified exhaust. He said its illegal to have a modified exhaust in california and asked for us to pop the hood... you should have seen his face hahahaah. He was like "holly ****... uhh these pipes don't have carb eo numbers on them" I'm thinking how about that fire breathing dragon the pipes are attached too lol. So he writes us up for "modified smog device" and exhaust. Went to the ref and the guy said the cop was bored for messing with us and hes only had a few classic cars in his 10 years working there but it happens. Regardless there's pretty much nothing he could do for us, sent us on our way. Pretty much gonna get a lawyer to drop it or pay the fine... whichever is cheaper but I've put over 30k miles on my Z already so its a small price to pay I guess haha. pic of engine bay for reference... lol

nice work man... reminds me of my car lol

TPS disconnected when trying to set timing or plugged in... if im not mistaken it needs to be unplugged.

better safe than sorry bud! much better to take care of it before rather than after!

Just ran my friends rb powered s14 and the single walbro was leaning out on the top end at around 400-450whp... fuel pressure dropping to 30. I would highly suggest more fuel before you go and have to reschedule a session. What makes matters worst is tuning against pressure drop and realizing it later and having a useless fuel map which is overly rich once the fuel pressure problem gets sorted.

I had actually dropped the car a little more for the show too, good times haha. I def like that Z in the link, seen it around the net for sure. Can't beat the rotas for looks/fitment/PRICE$$ though lol.

yes I did! Exactly what you said, I ended up with the 9/9.5 setup. I've been thinking about going to some lightweight 18's for the next set... tires seem to be limited in the 17" rim category lol

Thats a good spot for sure... only reason I've heard people put it right after the turbo is in case the sensor breaks (not sure how often, or ever this happens) it wont destroy the turbine blades on your turbo. For what its worth putting it after the turbo will show lower overall temps but it will still be able to gauge a difference in temp so it still has functionality.