ACC-HE

你地自己改定俾人改？去邊改？

I thought the ECU flash is the easiest, seems like only a phone firmware flash... anyone tried flashing their car?  What's the experience?  How is it done?

Hyde

你地自己改定俾人改？去邊改？

I thought the ECU flash is the easiest, seems like only a phone firmware flash... anyone tried flashing their car?  What's the experience?  How is it done? ...
ACC-HE 發表於 2009-4-25 12:18

you send your ecu to the place that flash it and get it back the next day

stevoo

Tires & wheels first, suspension, brakes and then engine mod. Just my 2 cents

prelude318is

Hondata reflash is one of the most effective power mod for your car.  To maximize the gain, it is the best to get intake, exhaust and header.  Depending what you want to achieve,  I think it is not too cost effective to make an AT car to go fast.  so it is better to get tires and suspension first.

ACC-HE

Thank you all,

what kind of suspension?  Sporty suspension? Wouldn't that make the ride rough?  Why do i need an upgrade?  I thought the original suspension is quite good already. or.. do i need something different to handle the additional power?

ACC-HE

Lighter wheel
Mr.JPG 發表於 2009-4-24 19:17

any recommendation?  how do lighter wheels help?  acceleration?

Where do you get them?  It is hard to tell from a picture... anywhere I can look at them physically?

What's considered 'light' for a 17x7?

ACC-HE

Sport Edition D5 Wheels 17" - CA$179.99, what do you think?

Compare to the original rim...
Offset: 50mm  (same)
Backspacing: 6.02"  (? not sure)
Bolt Pattern: 5-114 (same)
Rec. Tire Size: 215/50-17 (same)
Weight: 18.6lbs. (-4.4 lb)

pkphilip

Cars these days are "computers on wheel", my recommendation is... if you want to mod a car, you better start learning to fix your own car first.

When you mod the car, you can't keep it to the same noise level either way. There will be some difference. My preferences are based on stability over power - caz you can have all the power you want, but if your tires, brake, suspension are not up the speed, there's no point having more power. What you are asking is very typical "newbie" question where more power is better, but that's not neccessary true.

My preference:
Wheel+tire, brake (pads+rotors), intake, exhaust, suspension (spring+shocks).

Keep this in mind, to gain another HP/Torque, you need to consider how much you are investing. You can easily spend thousands to gain additional 20HP, but with that you can probably buy another car that has more speed.

Philip

Hyde

http://www.1010tires.com//images/wheels/large/Sport-Edition_d5_lg_enlarge.jpg
Sport Edition D5 Wheels 17" - CA$179.99, what do you think?

Compare to the original rim...
Offset: 50mm  (same)
Backspaci ...
ACC-HE 發表於 2009-4-25 23:32

i rather keep stock rims......

for street use, changing rims is more of a cosmetic thing.  if you want performance, you'd be using a much more aggressive setup and forged rims.  
you might as not change anything if you are gonna downgrade to some crap and using the same factory offset and specs.

Hyde

Thank you all,

what kind of suspension?  Sporty suspension? Wouldn't that make the ride rough?  Why do i need an upgrade?  I thought the original suspension is quite good already. or.. do i need s ...
ACC-HE 發表於 2009-4-25 22:27

less body roll, more mechanical grip.  
if you want comfort, your trade off would be performance, if u want performance you'd have to trade off with comfort.  and really depends whats your tolerance level is at.