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that stock exhaust should go too, it must be heavy af
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that stock exhaust should go too, it must be heavy af
Yea I’m sure it’s heavy. Just stuck because I don’t want the weight, but I also don’t want the crazy loud exhaust. And the K20C2 has a whooping 2 aftermarket options. A dual exit magnaflow that is heavy, expensive and wasteful (two pipes?!)

then you have Nvidia that is wake the dead loud. And ugly.
I’m planning on finding the highest flowing stock Honda/Acura exhaust and retrofitting (like ITR, EM1, EK9, etc). Or getting the muffler end of something quiet like Mugen Twin Loop or Fujitsubu. Maybe Apexi


Nice weight reduction! Fyi, Seibon sells a CF trunk + trunk garnish if you want to shed off some more pounds!
yeah I’d be stoked to have their hood and front fenders too. $$$$ and shipping to Hawaii would probably cost more than the parts themselves haha.
 

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Omg! I love this thread. Thanks for taking the time to weigh things and report back to us all. You were correct that I'd have an appreciation for this type of stuff. I think we both do the same things to our cars. I did this very same thing on my 2015 Honda Fit LX (CVT) with great results. That car was running low 15's in the 1/4 mile with just intake and exhaust modifications.

Looking forward to what else you come up with and will be dissecting this more to what I can apply to my Civic EX. This is Golden! Thanks!

BTW: What tires size and model are you running with those Enkeis?
 
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**This thread will be the Yin to the Yang of all the slammed, 19x9.5 riding, subwoofer hauling, clear turn signal, 3000 lb 10th civics driving around with their sunroof open playing some hippity-hop crap***
Got my attention, read the whole thing.

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I'm super into the stripped center console look if I could secure the cupholder by itself on there for convenience (is that considered moving backwards??) I've heard people compare our cc to the NSX one but I always preferred the low-down empty look of the older civics and most other cars.
Biggest thing I hate about the 10th gen. If we could make a slim shifter cage just for aesthetics and patch up the holes in the carpet (could lay a rectangle of carpet over the existing holes for color) it would look amazing and really make the cabin more airy, on top of the weight savings.

Keep up the good work OP!
 

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drove car like that for over a year. Got bored and with my history of tearing cars apart to lighten them, I have gotten to this list of weight removed.

Weight loss

Rear seat belts 7.8

Speakers and head unit 6.0

Rear door panels, rear floor mats, plus hardware from all removed 10.0

Spare tire/wheel 23.2

Rear tan plastic trims 5.2

Rear seat bottom 10.0

Rear seat back 21.8


Rear trunk floor cover 2.6

Trunk tools plus gray foam 5.0

Rear parcel shelf 5.0

16” rpf1 swap 23

7.4 misc trunk stuff

3.4 trunk back release mechanism, armrest, trunk back carpet

=130.4

2742 - 130.4 = 2,611.60 lbs

Just doing some homework for future purposes. ;)
 
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Hey guys been a while. Car is now older, with more miles, and maybe a few more rock chips. ?

down to almost exactly 2500 lbs now. Got rid of the crappy all season tires and put some Hankook Ventus V12 205/5516 tires. Slightly under sized and only 19 lbs each. Those, couple with some dash and sound deadening gutting has me down some more pounds.

still slacking on getting the Recaro seat.

I think 2420 lbs is in the car with;
Titanium lugs
Lithium battery
Cat delete
A/C delete with the Canadian Civic DX pulley (replaces the pulley the A/C Compressor drives on)

really hating the fkx front grill. Holding up like crap. Look at it the wrong way and it scratches. Also fading and cleaning those 278 tiny holes is a PITA. Going to go to the stock sport black front grill soon.

looking forward to the K tuner and RV6 cat delete down pipe. Hoping for a turkey day sale like last year and I’ll scoop them up.

long term, id like to show a camera view of a 0-100 test with all the mods done. If I had to guess, as it currently sits stock 158 hp and 2500 lbs puts me very close to the power to weight of a EM1 Si, but with much better gearing and torque. Current acceleration should sit between EM1 and a ITR. In the end, I want a high 5’s/low 6’s to 60 car. I think 2420 lbs and ~185 hp should do it. That power to weight betters a E36 M3.
 
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BTW: What tires size and model are you running with those Enkeis?
The Copper TFR’s I first had were 17x8 ET40, 18.1 lbs each. I loved those wheels. The look at least.

The RPF 1’s are 16x7 ET43, 13.7lbs each.
 
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long term, id like to show a camera view of a 0-100 test with all the mods done. If I had to guess, as it currently sits stock 158 hp and 2500 lbs puts me very close to the power to weight of a EM1 Si, but with much better gearing and torque. Current acceleration should sit between EM1 and a ITR. In the end, I want a high 5’s/low 6’s to 60 car. I think 2420 lbs and ~185 hp should do it. That power to weight betters a E36 M3.
I am thinking with that power to weight ratio, you'll be in the low 6's, high 5's as well. I know in my 2015 Honda Fit, I had gained about 15-20whp (from 130hp to 145-150hp) with mods (From testing with Torque Pro App). The car was running in the 15.2-15.4 1/4 mile time range @91-92mph, while I was at a 2350lb weight. You with the added 35hp and similar weight should see some very interesting results.

I did have a CVT so results may be somewhat different.
 


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Oh yeah, I wanted to explain how I got to 205 being enough tire for my car. (Other than the obvious it has no hp’s lol).

1999-2000 Civic Si = 2,612 lbs and came with a 195/55R15 tire. Upgrades tend to go 205.

1997-2001 Integra Type R = 2,560-2,633 lbs, depending on year and A/C or not. Came with a 195/55R15. Upgrades also tend to go 205, maybe a 215.

2002-2006 Acura RSX Type S 2,736 lbs for early models, 2,848 lbs for 2005/2006.
205’s on 2002-2004
215’s on 2005-2006
Upgrades on these do go quite wide, 225 common, some even go 235 or 245. But this is a heavier car.
 
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Oh yeah, I wanted to explain how I got to 205 being enough tire for my car. (Other than the obvious it has no hp’s lol).

1999-2000 Civic Si = 2,612 lbs and came with a 195/55R15 tire. Upgrades tend to go 205.

1997-2001 Integra Type R = 2,560-2,633 lbs, depending on year and A/C or not. Came with a 195/55R15. Upgrades also tend to go 205, maybe a 215.

2002-2006 Acura RSX Type S 2,736 lbs for early models, 2,848 lbs for 2005/2006.
205’s on 2002-2004
215’s on 2005-2006
Upgrades on these do go quite wide, 225 common, some even go 235 or 245. But this is a heavier car.
I was asking about your tire size because I'm running 205/55-15's.
205/50-15 Vredestein Quatrac 5
Tire weight: 17lbs

I know how big you are on weight. Seems you have some good choices already though.
 
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I was asking about your tire size because I'm running 205/55-15's.
205/50-15 Vredestein Quatrac 5
Tire weight: 17lbs

I know how big you are on weight. Seems you have some good choices already though.
yeah tire weight makes a bit difference. Especially on low torque cars.
Two drives since putting on the new tires, car has a bit more pep in the step.
Pretty excited that the car feels the way it does without any real performance mods. I assume the K Tuner and down pipe will feel like a whole different car.
 
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You'll probably be able to snag the 5.9s 0-60 if you run a narrow, but sticky front tire. Dump the launch near redline since you don't have much power and pray the clutch holds lol.

As for the muffler, use small "cherry bomb" type glaspacks in a line, it's not much heavier than straight pipe and will quiet the exhaust enough to complement a race cat in your downpipe (assuming you do this to save weight and make power).
 
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Preview of what is to come.
I spent a significant chunk in the past 2 weeks getting:

Recaro Tomcat Yellow seat
Planted seat base
MOMO Prototipo Steering wheel
Works Bell Hub
Boomba underhood Red anodized engine dress up kit (should go with my red intake boot)
Project Kics Neo Chrome lugs
RV-6 Catless Downpipe
K Tuner V1.2

yeah so the car will have a massive update soon!

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