FK7 build journal.

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Hello CivicX,

I just thought I’d make a build journal of my FK7 since it has come a long way from how the car was.

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First picture I ever took of the car since trading in my 2018 Q50S for commute purposes.
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got a set of LED lights from DDM tuning.
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The car did get your common bolt ons a year later around 2018 but the highlight was picking up my Pure450 turbo from Pure Turbos later that year. I lived in Oceanside at the time and Pure Turbos was around 10 minutes away from my house.
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The car was eventually fully tuned on 91 fuel and I had this fun race with a DE 350z from ABC Garage youtube channel.





Few months later I purchased a flex fuel kit in search of more power. Yes this was still on stock clutch! LOL
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The car started tuning for E30 flex fuel the same day after it was installed. After being tuned on flex fuel E30 for a few months I ended up racing this time a FBO HR 350z from the ABC Garage YouTube channel. I ended up losing with my slipping clutch but by all means that was a quick 350z. I do not have a phone video but you should be able to find that race in their channel.
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In attempt of achieving the OEM plus build and look, I purchased a set of Civic Si OEM seats around September of 2019.
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I even went as far as going for an OEM Style Type R grill with the OEM chrome badge. I said good bye to the Type R H that day.
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That same week I also peeled off the PRL sticker on the flex fuel kit in attempt to make it look OEM. Did you know it has a Ktuner sticker underneath it? LMAO.
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Just a tease sound clip.

Thought the car looked great that night so I took a photo.
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Early 2020 I replaced the OEM Civic Si shifter with an OEM Civic Type R shifter with Acuity rocker arm, centering spring and base bushings.
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Racing a couple of bolt ons and tuned 8th gen Civic Si. Mind you the car is suffering from clutch slip.


Spring of 2020 the car finally got the much needed Civic Type R retrofit clutch from Eman at NA Performance.
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Summer of 2020 I got a Caruse Aero flap for the car, installed some Eibach sportline springs and a set of 245/40 Continental Extreme Contact Sport tires.

I didn’t buy any new mods until winter of 2021.
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I moved to Las Vegas, NV around December 2021.
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Brought along the set of wheels that I didn't install until February
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Finally got around installing the Gramlights 57 CR.

 
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I got a set of FKX front bumper vents to feed in to the Cobra intake

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That same week I got around and finally installed the Si OEM inlet pipe my friend let me borrow since he moved on to the GTX2867R turbo on his Si.
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April 2022, I was able to find a used PRL turbo kit utilizing the Garrett GTX 2860R gen 2. This is the very same turbo kit that was in PhongVLG's car, I'm probably the 3rd owner. It's crazy how the GTX28 series is still considered a small frame turbo and yet it still makes the Pure450 look small.
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Install process wasn't bad.
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Once the install was finished I got right in to getting the car tuned right away. Since moving the primary o2 sensor was moved from the turbine housing to the downpipe, the tuning had to start from scratch.
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My cousin gave me 1 headlight from his Type R that was oxidated so I bought another used headlight else were along with the plug and play harness for the halogen to touring/Type R conversion.
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OEM Type R headlights installed but still in the process of tuning.
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Early June of 2022 I was still in the process of tuning but only had a few revisions left until it was finished.
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That same day when I was datalogging a highway drive for the tuning, I saw a blue Veloster N and a gray WRX STi racing in the highway. I joined the race lol Veloster N on the left (dashcam car) WRX STi in the middle and my FK7 on the right. The owner of the footage was able to find me a few days later on Instagram and sent me the clip.
 
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March 2023
I got a set of OEM mud/splash guards for the hatch.

Note: the OEM splash guards for the fk7 have a separate part number for the sport trim as they have a body kit the splash guards need to go around of.

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Installed. I was unable to get some decent side shots as the sun was out in full force glare 🌞
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I decided to add some spice to my Garrett gtx2860r gen 2 so I got a T51R gtx2860r gen 2 cold side housing from Pulsar.
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This is essentially just a compressor housing with a big whistle pipe attached to it which will make your turbo spool much louder, same exact specs from the Garrett housing I already have so nothing else will be affected but the sound.
 
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Just a quick comparison between a regular anti surge housing from the Garrett vs the t51r mod housing from Pulsar
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