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15-09-2010, 07:54 PM
JohnO

got my car under sisters name 900 for third party shouldve gotten fire and theft aswell not too sure if its all in there.
15-09-2010, 09:04 PM
flubbar

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Originally Posted by mizone

you might be better off with fire and theft to 10,000 rather than full compo your not covered for.

if i was working at an insurance company and a 60yo crashed her ep3, there will definitely be more inquiries than usual.

yea...now that i think about it...mite do that next time...
thanks for pointing that out! =)
15-09-2010, 09:21 PM
bennjamin

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Originally Posted by flubbar

Just Car Comprehensive...i use my mums name for the insurance.
about $14XX and she's about 60+ y.o.
on paper she's the only driver, but i'm 21 y.o. and paying for it all.

lol

Insurance companies DO have accounts on ALL car forums and are active. As are police , media and thieves :)
15-09-2010, 11:37 PM
tunacnt

opinions on injen or gruppe m intake?

pros and cons. im tossing between the two. any comments much appreciated!
16-09-2010, 08:02 AM
PeppeX

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Originally Posted by tunacnt

opinions on injen or gruppe m intake?

pros and cons. im tossing between the two. any comments much appreciated!

There are heaps of threads about this in the integra section.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...t=injen+gruppe
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...t=injen+gruppe
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...t=injen+gruppe
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...t=injen+gruppe
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...t=injen+gruppe

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Originally Posted by 45SET

I assume you sent me a PM on boost... I'll just answer on here.

You don't NEED the Mugen front bar for the Mugen intake to work. I've been running my Mugen intake with my stock front bar for 3 years, and have NEVER had a problem with it. At one point I actually removed the grill to make more of a airflow for the intake, but noticed no difference.

Basically a quick run down on intakes for the DC5

Injen - Arguably the best intake you can get for the K20. Offers a great noise, and gives noticeable gains in top end power. There are no real problems with this intake. People that have a cry about "hydro lock" are kidding themselves. As has been proven time and time again, you have to drive INTO a lake and let the car run for it to take effect, splashes of water onto the filter do not effect the engine
Mugen - Great intake. The shear size of the panel filter, and the bottom half of the air box is MASSIVE, which is a very good thing as it can hold more air (durr). Again, no problems with this intake... expect for people saying you need to buy the Mugen front bar for it to work :rolleyes:
Gruppe M - Again another great intake. Draws air from a cowl at the base of the window, and then feeds air to a pod filter. Again the air box itself is fairly large. Only problem with this intake is that SOME people seem to have problems with the cowl vibrating... a lot.

So going from Injen to Mugen you'll notice a drop in top end, but this is mainly due to a placebo effect, because you can't hear the Vtec crossover point as loudly, so you don't think you are going as fast.

At the end of the day for a car that is still running stock ECU, you'll loose maybe 2-3kw (which you can't feel with a bum dyno) and the car is going to be quieter... but you'll have a Mugen intake. Which is more important, overall power and noise, or JDM brownie points... I know which one I would choose.

There has also been experiments done by this guy about SRI (short ram intake) and CAI (Cold Air intake) and Gruppe M. Injen can get the coldest air, but since the piping is really long there is a large pressure drop which reduces the volume of air going into the engine. Gruppe M got a few degrees higher temp, but the pressure drop was lower. So Injen would be best bang for the buck and give u good gains at the top, while gruppe on the other hand will give u good increase across the whole range.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...light=heatsoak
16-09-2010, 12:01 PM
flubbar

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Originally Posted by bennjamin

lol

Insurance companies DO have accounts on ALL car forums and are active. As are police , media and thieves :)

i'm driving my mum's car! =D
16-09-2010, 05:39 PM
JohnO

Quote:

Originally Posted by tunacnt

opinions on injen or gruppe m intake?

pros and cons. im tossing between the two. any comments much appreciated!

bling and some performance there in the gruppe m, no cutting required everything is given to you and the doublesided tape in excess, easy install. i like it thats why i bought it, had a look at injen before but opted for the gruppe. injen 1/3 of the price right or bit more same gains choose whatever you like buddy.
16-09-2010, 06:30 PM
PeppeX

Just wondering how much do the stock EP3 rims weigh? Are they 16 or 17?
16-09-2010, 09:05 PM
flubbar

on the topic of exhausts...has anyone tried the spoon n1? looks stocky, but it's music to my ears.
16-09-2010, 09:43 PM
Philip Lee

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Originally Posted by PeppeX

Just wondering how much do the stock EP3 rims weigh? Are they 16 or 17?

I think they are around 16kg with tyre.
16-09-2010, 11:22 PM
JohnO

i saw alot cars parked outside superautobacs go with kakimoto racing but they dont make regu 06&r for ep3 =(, looking into js 60rs.
17-09-2010, 02:06 PM
Antv

go for 70rr johno....you know you want to lol