[Euro] best mods for money

**albii** · 03-05-2005 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by yfin

If power - cold air intake is best bang for buck.

Or to be cheeky - I would suggest selling those heavy 18" BSA rims you have and putting the 16" stocks back on - remove space saver and tools - and whola you have a whole lot more bang and you have made money selling the 18" rims.

ah yes but those wheels look magic on my car.....

**EuroAccord13** · 03-05-2005 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by joeseven

Is there any recommended method for hooking up a CAI?

Also, is a lightened flywheel worthwhile?

Flywheel is not worth the money, I've enquired, it's cheap from Comptech, but to install it ESPECIALLY on the Euro would deemed it "Not Worth" the Bang For Your Buck.

As for the CAI, what do you mean recommended? My method is to following the manufacturer's methods LOL

Originally Posted by The-Genesis

What is CAI?

Cold Air Intake

**yfin** · 03-05-2005 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by EuroAccord13

Flywheel is not worth the money, I've enquired, it's cheap from Comptech, but to install it ESPECIALLY on the Euro would deemed it "Not Worth" the Bang For Your Buck.

I agree - but definately worth doing when you need to change the clutch. As discussed previously my prediction is the Euro will be 0.5 seconds faster to 100kph with a light flywheel. There is a post lurking around from Toda suggesting that they see on the DC5 with just a lightened flywheel pull away from a DC5 with intake, header, exhaust. Maybe my memory is inaccurate on that - I'll see if I can find the thread before I get flamed.

**The-Genesis** · 03-05-2005 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by EuroAccord13

Flywheel is not worth the money, I've enquired, it's cheap from Comptech, but to install it ESPECIALLY on the Euro would deemed it "Not Worth" the Bang For Your Buck.

As for the CAI, what do you mean recommended? My method is to following the manufacturer's methods LOL

Cold Air Intake

O them. Ive heard about them briefly. Where can i get one fitted? Are they car healthy/friendly. Like no side effects. Next question would be about $$$

**stephen8512** · 03-05-2005 05:08 PM

no side effects, u can fit one urself relatively easily (some have written up methods on how to put one in with full pictures), it is car healthy and friendly and it gives a deep growl when u accelerate, which sounds meaner than the stock OEM airbox.

THe most popular ones for the euro seem to be either the K&N Typhoon cai and the INJEN cai. There is also the COMPTECH ICEBOX which has some gains on performance as well. (do a search on it). Others include a MUGEN airbox for pple with deep pockets and the GrouppeM airbox. (not too sure about the gains on these but i hear installing an INJEN or a K&N gives greater performance than either of these)

In terms of price, not too sure about K&N. You could probably source one locally somewhere in australia.
as for the INJEN, your best bet would be to go on EBAY and find one for the euro (it will be named TSX as this is what the euro is known over in the states). the INJEN CAI + shipping would come to about 400 AUD. PM Pum[Z] or Mattel and ask how much they got their for.
Comptech Icebox, not too sure either. PM Yfin and ask him where he got his and how much eh got it for. From memory i think it was 250 AUD or something? correct me if im wrong please.

Hope this is information enuff for ya and good luck modding the euro. its an awesome car

**kam** · 03-05-2005 05:34 PM

this is to all the owners with an accord euro, who have installed a C.A.I, does it actually make in difference when your driving the car, can you feel it?

**The-Genesis** · 03-05-2005 05:59 PM

K&N, if its easy to locate i might have a look at that. Hopefully like you mentioned there will be some gain in performance. By the way... the only car shop i know is autobarn :P If there is a shop for CAIs locally around aus, it would be pretty nice and wont have to go on the touble of sourcing it online.

**euro77** · 03-05-2005 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by The-Genesis

K&N, if its easy to locate i might have a look at that. Hopefully like you mentioned there will be some gain in performance. By the way... the only car shop i know is autobarn :P If there is a shop for CAIs locally around aus, it would be pretty nice and wont have to go on the touble of sourcing it online.

Autobarn do sell K&N. But you might have to wait as they normally don't hold stock (except for popular models like commodore or falcon)

But buying from overseas might turn out to be cheaper.

**yfin** · 03-05-2005 06:47 PM

You can buy K&N direct from Rocket Industries in Sydney - the distributor of K&N in Australia. I know this as they quoted the Typhoon for me about 12 months ago. Can't remember the price but it was substantially cheaper to buy online from USA.

The Icebox costs $150+33 for shipping = around $235 in AUD terms landed. I paid a bit extra for tracked shipping and also for the filter recharge kit.

**Matell** · 03-05-2005 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by kam

this is to all the owners with an accord euro, who have installed a C.A.I, does it actually make in difference when your driving the car, can you feel it?

In one word......"YES"!!!!!!!

**The-Genesis** · 03-05-2005 07:36 PM

Ok i ahve made up my mind to get K&N Cai for the euro. How much difference does it actually make? does it give the car a but more urge or will i notice a difference in acceleration? will it alter 0-100 time ? that is hoping for a but too much for a basic mod but i can only hope :P this will be my first ever mod. Ok simply i go to powerbarn ask them for K&N Cai for euro (they order it) and also fit it in for a price i assume for me.
Is there any other mods which gain some performance in the car (under 500 dollars)
which i should look into?

Thank you for advice

**yfin** · 03-05-2005 07:44 PM

Re what I mentioned earlier about flywheels - this is what TODA AU posted in this post re DC5R:

Originally Posted by TODA AU

Correct... You guess about most people is also correct...
The order things are listed in is in order of deminishing return on investment.
If you have to do things in stages or an order, this is what you aught to stick to...
Fwiw: I always reccomend flywheel, clutch & final drive sets over intake & exhaust because if you put the two cars next to each other.
The stock looking & sounding one, with only the flywheel, clutch & final drive;will chop the noisy bucket (Intake, header, exhaust only) every time...
It will do so, quickly, quietly and by a considerable margin.
For guys who only what a mild improvement to their car this is a sensible path...
There is no compromise to the reliability of the vehicle nor it's plain jane charater.
Adding the intake - header - exhaust after that is smarter.
You already have an efficient driveline, the small gains you get from bolt-ons will now take greater effect.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...light=flywheel