slartibartfast

Is there a difference between '89 an '90 sedan rear brakes? I'm having trouble finding '90 rear pads or brake lines, whereas '89 are easier. Front parts are interchangeable.

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2007 Mazda MX-5 Touring
2002 Dodge Dakota QC tow beast, stock!
1998 Suzuki Bandit 1200S w/ $tuff
1994 Nissan Sentra SE-R w/ $tuff converting to ITA
1990 Acura Legend LS sedan leaving the stable

 

islandlegend

Everything has a downside:

-Tuning a car any more than bolt ons will have tons of issues. See: http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=683477

-Intake and exaust make the car better in the upper end and less in the low end. If they don't then they make the car too loud for normal people.

-CAIs are too loud and odd sounding for normal people, like your grandparents. It's a luxury car right? It's also a liability to them if you suck up water and destroy your engine.

-Dropping makes the ride worse, no matter how good your suspention. You can have an adjustable roll center and fully controlable suspention components but the springs and dampners have to be stiff to keep a lower car off the ground.

-Only a few people like body kits and Altezza lights, and even less have your favorite as their favorite.

-Lightened flywheels make your car harder to drive. It has less inertia so the clutch control has to be near perfect.

-Stronger clutches require more control as well.

-Sway bars(roll bars) make the ride jarring over uneaven left to right surfaces.

-Strut tower bars make the car too twitchy for many people, and can cause the car to loose it's safer understeer balance.

-Big rims make the car twitchy at the limits, reduce snow traction, and wet traction. The overall car gets worse.

-Big rims also raise the unsprung weight, making the car uncomfortable.

-Wide tires reduce gas mileage and stability in low traction conditions.

-Gimmick spark plugs (Splitfire, Bosch Platinum4+, etc.) only last longer at the stock power. Replacing worn spark plugs raise power anyway.

-Hyper-Ground and MSD are cost prohibitive, and may not really raise the hp b/c you replace the above when you install it.

-NOS kills your engine like steroids and is horrible for the environment. The remaining NOx destroys your cat. I've heard that they don't mess up your cat and I can prove to you with logic it's a lie: Your putting more Nitrogen and Oxygen in the chamber so you can burn more fuel. There WILL be extra NOx from ambient Nitrogen combining with the oxygen instead of carbon combining. In any case, more fuel burned means more bad gasses, period.

-Turbos require a lot of engineering knowledge, destroy the engine the same as NOS, and are very cost prohibitive to the manufacturer. The same T3 has been used in almost every factory turbo, with only slight modifications.

-Blocking the reduces emissions considerably and the manufacturer would be fined for this.

-Neon breaks very easily.

-Alarms, shaved locks, shaved doors, etc. are really useless and make getting in a car with a full load of groceries that much harder.

-Stripped interiors are just ugly.

-Carbon fiber is very, VERY cost prohibitive.

-In Dash receivers are cost prohibitive, the manufacturer can make much more money by making their own stereo.

-Subs use power and all the controlls to keep the power up are cost prohibitive and bulky.

-Everything that gives you performance reduces gas mileage and/or costs a lot and/or is hard to maintain.

-Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, has a downside. Just ask me and I'll probably have a downside to it (not to be all pessimistic and all).

There is a reason for the factory not putting on that nice looking strut tower bar for you! If it was an overall good idea then they would have it on all their vehicles. They don't want to make a slow car. They want to make it an efficient car, comfortable car, reasonably priced car, easy-to-drive car, etc.

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OH yea!! I forgot!!

-Big brake kits are cost prohibitive and usually too big for the factory wheel size.

-Drilled and/or slotted rotors can break when in cold, wet climates.

-Steel brake lines are cost prohibitive.

and LBNL:

-Racing pads are a nightmare b/c they have to be at a proper operating temperature to work well. When cold they are MUCH worse than stock.


I'm not saying don't do it, by all means. I am happily modding my car, and I hope the rest of you are too. This is just so you know what your getting yourself into... Newtonian Physics aply to tuners just as much as Murphey's Law.
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If you want a regular legend then follow theabove. If you want performance and superior entertainment do the opposite of what is written above. Does have a point about the NOS, but a turbo can be run with out beating a car to death

sam o nela

wth just happened? Did you just copy and paste an entire post?

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HAMMANM5

I use 91 oct fuel I feel like I get more mileage and a lot more power and my car is stock!

slartibartfast

Have you actually measured an increase in mileage with 91-octane? You need to run the tank almost dry and have someone else fill the tank. Then, see if you can tell what gas they put there.

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2007 Mazda MX-5 Touring
2002 Dodge Dakota QC tow beast, stock!
1998 Suzuki Bandit 1200S w/ $tuff
1994 Nissan Sentra SE-R w/ $tuff converting to ITA
1990 Acura Legend LS sedan leaving the stable

potter223

Picture speak 1000 words !!!!!

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Drkmstr104

I want to put a cold air intake/electric supercharger in my 87 legend, but theres like no room. Theres space behind the radiator, thats a guarantee to loose horse power haha, hot air = less dense = less power. Any suggestions on how I could get it to fit?

http://www.mimousa.com/info/blowerinfo.asp
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...4/SSPX0940.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...4/SSPX0892.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...4/SSPX0887.jpg

Thanks in advance!
-Drkmstr104

sam o nela

Electric super charger is a guaranteed way to get a whole lotta nothing...dont do it...

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Drkmstr104

Why not?

RedCoupe89

How many miles do you have on your engine. If you have been running cheap gas for awile or the previouse owner you could have a lot of carbon build up changing your compression ratio so you would see a difference between the grades of gas try seafoam engine cleaning then you should only need to run 87

mrtouchedme

I agree with sam....

electric supercharger = waste of money

and you can search the forum to find many different custom cold air intakes...basically you gotta run a hose/tubing to the driver's side fender where the filter will be in place of the factory resonator...

C25A1guy

Hey guys.... guess what...















I'm back

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Legend_master

Oh no not this guy .

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sam o nela

Lol awesome...nice to get back another G1 OG!

Hows the RSX?

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C25A1guy

Well, I'm back more as a prevayer of parts and information then anything else. Aftermarket, OEM, maintnance, performance parts, I get em all.


The RSX's been down with a blown engine since febuary. Hopefully I'll have it up and running in time for winter testing.

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