Matt's K20 CW EK9

Yeah its really good for the money! Will see how it lasts thanks

Looks the part in the bay. Prefer the black to the chrome/silver one I've got.

Thanks haha yeah I was like "I have to have the black one!!"

Glad the manifold went to a good home

kellsled said:

Glad the manifold went to a good home

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Certainly I'll have it fitted soon

Took a bit of time to polish up my manifold today before it goes on (hopefully this week/weekend coming).

Before it was a little corroded, I'd started polishing one tube.


After its much better!! Shiney




Also got my 5Zigen Pro Racer A-Spec courtesy of Dunx, should fit that this week too when my new decat arrives.

Came up a treat man, what did you use? That 2.5inch system?

Sure did i used AutoGlym metal polish, some wire wool & a rag!

It is 2.5 yeah

Nice job on the manifold!

jesse888 said:

Nice job on the manifold!

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Thanks took a bit of elbow grease!

Excellent manifold choice

Got a lot of silencers on that catback.
Obviously a track friendly exhaust?

689R said:

Excellent manifold choice

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Thanks! I thought so too

jesse888 said:

Got a lot of silencers on that catback.
Obviously a track friendly exhaust?

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Haha yeah I hope so! I wanted a track friendly one so hopefully it won't be too loud with me being decatted & with a manifold. I think 2 of them a more "resonators" than silencers & then mid box & backbox are silencers.

Yeah just the like buddyclub spec 2 "silencer"
Never heard of pro racer before, although I'm not that into exhaust systems.

It's an awesome exhaust, absolutely loved mine! Nice and refined doing the daily tasks but sounds awesome in vtec. Also looks really nice too
sad to see mine go but I need custom :'( haha

jesse888 said:

Yeah just the like buddyclub spec 2 "silencer"
Never heard of pro racer before, although I'm not that into exhaust systems.

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Haha yeah! More to reduce exhaust boom than make it quieter I think. A guy I know had on his 9 & sounded nuts! I do like 5zigen stuff, hard to find now though really.

nicole_ said:

It's an awesome exhaust, absolutely loved mine! Nice and refined doing the daily tasks but sounds awesome in vtec. Also looks really nice too
sad to see mine go but I need custom :'( haha

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Well that's good to know! Exhaust I have now is soooo boomy inside, makes my ears ring! I do like the burnt tip on it a lot. Aww well custom is good to have, I would have gone custom but a bit expensive for what I'd want really. So branded exhaust it is for now

Gave the '9 a much needed wash! So clean car snap -



Then - been as I'm fitting my S2 manifold this weekend, I decided to take off the heat shield and have a look at the condition of the studs etc (as I will no doubt have a nightmare getting them off!) I made a discovery -

Firstly - Nice rusty standard manifold yo!



Now to the point. I've always noticed a weird burning smell coming through the vents inside the car after I've been into VTEC for a short blip, say 2nd to the top of 3rd. Then this mysterious burning smell, almost like a fumy oily smell comes through.

I had never cared to investigate until now. It seems my manifold is leaking on one side. There is also a nut missing off one of the studs on the far right of the photo. This could be the cause and made the gasket leak etc.

Reason for me saying this is you can see on the 2 branches on the right of the photo, there is damp around the flange on the head etc. I wiped it with my fingers and smells like oil. So definitely leaking I would say! Otherside is bone dry.

Engine burns oil btw (hence the swap soon to happen) which is why oil would be in the manifold. almost like a blow by leak.. Probably explains the smell!

I rambled on about that for a lot longer than I intended but you get the point

Fitted my Skunk2 Alpha Megapower manifold today! Love it! Made a real difference in sound & VTEC engagement sounds nuts. Can't say I've actually noticed any real difference in "power" but it will have made some difference I expect

OEM vs S2


Ground clearance is decent!


Fitted

Also got my Skunk2 Pro inlet mani ported 72mm & 72mm BDL throttle body from ijwhiteman!



And my Blackworks LCA's which I'm getting a tie bar to match awesome colour. Too bright for my iPhone camera!

More parts to add to the catalogue you've got.