New member from PA, updated w/ pics

slow06tc · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 17 Location: York, PA

Hey everyone. I'm new to tuning TC's. I've had mine for 3 years now but I've just recently taken an interest in tuning it. I ordered the car with TRD springs and struts and a TRD exhaust. Other than that my car is bone stock.

I'm a former Honda tuner. I had a '97 Civic HB with an Integra Type R engine in it. It ran 13.7 in the quarter with the ITR engine pretty much stock. The last few weeks I've been bitten by the need to get another toy. So I started looking around for parts for the TC. Then it happened. My girlfriend, Sarah, told me she'd buy me a CF front lip for my upcoming birthday, and then preceded to tell me I could buy a turbo kit if I wanted to. She had seen me checking them out almost every night for a week. I've never done boost so I've spent the last week or so reading whatever I can about turbo kits and TC's.

So that's where I'm at. I'm trying to find out whatever I can about boosting and I've been working OT so hopefully I can have my car boosted and tuned by spring. Tuning....it's a horrible disease, but it's so much fun! Looks like I've been bitten again!

SquallLHeart · Joined: 23 Oct 2004 Posts: 12953 Location: NorCal LED-Head

there is a subforum that is labeled as "forced induction"

there you'll find many options as well as information about boosting and the necessary work to achieve a good setup.

paulky_2000 · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 1105 Location: Bowling Green, KY

Welcome and good luck!

xDevious · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 876 Location: lansdale, PA

there is also a york, pa thread. i go to school in lancaster, maybe you can hit everyone up at a lanc meet sometime!

crazyedie19 · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 718

slow06tc wrote: Hey everyone. I'm new to tuning TC's. I've had mine for 3 years now but I've just recently taken an interest in tuning it. I ordered the car with TRD springs and struts and a TRD exhaust. Other than that my car is bone stock.

I'm a former Honda tuner. I had a '97 Civic HB with an Integra Type R engine in it. It ran 13.7 in the quarter with the ITR engine pretty much stock. The last few weeks I've been bitten by the need to get another toy. So I started looking around for parts for the TC. Then it happened. My girlfriend, Sarah, told me she'd buy me a CF front lip for my upcoming birthday, and then preceded to tell me I could buy a turbo kit if I wanted to. She had seen me checking them out almost every night for a week. I've never done boost so I've spent the last week or so reading whatever I can about turbo kits and TC's.

So that's where I'm at. I'm trying to find out whatever I can about boosting and I've been working OT so hopefully I can have my car boosted and tuned by spring. Tuning....it's a horrible disease, but it's so much fun! Looks like I've been bitten again!

i dont think i have ever seen your car around in york and i have had mine for 2yr now. anyways loke xdevious said check out that york pa thread we usually meet at dennys on the last saturday of every month.

NYNCTC · Posted: 8/18/08 7:18AM Post subject:

pics?

slow06tc · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 17 Location: York, PA

xDevious wrote: there is also a york, pa thread. i go to school in lancaster, maybe you can hit everyone up at a lanc meet sometime!

I'll have to check that out. I've seen some pretty nice TC's around the area but haven't actually gotten a chance to talk to anyone about mod's or anything.

I'll post pics when I get a chance. My car is pretty much stock so not much to look at. Once my CF lip comes I'll take some pics and see what everyone thinks.

Are there any boosted TC's in York? I haven't seen any yet.

crazyedie19 · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 718

[Are there any boosted TC's in York? I haven't seen any yet.[/quote]

yes 2 that i know of and one in lancaster.

A Black tc with an ebay turbo set up, and also tourqe tc that is super charged. the guy in lancaster has a black cherry pearl tc that has the turbonetics kit.
hopefully next year ill have a rado kit.

slow06tc · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 17 Location: York, PA

Hey Crazyedie19, I actually spotted you earlier today. I just checked out your myspace and I'm almost 100% sure it was you. It was by Round the Clock at 11:30 ish this morning. You were headin toward lancaster. Nice ride man.

torqueTc · Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 707

Yup. I boost! You should come out to the end of the month meet. I was hanging out with Dustin this weekend (black cherry w/ turbonetics kit) at the Mt. Wolf show, I brought my streetbike up and left my tC at home.

If you see mine out, its nautical metallic blue. I dont drive it much.

crazyedie19 · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 718

slow06tc wrote: Hey Crazyedie19, I actually spotted you earlier today. I just checked out your myspace and I'm almost 100% sure it was you. It was by Round the Clock at 11:30 ish this morning. You were headin toward lancaster. Nice ride man.

Thanks. yeah i was header to work at diehl toyota.

slow06tc · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 17 Location: York, PA

Here are some pics of my TC. Like I said, pretty plain. I'll post more when my CF lip comes in this week.

And here's one of my old sleeper hatch with an ITR engine in it. ;-)

Enjoy!

crazyedie19 · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 718

nice i want your seats! :bow: were did you get them done?

tCtCtC · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 9683 Location: Rated PG 13

psh... you should have done a full rebuild on the hatch and leave it looking like that

slow06tc · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 17 Location: York, PA

crazyedie19 wrote: nice i want your seats! :bow: were did you get them done?

I got those out of the demo car at diehl toyota. The backs are the same style only without the stitching.

tCtCtC wrote: psh... you should have done a full rebuild on the hatch and leave it looking like that

I know. I miss that car. It was one of those things where I was living with people and it wasn't workin out so it had to go so I could get out on my own. The guy I bought it from blew it up 3 weeks later. I loved that car. It was the ultimate sleeper. :-)[/quote]

BZinn1 · Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 4110 Location: Washington

shame that would be a fun little sleeper to play with.......

chrischoi · Posted: 8/20/08 9:22PM Post subject:

Hey dude. I'm right in Harrisburg. You let me know if there's anything you would like to buy out of my car. ;) Send me PM.

frankensteinwill · Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 59

those seats look damnn good man.

slow06tc · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 17 Location: York, PA

frankensteinwill wrote: those seats look damnn good man.

Thanks man. I've thought of gettin rid of them because I don't care for leather as much as I thought I would've, but I like the fact that they are different.

reelknead1 · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 78 Location: CT

Holy cow, I was scrolling through the pictures fast and i thought you had a TC with a honda engine in it. I almost had to call the police on your a**. I'm glad it was just my eyes being stupid :relief: