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I am of the opinion (which maybe wrong of course) that the oil filter really only serves to filter out rocks. I'd much prefer a filter that gets slightly dirtier oil to the bearings knowing that the filter efficiency will increase as the filter plugs. The oil itself is designed to suspend the...

Just following up. Had the car aligned and it had all sorts of toe out. The rear was on the edge of spec and the front had about 0.25 deg of toe out. Hopefully explains the weird tire wear!

303 user here.

Quite content with my 18’s. Purposely chose to run 235/40r18 for the daily wheels and keep the oems for autox.

Well I posted on a Civic website in a Type R specific forum… I’m not trying to diagnose if I got a decent life out of my tires or not, so mileage is irrelevant. The way it’s setup as it sits is not working. I’m asking if that is normal with the factory alignment because Honda was chasing lap...

How are the people with stock cars finding the alignment. Just wrapped up an oil change and noticed quite a bit of wear on the inside shoulders. Pretty even both sides and car drives straight. Car is daily’d but has not been on track yet. My only change is a swap to 18” wheels. Guessing I have...

Just got a new one today. 77CA-0068-121

I daily mine. Around here I’ve seen a couple FK8’s and one other FL5 on the roads. Last year I was at an autox that had 3 FL5’s other than mine.

I hear a bunch of people complain about Honda paint being too thin or soft, but with this FL5 being my first JDM car, one of my biggest disappointments has been the windshield. Just over one year in and it looks terrible. Pits everywhere, thankfully no cracks or spiders yet, but it looks...

Nope. That was what I’ve been using (with Carista adapter). It doesnt have the bidirectional capability for the EPB.

Does anyone have recommendations for a tool to set the EPB to maintenance mode? I’m debating something like the Autel MD806 Pro, or whether I should go for a tablet like the MX808 or Icon T7. I would prefer something that doesnt require a phone app. I know there are work arounds by removing the...

Sounds about right. The ECU is targeting a torque value. If it only takes 20psi to reach the desired torque value that's all it will request from the turbo. The colder temps are likely the reason since the air is denser.

If you plot wheel torque as a function of vehicle speed you’ll get a thrust curve chart. Remember that the transmission, FD, and wheel size all act together to multiply torque. Well at some horsepower/torque level it becomes unmanageable for the tire and all it will do is spin. Boost by gear is...

I can confidently say that Honda is not using Castrol Edge as the OEM fill…no surprises…lol

FL5 - while I personally think these would be more fun with a bonkers NA k24 revving to 9k and making something like 275hp, I really appreciate how well this car does a lot of tasks. J200 Land Cruiser - want something boring and unshakable when I need to haul or be offroad. Need a big lazy V8...

Note…I work around diesel engine HP fuel systems. 1. At least on the diesel side, Bosch doesn’t control their stuff the greatest. Can you tune the PID control for rail pressure in Hondata to account for the increased pump flow. 2. Diesel pumps operate at another magnitude higher of pressure to...

Checked the version history on my ‘24 and it was already on the version history shown in Djsetos post. I did have a SW update performed by the dealer back in June when it was in for a CEL. I wonder if that update is juts being pushed now, but some ‘24s were delivered with it.

My FL5’s fan motor is quite loud, but not the squeaking/chirping I normally associate with failing motors. It sounds like a small leaf is in there, but I’ve pulled the filter to look for debris before.

Both the normal Civic and the Type R use Fuyao glass. The Type R is just laminated according to the markings in the lower corner. The normal Civic’s use solar acoustic glass. The cost increase is likely because of the reduced volume. The acoustic glass was probably too heavy (gotta make sure the...

The factory fill was on the thin side for me as well. The silicon content is from sealants. The wear metals and silicon content should drop a bunch for the 2nd change.