Modification / Tuning Questions

[stidiamond]

Hi everyone!

I'm new to the Honda world. My previous car was a 2017 Subaru WRX on E85 that had the following mods. Grimmspeed EBCS, Grimmspeed J Pipe, Cobb Flexfuel, Grimmspeed TMIC, IAG AOS, DW300c in tank fuel pump... This got the car to around 350TQ/368 WHP.

I'm at the age where I don't have time to tinker too much anymore but i'm wondering what's the best way to get the FL5 to roughly the same area as my old car with the most minimal amounts of parts / modifications.

Could it be done with just CANFlex + Tune?
CANFlex + Tune + Downpipe?
CANFlex + Tune + Intake
Just a Kuro Turbo?

I'm trying not to surpass the $3K mark.

There are so many different options that i've been seeing from all the tuners here and i'm kind of paralyzed.

Item	Price
Hondata FlashPro Civic Type R FL5 US 2023+	$795​
Hondata Jailbreak	$250​
Hondata CANFlex Flex Fuel Kit (FL5 Civic Type R/DE5 Integra Type S)	$590​
Custom Tune	$599​

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[Clark_Kent]

You can achieve similar power figures, likely a bit more, as your previous car on 93 octane pump gas with the following:

PRL Intercooler - $850
TSP Downpipe - $950
Hondata Flashpro - $790
ECU Unlock - $325
Tune - $500
Total - $3,415

The above totals can fall below your $3,000 target via a combination of purchasing parts in the coming weeks during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales, used parts, or going with the COBB Tuning Accessport. Based on what you're after, I would pass on CANFlex Flex Fuel since the stock fuel system is maxed at ~E30. At that point you're looking at an additional cash outlay for a fuel pump, injectors, and the added cost of tuning for an alternative/auxiliary fuel. Keep it simple with pump gas, a couple hard parts, tune and call it.

 

[UCF120]

You definitely do not need ethanol to make those numbers on this car. Check out Drobimw on instagram. Very popular tuner for this platform and he posts tons of cars he’s tuned, what’s mods they have, and the numbers he made. Intake, downpipe, intercooler, and his tune typically yields around the 380whp mark and even more torque.

Bigger turbo and ethanol cars are seeing closer to the 500whp mark on this platform.

 

[AspecR]

Hi everyone!

I'm new to the Honda world. My previous car was a 2017 Subaru WRX on E85 that had the following mods. Grimmspeed EBCS, Grimmspeed J Pipe, Cobb Flexfuel, Grimmspeed TMIC, IAG AOS, DW300c in tank fuel pump... This got the car to around 350TQ/368 WHP.

I'm at the age where I don't have time to tinker too much anymore but i'm wondering what's the best way to get the FL5 to roughly the same area as my old car with the most minimal amounts of parts / modifications.

Could it be done with just CANFlex + Tune?
CANFlex + Tune + Downpipe?
CANFlex + Tune + Intake
Just a Kuro Turbo?

I'm trying not to surpass the $3K mark.

There are so many different options that i've been seeing from all the tuners here and i'm kind of paralyzed.

Item	Price
Hondata FlashPro Civic Type R FL5 US 2023+	$795​
Hondata Jailbreak	$250​
Hondata CANFlex Flex Fuel Kit (FL5 Civic Type R/DE5 Integra Type S)	$590​
Custom Tune	$599​

E85 is unnecessary to make the same whp as your Subaru. Intake, downpipe, front pipe and a tune can get you anywhere between 360-380whp depending on your tuner. The OTS Hondata 93 tune alone would get you very close to your goal.

To be honest seeing that you're coming from a Subaru you might be able to save money and be more comfortable going with the Cobb AP, a JST Performance tune and whichever performance parts they recommend.

If you go the Hondata route, then a PRL intake, donwpipe and frontpipe combo(RV6, PRL, 27won) will get you there.

 

[dandaman15]

Realistically you can get close to 350/350 with a completely stock car on a custom 93 tune.

The addition of an intercooler and downpipe will reduce restrictions and resist heat soak but if you just want to do a few pulls and are not tracking the car they may not be 100% necessary.

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