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"Tunes" typically only address engine (and transmission if applicable) calibration related items and do not get into safety equipment for liability purposes. Sometimes some cars have a tool for "coding" that can make changes to other modules in the car.

high flow cats sometimes don't cause CEL's, in my experience they always do, doesn't matter if it was a honda or a porsche. I just go catless if I make a change at all, which by in large I have outgrown/gotten too old to bother. Get a tune and have the emissions codes related to the cat turned...

I don't generally worry about oil pressure unless it is 0......or if it is abnormal, meaning if I normally idle at 20 and suddenly I am idling at 4, I would look into that. All the many years before variable or computer controlled oil pumps, you would look for 10psi per 1000 RPM, which I know...

They are not contradictory. You just don't understand what I am talking about. The Type R is not a one off car designed to launch a sub brand to be sold at a loss for a few years but with the intention to become profitable. Its been out for YEARS. Its a Mustang GT sold next to the V6...

calculate what your time is worth and how many times you will do this swap, add in some risk for dinging or scratching your paint or interior. then instead of worrying about this, buy this seat on ebay and swap it out after there are holes in your old seat. Seat

I think you hit the nail on the head, the GR Yaris was unprofitable for the first several years and then it has started to turn a profit. What year did the Type R come out? 1947? It ain't a one off car anymore. I 100% understand that there are loss leaders, there are specialty cars that can...

Yes it does mean they need to make a profit on it, they have to answer to shareholders. The automotive climate today is getting tough, no room for fluff. Layoffs are happening with German brands, Honda just took a 16B loss from EV BS. Again, the retail price is set between dealers and...

So its also extremely dated, great. I'm surprised it doesn't have a carburator. :p

Fair enough I did say "tuned" but I don't consider only computer recalibration to be tuning. A tune up used to be changing points, plugs, filters, etc. What can I say, I guess I am getting old, but I will always be in denial about it. What I was getting at is that the engine, the...

Profit is built into MSRP so yes, if a dealer sells the car at MSRP or above they make a "profit." However, once you want free floormats, the salesperson makes a couple bucks, the cost of a detail, tank of gas, PDI, etc is paid, the few hundred dollar profit in a Civic is long gone. God forbid...

Honda absolutely makes money on the Type R. That's not the same thing as whether or not a Honda dealer makes money on a Type R, to be honest, there are not many makes/models that are actually profitable for a new car dealer, new car departments lose money, many times even after the factory...

That's fair which is another reason I am not big on ruining one's only car.

For someone so concerned with downforce on a 300HP car, that wing is pointing the wrong way.

If I cared what other people think I wouldn't have the CTR at all. I care what I think and I love the car, I think wings are silly. But, there's a wing on my GT500 CFTP as well. And the GT3RS is totally fine for the track, but driven on the street it's big poser mobile. Which is why I have a...

Sorry not everyone agrees with your special build and wants to masturbate all over the blueprints with you. You asked if there is a market for the low volume variant and I (and others) are saying there isn't. Don't get defensive.

The Civic Type R looks great, big wings are just a little silly where I live. The Acura looks horrible to me. Absolutlely love the rest of the Civic and I deal with the wing because I know it puts down 10 lbs of downforce at 200 MPH and of course I don't want to spin off the road and at this...

I don't see the point in adding all of the pointless mods you listed either just to pick up some milk at the store. I understand some people think this is a race car but for me its a run around town car thats not a boring Camry or similar. It's a fun, do most things car. There are times I lay...

Bigger turbo and rose joint suspension, change the MSRP from 47 to 49 and leave the rest alone.

I use Pennzoil Euro Spec Platinum 5/40 in almost all my cars (I use C40 GT Red Label in my Spyder RS because I kinda have to), I am not an oil debater, lol. Even using 5/40 in the Civic I get no knock and can still knock out 30 MPG if I don't lay into it.

Not sure if you meant low loads or low RPMs, but there is oil that controls low speed preignition, if you used a 5-30 that wasnt right for a little turbo motor then you can definitely get some preignition with boost at low RPMs (under 3k or so). Oil viscosity alone does not make an oil better...