Good luck on that one. On their release post, the AWE rep was adamant that the valve was not necessary and their system works just as well without it.
https://www.civicxi.com/forum/threads/now-available-awe-exhaust-suite-for-the-honda-fl5-civic-type-r.52308/post-868828
I wish Hondata would let you drop in for jailbreaks at their hq in Torrance. That's super close (I'm in Ventura County like you) and can get some good food while out there making the trip more than worth it.
Man, same here. My 7 yr old is over the moon about my DE5. We'll see other much cooler cars and I'lll ask him which one he likes better and he always says "daddy's car." I get such a kick out of it.
All this excitement over the 09 M3 (which I think is an awesome car) and I'm over here more excited about your Si. I'm a 90s kid way into the tuner scene at that time though so that maybe why.
So you send a new valve cover right? No downtime needed on our end?
Do you do any type of core charge for the valve cover? Is that even available? Wondering what the heck to do with the stock one after.