BigDawg & JTSmith installed them into their cars this weekend. Install went smoothly once we remembered that the timing chain auto-tensioner has an access plate. JTSmith also upgraded his valvesprings, which went suprisingly smoothly with 2 people, air compressor, and dinky valve spring tool he bought for 100$.
Anyhow, mods to the best of my knowledge are as follows:
Both have k-pro, some sort of suspension work, stock wheel/tire size, some type of engine dampner/mount. So aside from the cams & intake manifold, they're pretty well matched. I rode in swwifty's (black) car first, then JTSmith's (white).
video was shot in 16:9, aspect ratio will be skewed unless you use a player that will do 16:9 such as the divx player. enjoy.
hehe. yeah, n/a is wierd like that - the power is so smooth that the seat of the pants doesn't tell you much. Both JTSmith's and BigDawg's cars felt good to me! BigDawg's had a much more noticeable vtec xover, but they've both got hours and hours of tuning ahead of them. I can't wait to see the final result.
hehe. yeah, n/a is wierd like that - the power is so smooth that the seat of the pants doesn't tell you much. Both JTSmith's and BigDawg's cars felt good to me! BigDawg's had a much more noticeable vtec xover, but they've both got hours and hours of tuning ahead of them. I can't wait to see the final result.
I just got off of the phone with him, and he made it home okay. I guarantee he hit 120+ on the way home though.
Thanks to Dave and Razid for coming over last night so that we could monkey our way through the first set (on Justin's car). It really helped out since I installed mine this afternoon in about 3 hours and 45 minutes (with a little goofing around going on :laughing: ).
I will tomorrow after I get one that is just a short full throttle pull. The logs I have right now are about 10-15 minutes long and show me doing 100 on back roads next to my house. :driving:
Forgot about that, Justin still has the PRB manifold and managed to pull on swwifty despite a 190lb handicap he carried. I know he's going to start emailing me more often about better induction now that he's better equipped.
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Forgot about that, Justin still has the PRB manifold and managed to pull on swwifty despite a 190lb handicap he carried. I know he's going to start emailing me more often about better induction now that he's better equipped.
yep. a PRC manifold was definitely one of the things he mentioned.
and not to split hairs, but his handicap was over 190lb, he was still full interior + tools/oil/crap in the trunk. Swwifty had his back seats pulled & empty trunk.
Either way, it says a lot about the drop in performance of the IPS k2's. Justin is anxious to get to the dyno now. . .
very nice video... i bet with the prc manifold and some tuning, it would have been maybe another car or two pulled in favor or JTsmith :laughing:
the 2nd race seemed a bit weird since JTsmith didnt pull as hard as the first race. I guess thats what ~200lbs could do to a car and having the windows down huh? albeit, very good video and sounds WICKED!
k-pro, cai, race header, catback exhaust, es mm and some nice sticky tires i would bet the addition to the ips-k2 and tuning (plus good driver of course) you can net mid to low 13s. heck DC5 RSX managed to do high 13s constant on the same setup minus k-pro tuning and the ips-k2 cams.
Not doubting anything, just trying to get better picture here; is swwifty dyno-tuned with the itr set-up? Cause if he is fully tuned, and the ips' are just dropped in with base calibration, then they are incredible, especially considering the fact that Jt is missing itr mani, bored tb,img...
Well, first off gotta say thanks to chunky, BigDawg, and swiffty. You guys are awesome mechanics and you're not half bad to hang around either :laughing:
The best description I can give of these cams is "deceptively fast". It's SO smooth. With the stock cams, it was really abrupt power delivery, especially when it hit vtec and then you could feel it really fall off after 7500rpm. With the K2's you just get a constant pull that last all the way until the rev limiter(I have it at 8600) and I'm sure these cams will do great even up to 9K, probably higher. I honestly can't stress how smooth the power delivery is. It's unreal. I can't wait to get another intake manifold to help realize the full potential of these cams. Even though I'm on the stock type S intake mani, you wouldn't believe how well my car pulls up top
Oh and the first time me and Jarrod went for a ride, we got a little surprise. I rolled out from a stop light in first gear and punched it. The car just accellerated. No wheelspin at all in first. Shifted into second and I almost hit the rev limiter. Absolutely destroyed the tires when I got on it second and I didn't even shift hard :laughing: That's when I started realizing there was definitely more power on tap.
So needless to say, the more I drive them, the more I like them. Hopefully I'll be able to hit the dyno and the 1/4mi really soon :thumbsup:
yep. a PRC manifold was definitely one of the things he mentioned.
and not to split hairs, but his handicap was over 190lb, he was still full interior + tools/oil/crap in the trunk. Swwifty had his back seats pulled & empty trunk.
Either way, it says a lot about the drop in performance of the IPS k2's. Justin is anxious to get to the dyno now. . .
I want to get him something better than a PRC, but yes there's quite a restriction there believe it or not, +3mm at the plenum increases midrange torque as well as lifting peak power. Imagine what a proper intake manifold or ITB's will do. I hope we can get him something before he gets dyno-tuned.
Thanks to Dave and Razid for coming over last night so that we could monkey our way through the first set (on Justin's car). It really helped out since I installed mine this afternoon in about 3 hours and 45 minutes (with a little goofing around going on :laughing: ).
Definitely need to thank those guys. We would have actually been done a couple of hours earlier with mine if we had just listened to Dave. And Razid is a freakin walking Helms manual. They definitely helped everything go faster/smoother :thumbsup:
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