haha i feel invincible!!!! i thought i was gonna have a crazy hardcore time getting the cat off...my dad brought me his tools from work and this stuff called pb blaster or pb buster...something like that. for rusted bolts this stuff is literally liquid gold. i didn't even have to use a breaker bar on ANYTHING not even the freakin o2 sensor!!!!!!!! i was like holy crap everything just came right off with minimal force. so anyway i put the test pipe on and yea it smells a bit but damn you can feel the difference. that and the sound of the exhaust is freakin sweetness now...just a bit louder but no invidia the cat is in perfect condition with no broken honeycomb's inside

now for the sound i had...so i take the shop light and i'm lookin for an oil cap behind the engine and don't see anything...what do i happen to find....the black heatshield that is next to the header...on the side opposite the engine there's maybe a mm or two gap between the engine bay metal well there was an allen bolt that fit perfectly into the gap but the head kept it so it couldn't fall through...NO MORE NOISE@%@$%@^$@#^% i'm so happy.

now the next thing i really want to accomplish is the valve adjustment/retainer inspection to quiet things up a bit...also what do you guys recommend as the best oil to QUIET the valve train. i know its loud as hell but i'm sure i can quiet it just a bit to keep my anal retentive ears pleased either that or i'm gonna have to quietcoat the engine bay hahahaha

 

haha, I told you it wasn't coming from your cat. Yah, the PB is great stuff. I've been using it for years on the VW Bus and the 914, you can get it at NAPA auto parts stores. Good job with putting the test pipe in and solving the noise problem.

 

lol is this normal?? when i hit vtec from like 7k up it sounds like a freaking turbo spooling up and when i shift at redline it sounds like a BOV?!?! i dunno it sounds pretty freakin cool and i like it but i'm wondering if maybe my header to cat gasket didn't seal right because i reused it...like it doesn't sound like its leaking...hmmm i thought i tightened the bolts to spec but maybe they loosened...is this sound normal???

 

generally we have a loud valve train, but from what your saying yours seems special. I would have it looked at. Just for piece of mind

 

Dude, seriously, sell the car. Or, don't drive it. You're in a CONVERTIBLE!! A tiny little high performance CONVERTIBLE. It's small, it's loud, it makes noises.

This is NOT some luxury barge or for that matter an Eclipse.

Just drive it, it's a Honda after all................ stop the obsessing.

 

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG!

 

WhereTF were you on Saturday dude?

 

I'm pi$$ed that i missed it. but couldn't be helped. Read my MWG post. It says it all

 

Glad your noise is gone!

 

lol you wanker did you not read the "it sounds freakin sweet and i like it but wondering if its normal"!?!?! i personally like the sound a lot haha stock exhaust fake turbo for the win...i almost feel like ccmgr *snicker*

lol and hells no i'm not sellin this car and if i ever do i'm usin the money to put a down payment on whatever the current model year s2000 is out