you dont need to remove the ehad to do retainers

 

 

that is the write up. I followed it to the T. you can open the pics bigger to view them. I had my laptop at the car when I did it. Buy the crush washers and do not try to reuse. I let mine sit for 2 days to let the loctite dry. mine is not a daily driver so I had this luxury. follow the thread above and you are golden. make sure the car is in a shop or garage when you start in case it takes more that a day to finish, do not start up after you are done until the loctite dries.

 

ordered!

 

Understatement of the century.

It's very very tricky, i lost blood & skin to fit my mirror-polished inlet manifold.

Took me 13 hours in total to fit mine.

 

Contrary to popular belief the Hondata IMG has a flaw that convinced me to sell mine. I will leave you to the search function for more detail.

 

could you elaborate on that? i did search and the main "flaw" i found was that it seems to raise head temperatures, while lowering intake temps.

is that what your referring to?

 

^ Yeah I have been looking into this as well and the main problem was that some people thought that the intake aided in a form of heat sink, by taking heat from the engine. BUT it was then argueed that during racing the engine heat is quite high but the standard engine cooling system was built to run at 140% (100% = optimal running temp) so any slight temperature increase due to the Hondata IM gasket would be fine.


Personally after reading all the posts I think I am going to do it... I plugged an OBD2 diagnostic kit and read the intake temps... on a scottish night the minimum intake temps were 31 degrees C!! which for me is WAY too high!!

 

in for more elaborate reason on how img is a bad idea...

 

My previous post was pretty much the answer. Don't do the Hondata Gasket if you live in very cold climate all the time unless you drill out a hole so the TB can get the coolant through it....

and by separating the intake manifold from the head itself the engine itself may experience a slight increase in temperature due to the manifold not sharing and dissipating the heat. The increase in temp could put strain on the cooling system but due to the system being only under 60-70% load then the minimal temp changes can be negligible due to the rad keeping the engine cool... IF you are worried about the temp increase then simply add the cooling parts such as thermo etc from J's etc.... to ensure that the coolant temp never rises too far...