RSX

For my birthday, some of my friends went in on a Boomerang Armrest for me. Apparently they ordered it straight from the manufacturer because ClubRSX wasn't providing good customer service. (They couldn't ship it fast enough)

They also made me wear this sash......... and for fun, here is a picture of the 2005 Merlot that was also a gift.

I received the fixed Kpro module from JR and HRTuning.com on Monday the 21st. Thanks for the repair!

My Dad rewired the power to the Tunerview. Per this post I had him make sure to wire it into a "switched ignition source". It took a bit of research but in the end Dad said he used the power source from the cruise control.

Once the wiring was done I got in there and mounted the Kpro module box beneath the Tunerview. Then I did some cable management to make sure the wires don't interfere with the RSX's cup holder/tray. I used a 1 foot USB extension cable to extend the Kpro module box to the passenger side floor board so that I can still connect the ECU to my laptop anytime we do some tuning or data logging.

I've noticed that in cold weather the Tunerview screen response time is absolutely horrible. We're talking 1 second from pixel on to pixel off. (Look closely on the third image to see what I mean) This makes fast changing numbers unreadable. As the car interior warms up, this seems to get better. To help with this situation I've slowed down the update time for the Tunerview to the slowest possible setting. It's not a deal breaker, this is still an awesome product but I wouldn't mind seeing a version with a higher quality LCD screen.

edit: The last 2 images were taken after removing the protective film cover from the tunerview

Today Mike from One of a Kind Customs came by and installed my custom fabricated double din surround - he did an amazing job, very pleased.

The Tunerview is made by HRTuning here is a link:
http://www.hrtuning.com/pages/category/tunerview2-lgdash

Unfortunately when we went to turn it on for the first time the power regulator in the K-Pro interface module popped. Jr, at HRTuning is going to try to fix it for me. Hopefully it all works out, I'm still optimistic.

Snapped some quick pix of the RSX and Civic today, god they're dirty. What intercooler?

Tony bought a brand new Ingalls Torque Damper for the RSX. We installed it and everything went super smoothly..........

.....until we got to the very last nut.

In true RSX fashion, the car gave us the finger at the last second. In the process of torquing the nut down -to spec with a torque wrench-, the stud that's welded to the strut tower snapped. Classic.

Oh well it's all better now, Bill fashioned a solution using a new bolt in it's place, and the torque damper is doing its job.

Bill tears the RSX's transmission apart and installs the new LSD

Jay contemplates his next step in the LSD install on Tony's RSX.

General douchery

Shortly after Tony purchased the RSX, he dropped it to the ground.