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Mar 22, 2009 | 04:54 PM

RujoKinJal

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What do i need

I have a 2009 EX coupe

I'm new to Civic's so with that said....

what do i have to do to my civic to get the full potential from mod's such as SRI, IM, exaust,...ect.

just wondering.
Thank you in advance
RujoKinJal

Mar 23, 2009 | 08:19 AM

bcrichguitars

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SRI and exhaust are bolt ons and dont require any sort of tuning.
With an upgrade like an IM you are going to be putting more air into your engine, so you'lalso need more fuel. Now I'm not sure with the 09's, but you should be able to chip/socket the ecu and then bring it to a tuner/dyno shop and they will hook it up to their laptop and tune the timings and air/fuel ratios and all that fun stuff to keep ur engine safe. Hope that helps a bit.

Mar 23, 2009 | 03:19 PM

trustdestruction

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrichguitars

With an upgrade like an IM you are going to be putting more air into your engine, so you'lalso need more fuel.

Stock fuel supply should be fine for a mod like intake manifold.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcrichguitars

Now I'm not sure with the 09's, but you should be able to chip/socket the ecu and then bring it to a tuner/dyno shop and they will hook it up to their laptop and tune the timings and air/fuel ratios and all that fun stuff to keep ur engine safe. Hope that helps a bit.

Nope, and you can't do a K-flash either. You're gonna have to probably use a piggyback unit like AEM EMS or GReddy E-manage, to name a few. You don't even need a tune though with these mods so forget about it.