[smufguy]

You might be one of the elite few who would enjoy racing their trucks around Good for you!

 

[GhostYK1]

Elite Few?

You might be one of the elite few who would enjoy racing their trucks around Good for you!

Elite few? I love driving this truck, it's more than just a point A - B utilitarian vehicle for me. It looks amazing and drives and handles like a sports car. More people should enjoy "driving" their Ridgeline.


It is funny that you mention racing though. Most times the guys will blow right by me once I reach the posted speed limit. I don't race it around. I don't go more than 10-13km/h over the posted speed limit. I just get there quicker! I avoid speeding tickets more this way.

 

[Bimmerman]

I think the work you are doing is awesome! It has me looking into doing things to my truck.

I love my Ridge but it would be a much nicer experience if it had 50 extra HP even at the crank.

 

[HondaPower]

I love my ridgeline! Saving up for parts and some mods in the near future.

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[GhostYK1]

Love my Ridgeline

I think the work you are doing is awesome! It has me looking into doing things to my truck.

I love my Ridge but it would be a much nicer experience if it had 50 extra HP even at the crank.

Thanks,

That's exactly what I was thinking when I started buying all the parts. Another 50 would be nice! :wink:

I love my ridgeline! Saving up for parts and some mods in the near future.

what parts are you looking at?

 

[GhostYK1]

Stage 2 Bisimoto Camshafts

Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year to all.... :candycane:

Cheers!


I decided to roll the dice and install the stage 2 cams while I have a couple weeks off work over the holidays. 1 Day of street tuning and I am very impressed with both the sound and the very noticeable increase in throttle response and power increase. As apparent by the decrease in fuel economy...lol

I will shoot some videos once the temps rise a little bit..... -23°C without windchill.

 

[GhostYK1]

260km worth of street, highway and back roads tuning and I pretty much have her all cleaned up. Avg 17.2 L/100km, not too shabby. It was 14.1 L/100km before the cam install. I will have to wait for warmer weather before I start doing any WOT pulls over 6k RPM. For now, partial throttle, VTEC engagement and WOT @ 6k RPM are all good to go.

This thing actually idles along the back roads @ 80/90 km/h a lot smoother than the stock cams did.

 

[Blackridgeline07]

Great bill and very detailed. The truck is looking awesome.

 

[GhostYK1]

Great bill and very detailed. The truck is looking awesome.

Thank you


Spent a bit more time on the back roads and highway today and got it down to an average of 16.4 L/100km. I think that is going to be my best average. Best I got during a 160km straight highway cruise was 13.8L/100km, cruising at 113km/h. I used to get 10.6/11.2. So I am averaging a 3L/100km gain in power...lol

 

[GhostYK1]

She will be going on the Dyno in the near future. Can't wait to see how this thing performs after a few WOT tuning pulls.

On another note, I was doing some research into valve spring upgrades. This cam profile is said to make power into the 7200 RPM range and the stock red line is 6250 RPM. Now I know Honda would use springs that are rated for more than the red line. There is a minimum safety factor that they must use. Knowing that there aren't a lot of Ridgeline owners swapping out camshafts and dyno tuning. I had to go in search of other J series stage 2 builds. After doing some searching it seems as though most of the people swim up and spend the extra $1200 on springs and retainers. My stage 2 camshaft lobes are 36.5mm and 37.5mm in height. The Acura RL and TL Type S J35A8 camshaft lobe heights are 36.5mm and 36.4mm. After doing some part number comparisons, The stock J35Z5 uses the same valve springs and retainers as the TL Type S. Only one that has any different specs is the RL with a different exhaust valve spring. For now I'll stick with my stock springs and if the need be, buy some RL exhaust springs. I'm still breaking in the camshafts and the first track day isn't til the end of May. No need to be running 7k RPM on the streets!

 

[GhostYK1]

Mighty cold out there!

Well I have to say that I am not really a big fan of this cold weather..... but this truck loves it!

100km road trip with city/highway driving and she came out with my best L/100km yet.

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-18°C and 9.25° overall timing advance. Had to raise the base idle up to 950RPM and she purrs like a kitten.

 

[GhostYK1]

Took some time this week to street tune the MAF calibration and adjust the timing a bit more. Today I did an oil change, Royal Purple 5w20, and replaced my crushed PCV hose. I am now seeing 11.7L/100km after a 140km 80% back roads & 20% highway drive.

Can these be real? I don't know that I was supposed to get better fuel economy, better throttle response and an increase in power after a stage 2 camshaft install. I also have my tune tight enough that my STFT and LTFT are both below 5% and the duty cycle stays below 80%. Guess I won't be needing larger injectors just yet. We'll have to wait and see what happens after the ITB install.

Couple little things that I have noticed since the camshaft install. The valve train is noticeably louder due to the speed at which the valves are closing. Therefore I had to adjust my knock sensor sensitivity and raise my base idle slightly. With most any stage 2 camshafts that is a given. Also with the increase in overlap I am starting to hear a tinny exhaust sound from the RV6 Performance pre-cat delete pipes. This spring I will have to look into header wrap and see if a bit of insulation will help get rid of it. It is really only noticeable under load and WOT.

Still no videos, sorry!

 

[smufguy]

Thanks for the updates bud.

With all the mods, what you are doing is increasing the efficiency of the engine and thus it is reflected in the fuel consumption. 20mpg is not that bad. Trade off is, louder engine and louder exhaust and gearheads relish in some tasty loud exhaust. My '89 accord with full exhaust, CAI, ignition, removal of secondary butterflies on the intake manifold and 3psi of above stock fuel pressure, I recovered 44.9mpg from Stanfield, NC to Lynchburg, VA which was a 196mile trip. Also the response was much much better than stock (though I converted it from a carb to an efi). My car was also lowered 2 inches and had drag coefficient of 0.32 stock.

Once fully done and broken in, I am sure you will enjoy all aspects of this upgrade

 

[GhostYK1]

89 Accord... Nice. I own a 96 Accord that I am building a SOHC 2.4L for.

As far as the Ridgeline is concerned. I am enjoying every minute of it now. Middle of a snow storm today. This thing rips in the snow now. Hard to keep it between the ditches in D3 with traction control turned off.

 

[GhostYK1]

My 96 Accord build, PFA!

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[IanRTL]

^^ That is a beautiful port and polish job. Holy cow! And is that a throttle body for each cylinder??

 

[GhostYK1]

Thanks, that's the exhaust side. Piston tops and combustion chambers look the same.

Yes they are Ducatti (Klien) 54mm individual throttle bodies.

 

[Carsmak]

Now that's a sleeper, if I ever saw one...

 

[GhostYK1]

With spring just around the corner I figured that I would get back to working on the ITB setup. :wink:

Took a few hours this weekend to get started on polishing the other half of the plenum.

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[Funkified]

Dude this build is savage! Instant sub! Keep up that good work man