This is the most important mod.
Please don't waste your money. In theory the intake and exhaust should make the engine a more efficient air pump, but in reality the throttle body is the limiting factor and neither one, nor together will result in significant performance increases.
Well spoken!Please don't waste your money. In theory the intake and exhaust should make the engine a more efficient air pump, but in reality the throttle body is the limiting factor and neither one, nor together will result in significant performance increases.
Yes, there are many that rely on butt dyno's or sound to think their truck is faster, but empirical data has overwhelmingly differently. The most popular aftermarket intake results in negative 10 horsepower.
If you want to increase performance the best way to do that is to use 90+ octane rated fuel. Other than that you need to replace the throttle body and find someone (that apparently doesn't exist) to re-program your ECU after replacing both the intake and exhaust... but not one single vehicle has been documented in such a condition.
One person did try and add a turbocharger, but from what I'm told all he accomplished was a catastrophic engine failure.
Let's just propose a hypothetical situation. In the early days of the Ridgeline Honda could test the aftermarket intakes and exhaust systems themselves without much trouble. As far as I know not ONE, NONE, not a single one improved overall performance. One did slightly increase peak HP, but the low end torque curve was terrible.
Then there were a few companies claiming to re-program ECU's. These companies would not accept ECU's from certain areas in Ohio or California, so they used pawns. Honda would send out an ECU programmed to a particular VIN and then have the pawn send the ECU to these companies then return the "modified" ECU to Honda for testing. As far as I know not a single ECU was actually reprogrammed in any way. It was just a scam. The ONLY one known (at the time) to have been actually modified was the BAJA Ridgeline by HONDATA and that was done under an EPA off-road waiver. HONDATA did not accept any orders from other customers than Honda. This is all hypothetical of course.
What's the deal with the radiators on these things. I've been getting a crazy vibration noise from the front end, like wind or something. I popped the hood and the damned radiator moves back and forth, like there's too much room between the mounts. Is that the problem people are having or something else?
The radiator is supposed to float in its mount. The slop is normal and thus I doubt your radiator is the issue with your vibrations.
Please don't waste your money. In theory the intake and exhaust should make the engine a more efficient air pump, but in reality the throttle body is the limiting factor and neither one, nor together will result in significant performance increases.
Yes, there are many that rely on butt dyno's or sound to think their truck is faster, but empirical data has overwhelmingly differently. The most popular aftermarket intake results in negative 10 horsepower.
If you want to increase performance the best way to do that is to use 90+ octane rated fuel. Other than that you need to replace the throttle body and find someone (that apparently doesn't exist) to re-program your ECU after replacing both the intake and exhaust... but not one single vehicle has been documented in such a condition.
One person did try and add a turbocharger, but from what I'm told all he accomplished was a catastrophic engine failure.
Let's just propose a hypothetical situation. In the early days of the Ridgeline Honda could test the aftermarket intakes and exhaust systems themselves without much trouble. As far as I know not ONE, NONE, not a single one improved overall performance. One did slightly increase peak HP, but the low end torque curve was terrible.
Then there were a few companies claiming to re-program ECU's. These companies would not accept ECU's from certain areas in Ohio or California, so they used pawns. Honda would send out an ECU programmed to a particular VIN and then have the pawn send the ECU to these companies then return the "modified" ECU to Honda for testing. As far as I know not a single ECU was actually reprogrammed in any way. It was just a scam. The ONLY one known (at the time) to have been actually modified was the BAJA Ridgeline by HONDATA and that was done under an EPA off-road waiver. HONDATA did not accept any orders from other customers than Honda. This is all hypothetical of course.
