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05EPz3
03-15-2012, 08:47 AM
What's up everyone? Name is Cody, live in Springfield, Mo and been in the car scene since 2005. I recent sold my 97 Integra RS and picked up a 05 EPz3 :mbiggrin: The car had 90k on the chassis and around 10k on the swap. The guy that owned it before me bought it blown up and replaced the tired worn out a3 with a 08 K20z3 and a six speed transmission. This was a major upgrade and one of the reason I bought the car. The car was bone stock except a AEM short ram intake. I picked up the car a few weeks back and realized it still had the stock exhaust, so I started hunting for a header and exhaust combo. The car felt a little boggy and you could tell it was laboring with the restrictive exhaust. A week or so later I made the trip to St. Louis and picked up a Comptech race header and Comptech exhaust. Along with that I picked up an Ingalls camber kit, 17x7 Work CR-Kai's and a few other odds an ends. I hope within the next few weeks to order some lowering springs(for now) and get this thing acquainted with the ground on some fresh new rollers. Enough with the talking, here are some pics.. Sorry for the quality.

First up a pic of my first true love :-D I'm going to miss this car, however it went to a good home:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/photo_1318309012a09c76c0.jpg

Now on to the real deal:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/24f47ae2.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/a064dbdb.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/611ea922.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/7b2749e3.jpg

Trip home from STL:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/c560bb79.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/abe20d53.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/3d1c1d07.jpg


Header and Exhaust install:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/331a3f71.jpg

Granted I am 6'7 and have big hands, this piping is ridiculous..
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/41d9a71d.jpg

New piping:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/a5c5b04a.jpg

Old Header vs. New Header
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s273/cbrewing/fca44573.jpg

Well that's all for now! I may start a build thread, who knows. I'm an admin for a local forum in Springfield, MO and really like this forum and hope to gain a lot of knowledge from it and it's users on my EPz3 journey!

Cody

ep3allstar
03-15-2012, 08:51 PM
hey man nice ep3 hope to see you around more

sleepy ep3
03-15-2012, 09:19 PM
Welcome Cody. I'm in St Louis. Kind of funny how we live kinda close, both have ep3's and both of our previous cars were an integra, lol. You should make the trip up to the Lou this weekend, as Gateway is doing a grand reopening on Saturday, and a Midnight Madness next weekend. PM me if you want to go, we could meet up and talk Ep bullshit.

usedep3
03-15-2012, 09:22 PM
Nice man. Looks like you have a great slate to start off on and you got some choice mods already.

05EPz3
03-16-2012, 10:43 AM
Thanks everyone! Sleepy ep3 I bought all of those parts from a guy in O'fallon who had a white ep3. I'm loving the car right now, just sad that my SSR's won't fit since they are 4x100. Oh well the Works was a nice replacement! :-D

misterhuuwee
03-19-2012, 06:57 PM
oh herro cody! love your car alot! cant wait to check check it out. people like to talk alot so didnt have time to check out the car.

sleepy ep3
03-20-2012, 12:17 AM
Seriously dude, Midnight Madness, this Friday. Hit me up. It's a great time trust me.

Clutchsi
03-20-2012, 01:10 PM
Welcome buddy!!!

Jukka
03-20-2012, 02:13 PM
looks good dude. Now I know who cleared out Liquid Cooled's parts..lol. Good thing I managed to grab my stuff from him when I did.

05EPz3
03-20-2012, 07:20 PM
Thanks Huuwee! I want to meet up and check yours out sometime soon, just been sick. ClutchSi came by this afternoon and picked up my stock exhaust. I have to work late Friday night and work Saturday morning or I would try and come up to Gateway :-/

misterhuuwee
03-20-2012, 11:39 PM
Thanks Huuwee! I want to meet up and check yours out sometime soon, just been sick. ClutchSi came by this afternoon and picked up my stock exhaust. I have to work late Friday night and work Saturday morning or I would try and come up to Gateway :-/

yeah he told me he brought yours, he like how mine sound and that why he wanted to go back to stock, and he went around and check out my car and he told me you be jealous if you see it lol.. he already offer me his car for my car lol.. but we need to get together for a videoshooot and a pictureshoot, hmu

gtolio
03-22-2012, 08:02 AM
Thanks everyone! Sleepy ep3 I bought all of those parts from a guy in O'fallon who had a white ep3. I'm loving the car right now, just sad that my SSR's won't fit since they are 4x100. Oh well the Works was a nice replacement! :-D

When are we going to see pictures of those Works on the car?

05EPz3
03-23-2012, 07:20 AM
When are we going to see pictures of those Works on the car?

Waiting on tires.... I'm putting on Bridgestone RE760's and I ordered them over a week ago!

EP3Lov3
03-26-2012, 06:37 AM
Welcome!