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[TAEGEUK_DE5]

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[AdreeN]

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Whatchu got against blue? ?

 

[ABPDE5]

Acuity shifter installed! Had to stop to make a late lunch or I'd be out cruisin' ?

 

[bigfx]

Acuity shifter installed! Had to stop to make a late lunch or I'd be out cruisin' ?

How was the install?

 

[JPx1967]

Took a few pics

 

[ABPDE5]

How was the install?

Not too bad! Took me about 2.5 hrs, including half an hour of tinkering with different settings for the gate / throw and 15 minutes of trying to fix a panel gap for the center console that exists by design ?

 

[lumper]

Today in the rain I changed my air filter.
somehow when I did my oil changes I didn't think of the air filter.
I did the cabin filter after 5k miles, and I did the oil at 1500 and 5k miles, today I am at 7800 miles and figured it was over due.
So, I swapped out the OEM for a PRL blue filter for now, I also have an OEM replacement I am going to try after this one is used for a bit.
Below are a few pics of the filter I pulled today.
after 7800 miles it was pretty dirty.

You can see the top of the filter is clean looking, but the underside is gnarly.

 

[lumper]

I forgot, last week I had the brakes done.
I went to Acura for the recall a few weeks back and they did an inspection at that time I had about 40% of brake life left, so I figured before they wear down far enough to mark up the rotors, I would get some new pads.
I ordered Akebono's front and back, ceramic pads, they weren't very expensive but are supposed to be good, long lasting, and not very dusty compared to the OEM.

Below you can see how much brake life I had left after 7700 miles.
I could have waited another 1000 miles, I think.
A little premature and wasteful, but peace of mind is a good thing.

 

[bigfx]

I forgot, last week I had the brakes done.
I went to Acura for the recall a few weeks back and they did an inspection at that time I had about 40% of brake life left, so I figured before they wear down far enough to mark up the rotors, I would get some new pads.
I ordered Akebono's front and back, ceramic pads, they weren't very expensive but are supposed to be good, long lasting, and not very dusty compared to the OEM.

Below you can see how much brake life I had left after 7700 miles.
I could have waited another 1000 miles, I think.
A little premature and wasteful, but peace of mind is a good thing.

Did you use a scanner for the rear brakes to put them in maintenance mode?

 

[bigfx]

Not too bad! Took me about 2.5 hrs, including half an hour of tinkering with different settings for the gate / throw and 15 minutes of trying to fix a panel gap for the center console that exists by design ?

did you get the additional centering spring?

 

[ABPDE5]

did you get the additional centering spring?

No, just the default one.

 

[SkoobzMcDrewski]

Not too bad! Took me about 2.5 hrs, including half an hour of tinkering with different settings for the gate / throw and 15 minutes of trying to fix a panel gap for the center console that exists by design ?

Haven’t installed mine yet but, I took out the console this morning and spent entirely too much time trying to unplug the 12v socket. Ended up leaving it hanging to the side as well ?

 

[SeanIsElsewhere]

I did the acuity shifter linkage bushings today and decided to wrap the cast aluminum charge pipe in gold because aluminum conducts heat well and this pipe is a few cm from the block. Linkage bushing made a marginal difference. Getting into R and 1st there's a bit less resistance, but so far I can't tell too much more. I was hoping these would resolve the 3-2 clunkiness and grind, but we'll see on track. Fwiw, I have never had a grind or issue going from 1 to 2, but I also shift out of first around 8-10mph. 1st is literally for getting moving anyway, so after 5mph it's unnecessary. 3-2 is my main issue since the car just hates dropping into second quickly. It makes setup for hairpin corners with decreasing radius quite tricky. Lots of those coming up at hallet so I'm looking forward to seeing if this helps.

I noticed my 3-2 was gritty/grindy (not audible; just in the shifter feel) on my ASpec but got better when I first tried sport mode for the first time since purchase and makes that shift when driving more spiritedly. Still slower than I’d like to avoid and clunkiness but much better than normal mode.
Are you tuned? I was hearing that may help. Unfortunate to hear the linkage bushings don’t seem to help that shift. That was my first thought when I was experiencing it myself. Do you have any shifter upgrades like the base bushings?

 

[gohan408]

half way through the install

 

[Victorofhavoc]

I noticed my 3-2 was gritty/grindy (not audible; just in the shifter feel) on my ASpec but got better when I first tried sport mode for the first time since purchase and makes that shift when driving more spiritedly. Still slower than I’d like to avoid and clunkiness but much better than normal mode.
Are you tuned? I was hearing that may help. Unfortunate to hear the linkage bushings don’t seem to help that shift. That was my first thought when I was experiencing it myself. Do you have any shifter upgrades like the base bushings?

I did run the Cobb 93 tune this weekend. Car was fast and no issues on track. Engine was rock solid, temps were rock solid (even in a very humid 87F day), but the shifter linkage solved nothing about the 3-2 grind. Still coming up to hairpins you have to be patient about slamming it into second and then slipping the clutch. Out of 45 or so laps yesterday and two 2nd gear hairpins (one is a right uphill called "the bitch" that puts a lot of stress on diffs and gears) I did two small grinds.

I can't see any other "shifter upgrade" fixing it. I have a feeling the real culprit is a combo of gearing, gear placement in the trans, and probably some stretch in the linkage cables. I also suspect the blip shift being slow is an issue (likely due to the heavy flywheel). The bushings did improve a bit of feel at low speed going into first and it feels crispier into 5th. The 5-6 shift I'm also a lot less scared I'd drop to 4th now since the gate "barrier" between 4 and 6 feels more "present" now. Everything else feels like stock. If you're looking to solve these problems then the linkage will help.

Fwiw, my other car I did one grind over thousands upon thousands of laps, and it was entirely my fault as I released the clutch going too fast into 5th. That trans is also linkage based, but I've never had to hunt for gears or misshifted 3rd for 1st. It makes me think the side to side movement of the shifter could be a bit looser to help conceal the fast shift problems.

Does anyone know if the acuity shifter (or others) can lengthen the side to side spacing of the gears?

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