JozefSchumann

Thank you! The wheels are powder coated with satin black which offers just a touch more sheen than the matte black. I did my BMW boxer wheels in gloss a few years ago and regretted it, prompting me to have them redone the same as these, in satin. The gloss were initially beautiful, however, the slightest bit of wiping to clean off brake dust, even using microfiber cloth resulted in very faint yet extremely bothersome micro-scratching. The exhaust was done in Cerakote Glacier Black which can withstand temperature up to 2k (f). The color match is absolutely spot on with the wheels. I've added a couple of other niceties to not only quench my OCD nitpickery - but, also as functional yet visually appealing enhancements. I'll post up photos in the next couple of days. J.S.

It just wasn't black enough.

Interesting....... 2 with a lope and 1 without. The uneven idle seems to me, at least, to be more indicative of timing event overlap, particularly evident at low rotational speeds which, of course quickly diminishes with rev rise once the intake tract blowback window/threshold has been passed. Just like a relatively long duration camshaft application - which would not surprise me at all considering Honda engineering decided against employing its own V-tech system in this platform relying on sheer displacement to provide ample lower to mid r.p.m torque - allowing prodigious output at elevated speeds knowing full well 02 monitored cats will be scrubbing any associated high HC levels at an idle. Also, though admittedly not familiar and being a neophyte on this machines ECM/Processing capabilities. Surely a fault or soft code generated by the 02 sensor(s) after repeatedly sniffing either side of lambda running issues would result in an illuminated CEL if a spray pattern or injector operation were compromised. Or so I surmise. I've erred before - this wouldn't be my last either. I would be interested in knowing valve opening and closing events (particularly @ 1mm off of their respective seat) Thank you swimmer. Hopefully others will chime in with their thoughts as well. J.S.

No, no clatter at all. Certainly with all of the electronic watchdogging going on, there would be an illuminated CEL staring at me if something were amiss. I've not yet looked through the factory shop manual so I don't know if it's fitted with dual 02 sensors before/after the cats or just a single heated unit keeping it on its stoichiometric leash but - yes, to reiterate... it does indeed have a bit of a lope to it. Thank you for the affirmation. J.S.

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Hi folks, Loving my ridiculously low mileage 2013 VFR12. Question: It idles with a bit of nervousness, i.e. Reminiscent of my '70 LT-1 Z-28 from 42 years ago. I'm assuming this is the norm. How's yours?