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In my opinion, the #FairmontProject is what is making the views on youtube less and less, if you look back on your old videos or even videos like swapping out the TL engine in a part 4 series, you have a lot of views on those, realize that there’s only a minority of fans of the #FairmontProject. I know as you stated that this is very important for you and you have learned a lot and waited for almost 25yrs to do a project like this , I can understand and will support you either way since personally I have learned a lot from you over the years and saved tons of $$$$ in not going to get raped by the dealer or independent mechanics and you also made me realize the whole “car scene” specially Honda/Acura as this is the main reason I stumbled upon your videos years ago, you specialize in Honda/Acura cars. I just bought your Timing Belt VManual on the J series, as I have 3 Acura’s that need the 105k service soon. It also sounds like your passion is doing this #fairmontproject and you might be getting tired or bored in doing the repair videos. My suggestion is to back to basics and go back to what made ETCG what it is today, you always say 8-9yrs ago when you started you never imagine what it will become today, I say go back to what made you successful and the formula you used back then and tweak it a little bit with a twist since you have all the equipment in your shop.
One way to also help your bottom line is repair cars again and charge people for the repairs while also doing videos on the how to.. There’s tons of Acura Honda Toyota cars out there these days that people want to DIY. If you check the automotive forums, you will see that there’s a demand still of DIY stuff and I think you have the best equipment and lighting to make videos and you also have the Cameraman’s eye since your first passion in video production.
The FairmontProject has set you back big time and I think bottom line this is a major cause of the decline in your views, I will be honest, I am a premium member but I don’t watch all the Farimont videos, I just watch it sometimes for entertainment but you have to know theres a lot of videos out there on youtube now that are also very entertaining, I search youtube first if I need something done for a DIY , some sort of a walkthrough for me as to do the repair efficiently specially if I am doing a DIY I have not done before. I am willing to bet that if your Project was the Integra that you have in your lineup of cars, you will at least triple your views and more.. If you look at car sales data, Honda Toyota is still the top sellers specially the civics and accord, camry’s out there or the newer generation Nissan Altima. Acura TL’s, MDX is also one of the many DIY’s out there that will interest people. For example, I need to change the clutch on my tl-s and is having a hard time looking for an independent that I can trust to do the job in my area, dealer wants $1,200 excluding parts.
You are perfect for youtube to be honest, you have the best lighting and camera angles and is very articulate in front of the camera, whatever you venture and changes you make in the future, I wish you the best and will continue to support your Brand. We can all see how hard you work for your Brand to grow to what it is today. Lastly, once you finish the fairmont project, you will have an awesome car and a show worthy car. I am also interested to see what changes you will decide to do for your brand and sometimes change is good and we need adversity to help us in the direction we need to go. Good Luck Eric!
This is a great video for information , A family member recently had her tire checked out because the valve stem was leaking air, and the tire shop somehow broke her tams sensor inside that one wheel, had to find out the hard way when she went to the dealer to have it checked out. Make sure when you guys go to a tire shop, tell them to handle with care!
Thank you guys for all the replies.. after having thought about it, I think I will do the TB / WP on my TL first. I have a mechanic that is near me that charges $550 using OEM parts, he is a master mechanic at Acura and does side job out of his garage, I met him through the acura forums. I figured if I can do the timing belt, I will save a ton since my wife’s MDX is also due for a timing belt service.
I will buy eric’s video on the J series. BTW, I have access to a Milwaukee 1/2 Impact , the 2763 which everyone says can take off the Honda Crank bolt no problem. Now all I need to buy is the specialty socket to make it even more easier , saw it on youtube where it is a thicker version of a regular 1/2 impact socket.
I will start with this first and build my confidence and see if I can do the clutch job on the TL, the acura mechanic from NJ told me that it needs to support the engine from up top since the whole sub frame has to come down to get the transmission out. I will have to do more reading and research on this.
Thanks for all your advice!
Good point, in general, short ram intake usually experience heat stroke because of drawing up hot air from the engine bay, but there are a few ones in my rsx-s days that were greatly designed specially the JDM ones. Cold air intake can also hydrolock an engine if it sucks in water from flood or heavy rains, very rare but it can still happen.
I had one in my TSX before, but did not really notice any gains, so I sold the intake. I will stick to OEM intake filters from now on, and unless it is a cold air intake or short ram intake, you will not notice any gains if it is just a drop in filter like the K&N in my opinion.
I visited the Dodge/Chrysler forums months ago and like you said, the general consensus was that the 3.3L is very reliable. That’s why this is such a head scratcher. I think since new, this car was already burning oil. The most common problem was that the engine harness run through the lower intake manifold and all the injector wires got melted and was causing all sorts of problems. I already checked this part, and the wires are in good shape and intact. Any other cause you can think of that is causing the misfire? Cylinder 1 fouls off a brand new plug after about 30 miles of driving only, it is that bad. If it turns out that the bottom end is the problem, we’ll probably just donate this car, if it is bad valves, how big of a job is it to remove the head?
[quote=”451Mopar” post=175659]The transmission needing to be rebuilt around 100,000 miles is a known issue, but the 3.3L engine is pretty good. The older Mitsu 3.0 had valve stem seal issues, but not the 3.3L. I’d do a compression/leakdown test and check that the PCV valve or bad gasket is not sucking oil into the cylinders, but this would likely show oil in all the cylinders? I don’t recall if the lower intake manifold is exposed to the engine oil (I think it is?) so it could be a bad manifold gasket allowing oil to be sucked into only one chamber?[/quote]
What a great fun car. In my experience before on my rsx-s days, you did not notice much of a gain with this mod Eric because usually when people do Headers, they also do a cold air intake of some kind and a cat-back exhaust to have better flow all throughout. But I understand you’re not there yet with the GSR. The fact that this part you have is in your parts bin. Can’t wait for the plans you have for this car down the road.
I am in the same boat Eric, ever since I started driving in the US, my first car was 02 RSX-S, my dad helped me got it and it was used. I live in NYC at that time and the integra’s and civic’s pre-immobilizer era are getting stolen so much and it was actually hard to get a slightly used integra, so I went with the RSX-S, which is essentially the integra as well. This was back in 2006. I love that car so much with the K20. This integra you have is also legendary, lots and I mean a lot of aftermarket parts. You can go N/A or Jackson supercharger and set up for track, auto-x, all sorts of great project for this integra. You can do JDM as well. I have DVD’s of best moroting where the Legend Keiichi Tsuchiya drove the Type R, such a sweet car. Plus with the shape you got it, not beaten up and not modified is great. Can’t wait for this project!
Hi Eric, just became a premium member a few days ago and love it. I emailed you a few days ago as well. As I said on my email, I have had a few Hondas ever since I had my first car. Your videos, knowledge and advice you give us are great and gives me the confidence to tackle problems that might arise on my vehicles. I have a 2006 TSX, 1st generation TSX, it has 130k miles now and still runs great, I love this car so much. I have a few issues that I have not addressed yet on this vehicle. Around 80-90k , the power steering rack started to leak (small leak), this is a big job for me and do not have the confidence yet to tackle, so I just top off the PS reservoir every oil change, 2x a year that is. OEM PS rack assembly is around $900-$1000 btw. I have a slight play on my right front wheel, upon diagnosing more, I can see that the inner tie rod has the play and needs to be changed, I also can see the tie rod boot is wet and this is where the fluid is leaking to. Now there is a known issue on all generation TSX and TL’s , accords that has a wheel vibration on high speeds, around 65-78mph and it smooths out around 80mph and beyond. This is not a tire issue, I have a 17″ Continental DW summer tire ounted on OEM wheels for this car , did a road force wheel balance and I switch out to a 16″ steel wheel Blizzak winter tire when winter comes. Both sets of tires have this same vibration around the exact same speed. The inner axle joint has been found to be the culprit on these cars with the vibration. My question is, what do you think is contributing to this high speed wheel vibration I am experiencing? Is it the leaking PS rack? or could be the inner tie rod since it has a slight play, and lastly the inner axle joint, the Acura forums said to not change out the axle assembly but to just change the inner axle joint because of wear on this joint only. lastly, how hard of a job this is to change out the inner axle joint on one or both of the axles? Thank You!