I recently purchased an older Civic and would like to have some performance upgrades done (headers, intake, exhaust, shocks, etc) as well as body work (dings, paint job).
It’s been a while since I’ve messed with the tuners. Can anyone recommend a shop that caters to this in or around Tainan? Personally, with my experience with normal vs. performance motorcycle mechanics, I think an average car mechanic wouldn’t cut it. By this, i mean being able to discuss the parts and getting work done that doesn’t need to be done…know what i mean?
Those upgrades are fairly basic and I wouldn’t stress about finding a performance specific shop as long as the mechanics are competent.
Minus the body work, those parts would take only about a half-days work of work by myself back home done on the floor with jackstands. Unless of course you come across a seized bolt then everything turns into a living hell.
[quote=“MLR”]Those upgrades are fairly basic and I wouldn’t stress about finding a performance specific shop as long as the mechanics are competent.
Minus the body work, those parts would take only about a half-days work of work by myself back home done on the floor with jackstands. Unless of course you come across a seized bolt then everything turns into a living hell.[/quote] I know what you mean…below is a Taiwan Engineers flowchart
[quote=“shiadoa”][quote=“MLR”]Those upgrades are fairly basic and I wouldn’t stress about finding a performance specific shop as long as the mechanics are competent.
Minus the body work, those parts would take only about a half-days work of work by myself back home done on the floor with jackstands. Unless of course you come across a seized bolt then everything turns into a living hell.[/quote] I know what you mean…below is a Taiwan Engineers flowchart
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No amount of penetrating lube, heat, air tools, long tubes at the end of wrenches for leverage would make this thing budge.
Even after cutting the bolt it still refused to come out because the bolt inside was still blocking the way, I think I ended up just destroying the control arm using a giant pry bar to get the bugger out.
For MLR, I’ve had several motorbikes that I’ve mechanically upgraded in Taiwan (when I was teaching and had a lot of time on my hands). When the work was beyond my ability, there were only a handful of mechanics in Tainan that 1) had access to rare parts (example: Yamaha RXR engine parts from Japan) and 2) understood there was nothing mechanically wrong with the bike and that I only wanted to make it faster or handle better
