d601

I have a 96 "civic". swapped jdm h22a, lsd tranny, megan exhaust, few other odds n ends. but my question is, what is somewhere to start building more horses and torque? I do not want to turbo it, maybe spray?

slammedbbs

you will see good gains from a header. make sure its not Meagan or any thing like Meagan! imo the best bang for your buck is tri-y you can pick one up for like 350 if you look around. then of course your intake manifold i would research it and figure witch one would be the best for your likings. if you like top end or bottom end...then maybe a 68mm tb pick a cold air intake system or short ram. get a p28 chip tune 2step and you should be good...then throw a bottle on it and be a beast but thats just my idea....theres more then one way to skin a cat

typemismatch

Cams and tuning, throttle body, remove the IAB butterflies, EGR block off. Loop the cooling lines for the FITV, get a block off plate.

Not big gains on the IAB, EGR or FITV, but it keeps everything cooler and removes some turbulence from the intake manifold.

slammedbbs

the iab butterflie is that the second butter fly and if so how does that gain hp? is there any bads from doing that mod?

typemismatch

Gutting the IAB gets rid of the little secondary plates that can cause turbulence in the intake manifold, its a cheap way of getting a higher flow intake manifold.

These are just little changes that help cooling and breathing.

typemismatch

Remove balance shaft belt, increases acceleration, minor hp gain.
Upgraded motor mounts or at least motor mount inserts, helps put the power to the ground, the less flex in your drive train, the more power that goes to the ground.

Are you a straight H22 swap or an H2B?

slammedbbs

how can you take the second one off? is it inside the manifold?

96silude

bisimoto.com
they do really good work for turbo or n/a builds
they do mostley f and h builds idk about n20 i havent been on the site in a while.

96silude

this is only good for like stage 2 cams from bisi and a port and ****, that or just turbo if your doing more stock kinda build keep them.

96silude

^ good ideas

96silude

take off top half of mani, you can even bore out the splitter for the secondaries

idk if i spelled that right lol

96silude

d601

Its a straight h22a swap. Its also has polyethylene motor mounts and 4-2-1 headers.

d601

Its a straight h22a swap. Also it has polyethylene motor mounts and 4-2-1 headers

BlackCatt

You may also want to fit a cai or short ram with a k&n filter, and put
in a high flow cat, if you havent already. You can also strip your car
of some weight to improve performance. A good tune also will net a
few extra hp and torque.

typemismatch

There are several members here that have gone to extremes to get HP from the H22 N/A, the one that comes to mind right away is Satan_SRV.

The FAQ thread is a real good place to start:
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-prelude-4/faq-faq-faq-99%25-your-answers-here-2168311/

Building big power without FI or NO2 is the harder road to travel.

What are you interested in doing with your car? Are you trying to build a drag car? Auto-X? Daily driver for fun?

What are you after? What are you interested in spending? What are you willing to sacrifice, reliability, comfort?

I think ideas will flow better if you can identify what you want out of your car.

Hell, there's probably a dozen threads with info that can help you, at least for starters, and we can point you at, if you can identify what you want to do.

d601

im more interested in 1/8 and 1/4. ive already topped the car out at 163 (according to gps) but top end really isnt my thing. and as far as finances go it is more than likely going to be stretched out over a period of time b4 i am where i want to be with the car. its my only car too so its my dd/track car so i do need it to still be reliable.

slammedbbs

i hear that +1 ^

typemismatch

With low budget, once you have I/H/E and a tune, the next place to start is reducing weight, starting with rotating weight, then chassis weight.

Rotating weight:
Balance shaft belt, remove accessories [PS, A/C] or upgrade pulleys [Alt, crank], flywheel, clutch, rims

Chassis weight:
Anything you can live without ... stereo, carpet, interior plastic, etc.

Then start saving for more N/A mods, cams, tuning, high compression pistons, tuning, porting and polishing the cylinder head, tuning, bigger throttle body, tuning ... etc.

d601

here's a "view" of the setup

d601

let me know what yall think

typemismatch

I bet the steelies are lighter than those Konigs ...

slammedbbs

iam not a fan of those rims at all not to be rude. nice motor though man looks nice!

d601

is there anything visual that yall can see that i could change to get more hp/tq

slammedbbs

a good header will do good on its own a tune would be good bro with that swap you should already be raping people if i where you i would save all your pennies and do a h2b swap with the tranny then you would be a beast!