nickoz

Welll First of all I have a 1996 Honda Accord Ex Vtec. Im looking into upgrading the engine, to make it faster, Not looking To race it, but mostly alll for looks, n shows... Im Not to fimilar with under the hood so i need some detail.. I have all my exterior Of the car n inside done, just engine to do now...

any info on upgrading under the hood, or some lil things i can get to boost this up Please let me know... Thanks.

P.s. Only things i know are Turbo, SuperCharged... etc.. anything else that im missing?

JDM_DC4_Fanatic

Theres all kinds of options avasliable to upgrade the performance of you engine, and a few swaps too. Everything from power adders, like a turbo or nitrous, to an allmotor build. I would suggest, that if this is primiarly a show car, to do something diffrent from everyone else.

I know judges at car shows like to see original things. Maybe a supercharger would be the way to go. I'm starting to build a Supercharged H22A1 for my accord, becuase I like to take the road less traveled. ITB's (individual throttle bodies) are also a great component to an all motor build, and its pretty rare to see in an accord.

The bottom line is, its all about what you want from the car. If its upgrades for show only, I would just find shiny parts, or unique parts, like the supercharger. On the other hand, alot of people like the sound that a BOV makes, so perhapes a turbo could be fun at the show.

Alpinestar03

look into a H22 swap.

wingback44

Turbo, supercharged, engine swaps, or nitrous. Or you can just do bolt ons. Although the cost to power gained isnt all that good.

nickoz

yahhhh i kinda figureed it wouldnt be cheap! i was thinking turbo or supercharger, but dont i have to swap my vtec to a h22 to do this? im just not sure if this turbo or supercharger will handle my 2.2L vtec. plus (auto)

Haccordclub

I feel ya bro. I show my car and its f22b1 auto. Turbo and supercharger's are nice but pricey, And I wouldnt rely on our auto tranny to hold up to power like that. Id go with custom powder coated as much **** as you can get. Get chrome valve cover or paint it. Header, intake are most noticable. Spark wires. I have HID wires and stuff in my engine bay. Actually I still got 2nd at Ocean City car show and my engine bay looks like hell. Wires need to be tucked and stuff but I just havent got around to it. Also, Id do a strut bar if you already don't have one, Get a Hood propping spring. Just spray detailer all over everything at a show, makes it look like everything is wet, instead of like cleaning it ALOT. But its up to you man. Just giving you some pointers for show but Im sure you already know this stuff.

nickoz

hahah thats funny you said this. I have everything like that...

got, cold air intake system, whole exsaust system from cat back... Im looking into doing headers at the moment... not sure what to go with...

i got body kit, rims, 6000$ paint job, lowered... tv's, gold series neons, sytem... the whole works outside of the car, just not under the hood...

and oohhh 2000$ US hoood... with dual port air intake's.. its not bad for the price i got the car...


but yah... you know how much headers give you n HP? just curious on what to do next..

Loco-B

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maybe 5-10, with a full catback system, which you already have. IMHO your only viable options for pushing more horses is turbo the motor you have now, f22b1. Or, go h22a. Both are plausibly good for 200+ hp. It all depends on your final goal and or purpose of the project. You have to sit down and start comparing pro's and cons. Do you want something street ready, track ready, or straight line ready? Pick your poison and do some reaearch.

Haccordclub

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nickoz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hahah thats funny you said this. I have everything like that...

got, cold air intake system, whole exsaust system from cat back... Im looking into doing headers at the moment... not sure what to go with...

i got body kit, rims, 6000$ paint job, lowered... tv's, gold series neons, sytem... the whole works outside of the car, just not under the hood...

and oohhh 2000$ US hoood... with dual port air intake's.. its not bad for the price i got the car...


but yah... you know how much headers give you n HP? just curious on what to do next..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sounds nice man, I just got mine painted finally. Header won't give you any horsepower. EX header is very efficient with flow, but for show Id look into a megan racing header, not much money, and still a good header.

nickoz

how much am i looking into spending for turbo or supercharger? do u know?

also, im not really looking to bring car on track... well at least not right now... I kill some cars already as it is on some private roads around my area, but not worth the track right now.

my goal is to get 200+ HP make everything clean, for car shows, andd also mabbe track one day if i do end up thinking of going...

1 more thing.. is it worth it to get rubo or supercharger, before i swap to a h22 or whatever it is... and how much am i looking in spending on this motor... n goood places to order used/new

Haccordclub

They dont make a supercharger for the f22, and id personally go boost. Id say for a nice set up around 3-4k. Turbo-kits.com sells a complete kit for our cars. All good products. If your swapping to an h I wouldnt suggest it because without internal work i wouldnt run boost to an H. They have high compression while our F series are boost friendly, before you run any type of forced induction, id highly suggest getting a compression and leakdown test to see what kind of condition your motor is in.

H22 motors obd1 full swaps are around 2200-2600 depending if you get LSD or not. I heard password-jdm is good for motors from a friend who got a b18c1 from them.

mozzandherb

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If you want to be different get a K series swap. That would be impressive

nickoz

Wellll, to be honest, im not really into the NOS n all the boost... mabe last if i do... im mostly looking into, either swap motor, but i cant find any sites on some prices, n the different series, i can go with. i wanna know the advantages n disadvantages for the motors...before i swap.. n im most likely looking into a turbo setup, after i swap, or unless my motor is goood.

Also, my motor is f22? or what? not sure how to find out... i wanna find some specs on this motor i have already