I recently purchased a '93 Integra GS, with a B18A1 stock engine in it. I have loved these cars for years, and now I'm ready to get really into it. The problem is, all my experience under the hood is just changing the oil, spark plugs, and fuel filter on my '91 Legend. Now, not only am I inexperienced under the hood, but my wife is only going to give me about $100 per month allowance that I can put towards this car. Now, I need help. What is the best thing a broke rookie can do to his Integra, and how do I do it?

 

suspension....and wheels

imo

 

That won't really make my car faster though. I mean, I will be using this as a daily driver, but I don't want to end up like a chump in someone's dust.

 

At your allowance, plan to be a chump for a couple years. Use the search, its all been answered many times over.

 

I know it is going to take me some time. I have read about adding a turbo, or doing an engine swap. Which is better? Which is cheaper? Which is easier for someone like me, with no experience under the hood, to do? Keeping in mind that I will need something I can do in a weekend, since this is my daily driver. Also, this car is an automatic. I want it to have a manual transmission. How should I do that?

 

a turbo is probably easier.

If you buy a kit, it would be more expensive than building one yourself, but a lot easier.

I bought a kit, that wasnt much ofa kit at all.

every single thing had to be modified, but I feel like it was worth it. I learned a lot, and im really happy i did it.

I have a greddy kit, my numbers are in my sig, and it makes to be a really really fuin car.

Just save up... after about 25 weeks, youll be able to afford a greddy kit, after about 30, a drag, but then you need to save up money on engine management.


Forced induction is definitely the cheapest way to make a lot of power, do some research in the forced induction forum.

 

Thanks. That's the kind of input I'm looking for.

 

Alright, I don't want to rain on your parade or be a dick or anything. But at $100 a month, a turbo is a long way off. But if you at some point decide not to go forced induction you might want to go for intake/header/exhaust.

 

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Don't you mean 25 months?

 

Do Turbos really cost $2500!? I mean, there's a guy on Craig's List in my area selling a Greddy Turbo for $500. Well, it is a D series turbo and he says it only includes the exhaust manifold and the fmu, and does not include the down pipe, charge pipes, bov, etc. So, I don't really know what all that means, or if I could even use this, but that made me think that turbos did not cost so much.