gabriel0830

I have a 94 honda civic lx four door sedan, it has rims, exahust, and intake(probably a cheap one not sure no brand name) those are all the mods that are not stock. its running on a D15 1.5 liter, i dont want to strip anything since it is my daily driver but i want to be able to launch quicker. the motor reads about 140k it is automatic. wat can i buy or do to make it faster. Im willing to spend whatever it takes. can someone spare advice, or links to parts that i can buy such as headers or something. New to the honda scene and barely starting to get familiar with mechanics so new to that as well but i will no what your talking about.

98civdx

the crapomatic is killing you... Bolt ons are a waste, period.

If you are willing to spend whatever it takes dump that motor/trans and look into swaping a B series (or H2B or K series) or another D. If d series build and boost.

serrant3118

well first thing i would do is learn how to drive a manual transmission and get rid of your automatic transmission.

B20DelSol

Yup...if you want to spend the money...TURBO K-Series!...or just ball out and do a J-series swap...haha.

But seriously, if you want to put the money down, swap the trans, get a good suspension set up, some brakes to stop the thing then build your engine for turbo or swap and go turbo. The only way to go fast in these damn things is turbo...that is why my del sol is so slow

gabriel0830

i know how to drive manual it just that my girl doesnt so right now im stuck but any other way i can keep auto trans and still go fast?

doood

iTrader: (1)

No

bigJOE671

Hey bro...you should read the FAQ's if you haven't already. Most of the questions you have, have already been answered countless times.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/guide-answer-common-question-just-bought-civic-how-do-i-make-faster-2915974/

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Automatic? No way.

angrysmileyface

Sell the car or swap it if you want to go faster. Or talk to the master ^ and do some boost.

aristides

Swap trans to manual is best thing to do! lol
After that just go basic bolt ons for ok power
But if you really want nice power you should
Just save a little money and get a swap

dirty19

iTrader: (1)

Get rid of the gf and you'll have tons of money to spend buying a better car and have even more money to spend on mods.

lub

Turbos would make it fast, but automatics make it lame. I'm going to assume that you're not able to afford a turbo. Nitrous would be a viable solution for your dilemna. Oh, and automatics are lame...why are you trying to make your gf's car fast anyway?

EM199

Dumping money on an automatic is a waste if you ask me

98civdx

Not without killing a transmission every other weekend.

Either she learns to drive a stick, or she doesn't drive your car. (not driving the car is ideal .)

jbpnoman

You have three options with an auto.

A) Replace it with a standard
B) Blow it up and replace it once a week
C) Get a new, rebuilt, strong auto that's made for the abuse

98civdx

it would be VERY expensive to build a auto Honda trans to handle the abuse.

92egdxhatch

You should never even think about "modding" a car.

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