2slow2curious

well i just bought the car the other week and its bone stock.. What should i do first fellow HT'ers??

KEVlN

Depends on your budget...most people will start with their suspension. I would start off with a nice coilover set and some decent shocks(i.e. tokicos, kybs, koni, etc.).

JDMs1eeper

welp... id have to say...

JRSC with i/h/e
or
Turbo setup with a nice exhaust


and nice suspention and some light wheels

then you will be all set.

Kyoji

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Well want do you want out of your car? Handling? Comfort? Speed?

2slow2curious

wh0a wh0a type2si, as for money goes im a Senior in highschool and work roughly 30-40 hrs a week with 7.50 an hr sooo-.- im kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place

KRiS1

get a compression test...
If everything looks good get like a Greddy turbo kit, intercooler, Hondata S200b, and a fluidyne radiator and get it all tuned.

If I was to do it all over again Id get all the go fast goodies done first before I even touch anything else on the car.

TorganFM

How does one tune?

KRiS1

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a dyno,

or driving around town with a laptop

TorganFM

Oh, I figured tuning was something that wouldnt cost an arm and a leg.

KRiS1

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I think tuning is relatively inexpensive in the long run. You get more power (somtimes substaintal) and greater reliablilty, fuel economy, etc.

westcoastcat

bump.. get a intake for cheap off ebay or make ur own, used the search button, using key words,

PHiZ

Save up for one big purchase, I think it'll make you happier than blowing your dough on a bunch of little stuff.

You can put together a cheap turbo kit. Fuel managment with uberdata just got a lot cheaper, X-mas is coming up, maybe you can come into some money... start mugging old ladies

or

Intake, QUIET exhaust good performance chip, and then maybe a used header.

But you're not going to make a lot of power on that powerplant. Maybe enough for you, the 5th gen civics are lighter than the 6th gens.

With some ingenuity, I think you can piece together a tubo kit for 8 or 9 hundred bucks.

-PHiZ

And then maybe start saving for some rims, totally changes the personality of your car.

wilsel

Start with the suspension. A car can only be as fast as the suspension will allow. Get some springs/shocks, and atleast a good set of tires.

-DC2-

exactly. suspension, brakes, wheels, tires should be top priority.

jimfab traction bars will help even a stock civic

d16y8EL

if you buy the greddy kit, it comes with emanager, or if you get an older one, blue box. so dont waste on your money on a hondata just yet.