I own a 2005 Honda Civic Si (EP3) I still have warranty on my car 3yrs/36000 miles I only have 2000 miles on it as of right now. I had this car for about 2 months now and want to fix it up what should I do to it without messing up the warranty?I don't want to spend to much money on car parts.

Should i get:

Headers
Exhaust
Intake
and etc....

Give me more details of what I should do to my ride.

 

do whatever you want..the warranty is only voided on a part that messed up because of your mods. i.e. if the motor goes and all you have is suspension parts...they'll fix it or the other way around.

 

intake is going to be the cheapest, then prolly headers and exhaust.

 

intake, hondata, tires

 

Nitrous

 

don't worry about the warranty and do whatever you feel like doing. It's a Honda afterall.

 

warranty is only an issue when u break something that's caused the part that you're installing. i.e. u install an intake and yer filter drops out and you suck up a stick into the engine and it blows up.

get intake. get some tires.

 

turbo
forget your warenty
chances are you wont need it for anything engine wise
i had my o2 boostesd.. and all the stuff (noises/ window run channel)
was fixed under warrenty (even with turbo, because it wasnt turbo's fault)

 

I want mine to make more power also, but I am going with coilovers and tires first. That way there will be a handling base when I start to add power, plus the stock tires really suck in all kinds of weather, imo. I think to give some life to the ep3 there is always intake, race header, exhaust, k-pro, when I get to this point I will evaluate if I want to add a SC, but I will already have everything to help the sc breath well and the k-pro to tune it. Kind of a gradual build up.

 

I/H/E + Hondata

 

forget those perfomance mods that you listed. drop the bitch first.

 

intake, race header, and exhaust + Hondata if you want a well balenced reliable setup.

 

you NEED tires before you buy power.

 

spend the money learning to DRIVE it better. that's how you make the car faster on the cheap.

 

not really a performance mod but.. tighten your throttle cable and you'll have a better time driving it. more responsive

 

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i agree, learn your car and what its capable of, then add mods. Then go with suspension, tires, and brakes, then go faster. Must be able to stop on a dime and hug the curves before you go fast, much like crawl before you walk

 

Improve power to weight. Forget the amps, subs, non-essential tools, fat chicks, even the spare tire. You should be able to drop 50-75# which is like running on an empty gas tank.

Hondata ECU grounding suggestion (hondata.com) is also a cheap mod.