Hello all,

After 2 years of owning a ford ZX2, please dont comment, made great power after ALOT of modifications. anyway, I got a great deal I could NOT pass up on my new 1994 Honda Civic DX SOHC 1.5L .
Now I am going to be visiting Honda-Tech alot now. As the Ford is Much different, much more difficult to mod, I am now attempting to restor and nod this honda now.

So I need everyones help. Right now I am trying to buy everything new and restor the motor , get it running good before i attemt to do anything. So far I have got new plugs, Thermorstat, oil change, upper Radiator hose, Fuel filter and air filter. Right now I am having a missfire problem. I took the distributar cap off and cleaned the corrosion off the terminals, and car still runs on 3 cylinders. not a big deal, I say its most likey the wires/cap,rotor. I will replace all that . The ECU will throw a code if it were the Disributar, correct?

Anyway, I was wondering, what are some cheap mods I can do to the SOHC motor untill I decided if I am going to do a motor swap or boost this motor? For Example, on the Ford there was a Mod called the "Pots Mod" is basically a 50k Ohm Resistor(s) wired into the ECT and AIT sensors, when fully cranked, I dynoed at 10WHP for a 10.00 Mod.
I am also lookimng at putting a cone air filter on the intake tube and ditching the air box. I already removed the resonators. I wired the Cooling fan to constant on. Anyother Tips,suiggestions, opinions here?

Thank you to Honda-Tech.com For making a great site!

 

welcome .. please search you will get flamed for asking the same questions that have been asked numerous amount of times.. but im here to say .. figure out what you wanna do pull the motor or boost .. i/h is kinda a waste if your gonna boost/pull the motor.. .. ive never heard nothing about a pots mod .. but most of all get it reliable.. thats what i would


Modified by haveaniceday at 1:16 PM 8/24/2005

 

you have 2 options for power....

1.Turbo what you have. you can make some decent power from a d15

2. Swap in a B series. Reliable power, not as fast as a turbo D but way more potential.

as he said above, search.

 

Welcome to H-T Shaun You'll find a lot of people here don't care what else you drive and are pretty cool

And everybody be nice to Shaun... he's the epiphany of n00b

 

Omg Vit strayed from Kills! -Takes a picture-

How are you?

 

Ya Vit is cool, Thanks Vit for the Welcome....... Anyway, I was wondering if there are any cheap easy swaps mods, like Mabey Throttle body, or bigger injetors or something, And yes I will continue to search, Thank you!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kabaroo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you have 2 options for power....

1.Turbo what you have. you can make some decent power from a d15

2. Swap in a B series. Reliable power, not as fast as a turbo D but way more potential.

as he said above, search. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Hey now watch it, you'll get mixed opinions about the turbo d vs b series



My jdm b18c with boltons and skunk 2 im, b16 tranny walked all over a turbo coupe (d16y8) running 8lbs.. not much boost, but i felt really good after beating a turbo'd honda..

To the original thread poster:
I'd save money and then start picking out which motor you want from http://hmotorsonline.com

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1995Ex_Sedan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Omg Vit strayed from Kills! -Takes a picture-

How are you?</TD></TR></TABLE>


LMAO! I'm alright. I figure I'll have to visit here to keep Shaun outta trouble

 

congrats, but please no "jap club" how about "honda scene"??? Just a thought...

 

lol jap club.

you want fast turbo go b series + boost
you want fast NA go k series
cheap and slow NA d series
not as slow but cheap, go turbo a d series

 

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No there are no $10.00 easy mods to make a D15B7 faster.

Injectors, throttle body, etc. - none of that will help the D15B7 engine.

My honest advise is swap out that D15B7.

 

cool cool thank you guys for your help, now its my decision from here......... Some thoughts: My buddy kyle, has a d serise motor, with a T3 turbo pushing around 8-10 psi running about 13.8 . He was pretty damn quick. Im not sauing a b seriuse would be quicker, just saying from experience!

 

welcome!!! for me for you

 

Ew ford. Congratulations on your reliable Honda and welcome to the scene. Possibilities are limitless.

 

ek red, what did you say?

 

where is the H love?? Just how fast do you want to go?? If you don't mind being a 13 sec. car then by all means turbo the D. If you want some faster times then that, you should probably swap out the D for a B, H, or even K depending on your wallet...

 

welcome from amsterdam

swap that d-serie for a gsr engine.!

 

Hm....Cheap easy power...Mini Me...Then turbo that biotch like mine was.....Im Kyle everyone.....ahah....D-series ROCK.....But when a B16 for 300 and some work on somones car comes along u gotta jump on it...Shaun.....Get the head off of my old D and put it on ur motor.....Then boost it....Youll be very happy....thats what ive been tellin you to do....Yunk Yard kit owns....The possiablities are end less with the D.....B series are more on ur wallet......But anyone can get d-series parts.....Id say stick with the D and boost it.....Later man!

 

Sweet, welcome

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C5-EH2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No there are no $10.00 easy mods to make a D15B7 faster.

Injectors, throttle body, etc. - none of that will help the D15B7 engine.

My honest advise is swap out that D15B7.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The reason the $10 easy mod works to make that power is because 95% of the ECUs that the ZX2s came with aren't tuned for ****. Their stock power output can easily be bumped 13~15hp @ peak just from a good tune.

Personally I would go with a k20a2 swap into the thing, that motor has caught my attention for sure

 

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Personally I would go with a k20a2 swap into the thing, that motor has caught my attention for sure </TD></TR></TABLE>

k20a2?...why not put in the extra money for a k20a?

 

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k20a2?...why not put in the extra money for a k20a?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Because the K20A2 swap will end up costing over $7,000.00 as it is, while the Type R can easily get you at the $9,000.00 mark.

 

The k20a2 is the RSX Type S engine isn't it? (still learning all the engine codes lol) That would be quite a beefy upgrade for a little d15 coupe.

 

no replacement for displacement...H22

 

lol my grandpa calls his 4 runner a Jap Trap. the jap club reminded me of that.

welcome