ok i used to have a lude sh and boy do i miss it, it was fast, but i got rid of it cuz the tranny was repaired, and it kept needing work cuz i was giving out, it was in two wrecks(minor ones) really scratched up(didnt wanna repaint too much)and the atts was always giving me problems, so i traded it in(those idiots!) and got wut i could afford. an ep3. now i miss that vtec scream to 8000 rpms so much!! wut can i do to raise my ep3 redline and wut simple not to damn expensive mod(cams,turbo etc) can i do to reach the parameters of my lude sh? i wanna be fast but reliabe, wut is recommend, i have about $1200 to play with. gimmi suggestions

 

hondata.

 

hondata reflash=$500
dc (ceramic) race headers=$330-350
aem cold air intake=$200
hondata intake manifold gasket=$60
rsx-s or custom midpipe=$90 or so...

ur lookin about at least 25-30hp gain here...

 

I would go with what spoon_ep put except instead of a cold air, put in the AEM V2, It has more power gains and sounds a lot better.

 

a2 swap if u got the $$$$$$$$

 

Why two threads?

With $1200 and an ep3, just sell it and buy something faster.

 

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seriously... $1200= reflash, CAi, header.... that should have

 

get hondata and some cams aswell as upgrade your valvetrain

 

intake, race header, exhaust and hondata youll be str8 bro i have the same setup and i love it... but got the urge for force induction...

 

Save up for turbo. $1200 for I/H/E and you get 10 hp. $2400 for turbo and you get 40-80 hp

 

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acutally i gained close to 30 whp with my old i/h/e setup, i made 162whp....i had aem short ram/hp shorty header/megan testpipe/apexi ws2 catback...now ive gotten rid of the hp shorty and test pipe and bought a dc race header...and the race header is a world of difference..i love it...im gonna be dynoing at the next dyno day

 

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acutally i gained close to 30 whp with my old i/h/e setup, i made 162whp....i had aem short ram/hp shorty header/megan testpipe/apexi ws2 catback...now ive gotten rid of the hp shorty and test pipe and bought a dc race header...and the race header is a world of difference..i love it...im gonna be dynoing at the next dyno day</TD></TR></TABLE>

Im guessing by the whp you mentioned you dont have a K series. If thats the case, you didnt gain 30 whp from i/h/e. Countless magazines have done I/h/E on B and H series and you'll gain maybe 5 hp off your first mod, then 5 and then 3. Unless you have a dyno to back it up showing your stock and modded car, I think you assumed way too much.

Btw when i mention HP, im talking legal hp. Nix the testpipe. If i was talking about illegal i could easily say, build your own turbo for $1200

 

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Im guessing by the whp you mentioned you dont have a K series. If thats the case, you didnt gain 30 whp from i/h/e. Countless magazines have done I/h/E on B and H series and you'll gain maybe 5 hp off your first mod, then 5 and then 3. Unless you have a dyno to back it up showing your stock and modded car, I think you assumed way too much.

Btw when i mention HP, im talking legal hp. Nix the testpipe. If i was talking about illegal i could easily say, build your own turbo for $1200</TD></TR></TABLE>

umm i do have a k-series...its a k20a3.. and i did gain close to 30whp considering stock ep3's dyno any where from 130-135whp by what i have seen... many members on forums get those numbers.. i myself never did a baseline dyno so im just going by other peoples dynos which is why i said close to 30whp... and i do have dyno graphs right in front of me, but no scanner to scan them, if not i would have scanned them already...

 

Race header/cai/Reflash/midpipe 30whp gain.
I've seen high as 167whp.

 

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umm i do have a k-series...its a k20a3.. and i did gain close to 30whp considering stock ep3's dyno any where from 130-135whp by what i have seen... many members on forums get those numbers.. i myself never did a baseline dyno so im just going by other peoples dynos which is why i said close to 30whp... and i do have dyno graphs right in front of me, but no scanner to scan them, if not i would have scanned them already...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, my bad then. I forgot i was in the Rsx / 01' civic forum!!! Ya in your case i believe it then. But wouldnt you guys get even more off a turbo if simple bolt ons are giving you such a power add-on?

 

Put about $4-6K in a good turbo kit and proper tuning, and 7 psi will get over 250 whp in the EP; 10 psi has been set by some drivers for daily use.

As always, there's power to be had, and then some. Just depends on what you want to end up with.

 

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Haha, my bad then. I forgot i was in the Rsx / 01' civic forum!!! Ya in your case i believe it then. But wouldnt you guys get even more off a turbo if simple bolt ons are giving you such a power add-on?
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lol no prob man...and yea boosted k20s are making some nice power..the only problem is the price unless you piece together your own kit

 

Razz Cams....

 

go with the rev hard turbo kit w/ k pro well u have 1200 right now... save it up and stay trouble free. if ur going to stay with the a3... fast and fun = turbo. revhard w/ kpro = 3800. there are other turbo kit that are much better, but hey rev hard is mid range price

 

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hondata,i/h/e

 

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agreed

 

should have gotten a type-s and thrown on a toda kit

 

maybe he liked the si and wanted to build with that car..

a type s with a toda kit sounds nice but maybe he doesnt have the funds just like i dont =D

plus i like the ep better

 

An EP with a "true hatch" (that is, high roofline all the way back) and dash shifter plus a faster motor sounds nice to me.

I probably could've bought a type-S if I count the money I've put into mods on my EP. But, it would've cost a lot more money (never mind duplicating the i/h/e/susp./rims I've got now) to take a type-S and extend the roofline & relocate the shifter to the dash.