I have a 1998 civic coupe ex. Vtec engine with cold air intake. I want to make this car faster but I do not make a lot of money, what can I do to do this. Keep in mind that I do not know a lot about cars so I have no idea where to start. I don't want body work right now except for maybe lowering, because I think it is stupid to have a nice car with nothing under the hood. Thanks.

 

engine swap

 

try starting with a decent exhaust. if you want safe gains it's amazing what kind of h/p a good exhaust can free up. since you don't have a lot of money to throw at it a turbo or a supercharger would be out of the question, because a lot of the time either of these could cost a good amount of money. but if you want instant h/p gains you could always go with nitrous!

 

Well like I said, I do not know a lot about cars. So what is a good exhaust to get besides flowmaster?

 

put your money elsewhere. I want a bmw, but it's not feasible for me right now.

 

intake, header, exhaust, and suspension would be good starting points.

 

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go faster with little money
weight reduction
spare tire, back seats, remove ac and power steering, etc.
these mods are for free too

 

I have cold air intake, I need to know what a good brand of exhaust to get. The weight reduction thing also sounds like a good idea. I take it that my subs aren't helping with that?

 

rsr is good, and i took out all the seats except driver, ac, ps, all the speakers except for the drivers speaker out

 

hit me up if you need some drop springs

 

wzup shredder
this is erik from underground.just to let you know my line is great on performance and better at the prices that i have. you said you don't know anything about cars well call me up if you have any ?'s on any ugr products and i can explain to you what you can do to your ride. i carry engine,suspension and accesories. check it out then tell your friends that ugr is comming out strong. thanks shredder eirk. 626.688.2294

 

These all sound like good ideas but what is a good brand of exhaust to get?

 

anyone?

 

exhaust isnt going to do diddly on your single cam

invest in some boost. and like others have said, weight reduction.

 

depends what your looing for, a stock looking exhaust, quite loud lots of **** out there

 

GUT IT OUT TAKE EVERY THING OUT U WILL
GO TO A SHOP AND TELL THEM TO CUT ALL THE METAL U DON'T NEED OUT
AND BOLT ONS NOS NOT a lot LIKE 50 SHOT IS GOOD FOR U DON'T SPRAY a lot U WILL BE OK

 

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GO TO A SHOP AND TELL THEM TO CUT ALL THE METAL U DON'T NEED OUT
AND BOLT ONS NOS NOT a lot LIKE 50 SHOT IS GOOD FOR U DON'T SPRAY a lot U WILL BE OK
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i really hope your joking, that was like f&f3, dom.....

you can cut your floor boards out and replace them with diamond plate


Modified by tuck'd98 at 12:10 AM 1/10/2006

 

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How about you start with a book. You dont know a lot about cars so learn first then make it fast.

 

how bout, if ur going to spend 10 seconds flaming him, help by giving him atleast 1 positive response to help him.

if u dont have a lot of money, weight reduction is the best way to start out. otherwise, simple i/h/e (intake/header/exhaust) is an easy upgrade. you can ebay all of that for prolly a few hundred bucks. quality parts can run up to over a thousand. your choice. the search button in the upper right does wonders.

also, a route many ppl overlook is suspension. strut bars, sway bars, lower control arms, springs, shocks, etc. all the things u can get to reduce wheel hop (not that ull have the power to get any) and keep ur chassis more solid. it helps more than u think it does. again, ebay **** can go a few hundred bucks for most of the parts mentioned above, performance/quality parts can run up to a few thousand bucks. your choice. that search button is just begging for u to use it.

 

its not a flame it the facts. learn how to do something before you dont it. Study the physics of a car before you go making it fast then blowing it up because you didnt know what the hell your doing.


edit:: your defintition of flame is certainly different from mine.

 

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i dont believe HXvtec was flaming at all, he's right.
go get yourself a haynes manual first then theres other books out there that are about JUST hondas that you can find to help you modify it the way you want.
IMO, gutting your car with the stock SOHC is RETARDED! you have a 1.6L grocerie-getter... now you wanna turn it into a shopping car so its SLIGHTLY more nimble
and x2 if its your daily.

its your car, if your comfortable with that, by all means, go ahead.

I think you should learn first, spend later. this way youll spend wiser. Instead of putting an exhaust on your stock SOHC thinking your the fast and the furious and having ever ricer on the street annoy and rev at you, save the money so that when you get a fart can, you can actually be something to fear.

if your gonna keep that motor, boost it
like i said, learn first. knowledge is power and power can save you money, cuz now if you know everything about a turbo, you dont have to blow 1,300 bux on a kit with **** you dont want... you now can build your own, to YOUR specs, with less of YOUR money.

did i flame a bit, yes,
but you'll thank me later
cuz i wish i had someone to tell me the same back in my ricey days

 

^ id have to agree with you and hxvtec

 

try creating some ways of ,making horsepower instead of aftermarket bolt-ons . . i'd start with a Helms book for your car and read and learn from there, unless u have a habbit of burning books . .

 

Im looking for a semi loud exhaust. And how much would it be to put another header in the car?

 

apexi N1 is semi loud, i have the N1 with stock cat and its no louder the the evoII and its quiter on the inside than the evoII

megan racing header is about $150 new, best bang for your buck