i just got a coupe ex, mostly stock. im looking to turn this into a project car. what would be the best modifications to start with? dont have a lot of money right now

 

if youre low on cash cut the springs, maybe 3 coils throw some rotas on and youll be good til you get some cash

 

i have between 500 and 1000 to spend right know

 

Wait, what do uw ant to make it project as? If you want it to be a show car, than probably dropping it like he said would be an okay place to start, paint calipers and ****, but if u mean like, mechanically so it's puttin out 300whp, best place to start is intake/exhaust (complete), and headers..

Or an exhaust tip, not sure how u want to budget it or what u want to turn it into

 

i dont really care what it looks like more just want to increase handling and power

 

if you want handling and power than save up money for the GOOD ****

1000 bucks can get you a good damper kit

 

i would keep saving for a good swap then probly do the brakes and suspention after that.

 

what kind of engine swap would u recomend

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=878010

 

what kind of damper kit would u suggest and how hard is it to install

 

I would ALWAYS do suspension first, then brakes, then after those two are done, i would invest in a bigger motor. But if you are dying to get a motor in there for a little bigger kick, then I would say get an LS (b18b). They are fairly cheap and easy to find, and once you get a little more money, you can piece together a turbo kit for it for practicaly nothing. Also, the swap is non-vtec and should be fairly easy for a first timer (if you are new to hondas). good luck with it! ej1's!!!!

 

Always suspension first.

 

what kind/ company suspension mods would you guys recomend

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fightback &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what kind of damper kit would u suggest and how hard is it to install</TD></TR></TABLE> pretty easy. 2 nuts on each shock in the engine bay. bolt on top and bottom of each fork. 2 bolts each shock for the brake lines. and there goes the fronts. the rear has 2 nuts in the trunk. and a bolt thats connected to the lca and bam, there goes the rears. reverse the process for the install check out the suspension forum https://honda-tech.com/zeroforum?id=54

 

thanks that dosnt sound to rough

 

and if the rear LCA is in the way you can drop that down a BA BAM i dont remeber wt sockets you use but i think its one of these 12 14 17 19. 2 of the four or even 3 of the four. ill find when i change mines out next weekend

 

if i am going to change out the suspension should i worry about throwing in front and back sway bars as well?

 

turbo the d.

 

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best idea so far.


Suspension and brakes too

 

ive heard there are some problems turbo charging the d engine is that true?