I just got an 01 Civic Lx. I have rims and a system what performance mods should I do first? Intake, exhaust, headers? Thanks

 

everyone here is gonna tell you none of that is worth it, n to just go str8 into boost or do a engine swap to a k20 or k24. trust me i already asked lol

 

Search, bud. This has been covered numerous times.

 

pay the car off buy a house.....

 

if u want to keep the car. and need it faster

Kswap or Turbo are your only options

if u want a fun car, upgrade to good coilovers, get a larger rear sway bar, and upgrade to rear disc brakes.

As you have an 01 LX like me, u will need the adapter kit if u plan to run a rear sway bar. ( our 01 LX's dont have OEM sways stock)

Im going through a lot of crap trying to get my sway bar adapter kit shipped out, they've shipped the wrong part twice. Once i get it installed ill let u know how much better it feels, but everyone says its a GREAT upgrade.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18a_CRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if u want to keep the car. and need it faster

Kswap or Turbo are your only options

if u want a fun car, upgrade to good coilovers, get a larger rear sway bar, and upgrade to rear disc brakes.

As you have an 01 LX like me, u will need the adapter kit if u plan to run a rear sway bar. ( our 01 LX's dont have OEM sways stock)

Im going through a lot of crap trying to get my sway bar adapter kit shipped out, they've shipped the wrong part twice. Once i get it installed ill let u know how much better it feels, but everyone says its a GREAT upgrade.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

whoa, i thought you double posted but those two sn's differ just by b18 and b18a. is that your alter ego, the one that LOVES k20a3's?

 

Haha, he actually has one of the sexiest CRX's ever, i looked at his pics a few weeks ago.

But NO ONE LIKES THE k20a3's!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Curiouz_G &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">whoa, i thought you double posted but those two sn's differ just by b18 and b18a. is that your alter ego, the one that LOVES k20a3's? </TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahahaa lmfao

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 01CivLx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just got an 01 Civic Lx. I have rims and a system what performance mods should I do first? Intake, exhaust, headers? Thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

get an evo

 

dont waste the money on d17 your going to want a new motor in 3 months. luckily when i bought my car it had evo 2 catback and k&n performance intake. you will easily spend 3000 in the long run buying stupid things for the d17 when u can put that 3 g's towards k swap and have a real custom car that not many people have. a "head turner" .

 

well, if you want better performance, id slam it, get some light weight RAY's, a nice thick rear sway, and finish it off with a lip and tint. done and done

 

If ur gunna spend $$, spend it on rims and suspension.

Nothing is more sexy than a RARE piece of JDM art on all 4 corners.

And nothing will **** u off more, than cheap suspension.

 

what are some good cheap things u can do for suspension? so far all i did was neospeed springs

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmyuki &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good + cheap doesn't exsist.
you want good, you gotta spend the cash
you want cheap then you'll pay the price in the end when your **** falls apart.

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Sounds like you know what's up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmyuki &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good + cheap doesn't exsist.
you want good, you gotta spend the cash
you want cheap then you'll pay the price in the end when your **** falls apart.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmyuki &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good + cheap doesn't exsist.
you want good, you gotta spend the cash
you want cheap then you'll pay the price in the end when your **** falls apart.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i meant cheap as in the hundreds, for example, 100-300 dollars, because poeple in this site say to just do a k20 swap like if it was nothing, but suprise its like 8 grand, so dunno wat they believe is "cheap", i dun want to be advised to do a ____ n when i ask the price they say "its about $3000 oh n also ur left nut to count for shipping".

 

FTL

 

For 300 and lower, get a RSX-S rear sway, and Progress adapter kit. As i said, i have yet to install it but EVERYONE says it makes a huge difference on their EX's, which come with a rear sway bar. So i can only imaging the amazing results we will get since out 01 LX's dont come with rear sways.

Also, a gooooood set of tires always helps.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AiL45 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i meant cheap as in the hundreds, for example, 100-300 dollars, because poeple in this site say to just do a k20 swap like if it was nothing, but suprise its like 8 grand, so dunno wat they believe is "cheap", i dun want to be advised to do a ____ n when i ask the price they say "its about $3000 oh n also ur left nut to count for shipping".</TD></TR></TABLE>

$300 or less? Well, depending on what your overall goal with your car is, pick up some suspension components, like a nice anti-sway bar (previously mentioned), rear disc brake setup, Brembo blanks with Hawk HPS pads, stainless brake lines, Tanabe underbrace, or maybe some nice tires (205/55/16 Falken Ziex ZE-12's are $288 shipped from discounttiredirect). You know, somethings aren't just cheap to buy for our cars. Usually you have to spend some money to get any real performance increases.

If you had $500+, I'd say shoot for a partial rollcage or some serious suspension components. That way, you could really feel a change.

 

as with any car, intake is usually the first thing that is changed. Although you may hear that an intake may give you 5-10HP, it will rarely do that with a stock car. It WILL make it sound a heck of a lot better, and give the engine more air flowing to it. Next I would say headers, or a High flow cat if you want to keep it legal. If you do get an exhaust, PLEASE get an exhaust, NOT just a $30 can and swap out the muffler. That will make it sound like crap. Just don't do shotty work, and it will turn out nicely. Have fun with it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaTroll &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">as with any car, intake is usually the first thing that is changed. Although you may hear that an intake may give you 5-10HP, it will rarely do that with a stock car. It WILL make it sound a heck of a lot better, and give the engine more air flowing to it. Next I would say headers, or a High flow cat if you want to keep it legal. If you do get an exhaust, PLEASE get an exhaust, NOT just a $30 can and swap out the muffler. That will make it sound like crap. Just don't do shotty work, and it will turn out nicely. Have fun with it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You won't get 5hp out of an intake on the D17. You may see 5whp after an intake, header, and exhaust swap.

 

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With the D17's, the engine doesn't respond well to aftermarket bolt-ons (like the intake, exhaust, and header combo). It's because the overall design of airflow dynamics has been extensively worked on for the D17-series. There's not as many shortcomings as it's predecessors in overall flow characteristics. You'd need an increase in air pressure to make use of the increased flow capabilities. This means that you'd need either higher compression pistons, or boost pressure from a turbocharger to make use of available aftermarket intakes, headers, and exhausts.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmyuki &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">??? i don't understand any of that...</TD></TR></TABLE>

basically what he means is that dont mod your engine unless its for turbocharging. or just swap out the motor for the K series. there ya go. toyomatt always makes it so hard


jk. i &lt;3 toyomatt

 

LoL, Curious is just mad cause no one likes k20a3's:p

 

do suspension components, wheels, brakes, etc.. that can always help out any car regardless of what motors in it. I've got the same suspension setup on my car now that i had before the swap. well plus a underbrace.