everything on my 1990 honda accord dx is stock! it was previously owned by an older lady who used it to shop and run errands.... the car is in realy good condition in my opinion. i want to start adding performance parts unto it. the thing is my honda has an automatic transmission.... IS IT EVEN WORTH IT? where should i began? any recommendations on where i should start... any manuals you guys recommend on "how to do it yourself"

 

well I will say automatic does suck , but start with the basics. cold air intake, header, muffler, get all new exuast piping 2.5 inch. lower it, get stut bars.

 

Dont even bother, You wont make any power with an F22, yet alone stock, plus automatic...

AS the person stated above, intake, header, etc...They dont do anything, maybe 10 HP at the most, and its just a waste of time, and money because you wont gain anything

 

[[QUOTE=standbackimapro]Dont even bother, You wont make any power with an F22, yet alone stock, plus automatic...

i wouldn,t say don,t bother, but he is right about the amount of power you will probably get. I had a92 cord with f22 manual shift and I had all of that. car looked nice and sounded kool, but yes I had my *** handed to me all the time.

 

the f22 doesnt have mouch potential worth while to fix up without spending lots of money. and the automatic thing sucks too. i would recomend just getting the basics if you want and drop the cash in rims+tires and suspension. you dont have much options in mkaing power but you can atleast make it handle better and funner to drive.

 

get a helms manual (factorymanual) unless you wanna go with HAYNES manuals, i think they are very vague(only 16 bucks) or you can search your *** off until u find a manual onlinefor FREE(i found one). Also how much power do u wanna gain minimal or 200 plus horses, if you want 200 hp, turbo is the way to go (gonna cost you) but if you wanna stick to the aftremarket goodies as stated before, don't expect much.
Autoanything.com sells honda parts i got my dc headers for 287.oo free shipping plus they also have cold air intakes AEM i think 128.oo not too sure.only crappy thing is they take too long to deliver.

ENjoy your honda

 

im pretty sure his auto trans cant handle a trubo, or any 200hp upgrade for that matter.

 

i say just save your money man, dont even try to supe up an accord. Just use it as a daily driver and be thankful that you have a car to use. Once you start modifying ****, the car will head downhill and the reliability will decrease. If you want to modify a car, you should sell the accord and get something else,preferrably a stick shift. I love it when you see a car that is fixed up then they take off and you can hear from the exhaust that

 

ok a f22 can hold alot of power and there are plenty of 300+ builds on a f22 (search) , and there really is no problem with automatic transmissions

and I dont think my changing headlights would cause the reliability to decrease? or removing the pinstriping? or any other number of things


Honestly not everyone needs to have a 5spd to mod their car, plenty of people modify their automatics, I saw someone with a h22 swap and an h23 auto tranny - there's nothing wrong with it


Feel free to modify your car, headers, exhaust, suspension, CAI, appearance mods, etc. Don't listen to those clowns

 

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheMuffinMan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok a f22 can hold alot of power and there are plenty of 300+ builds on a f22 (search) , and there really is no problem with automatic transmissions

and I dont think my changing headlights would cause the reliability to decrease? or removing the pinstriping? or any other number of things


Honestly not everyone needs to have a 5spd to mod their car, plenty of people modify their automatics, I saw someone with a h22 swap and an h23 auto tranny - there's nothing wrong with it


Feel free to modify your car, headers, exhaust, suspension, CAI, appearance mods, etc. Don't listen to those clowns

</TD></TR></TABLE>I couldn't agree more..............

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turboDerrick &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

i wouldn,t say don,t bother, but he is right about the amount of power you will probably get. I had a92 cord with f22 manual shift and I had all of that. car looked nice and sounded kool, but yes I had my *** handed to me all the time.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well... who were you racing, Mustang GTs? Evos?

I mean, I don't race a car if I know it's gonna just walk me.

 

performance parts? silly goose!