I got out of the honda scene for personal reasons as well as power goal reasons, and my girlfriend misses my dc2 gsr at times, which I sold long time ago she wishes she had a "racer car" as she calls it. And I plan on doing it again, jdm my way cause thats how she likes it. This time, itll be a crx 89-91 doesnt matter if its an si or not, but would'nt mind since it has a sunroof, etc. How does this basic setup sound for a girl on a n/a setup, and if i go FI that will be towards the bottom of the page. Its a shot in the dark around ~170-180whp for the n/a setup. FI setup around ~200-220whp -/+. Again not trying to get big hp numbers. I personally have a german FI turbo'd car, and in the works soon to be a GT2871r turbo upgrade, not really concerned on modding the honda too much for power.

Stage 1: Sart off on her feet and find a way to get it <U>bar'd legal</U>
obd1 b16a swap
stock clutch and flywheel (She doesn't know how to launch yet)
chipped p28
open air box mod
stock cb with highflow cat (test pipes or gutted cat are raspy and a bit ricer )
dc ceramic header w/custom heat shield cover (for stock appearance)
skunk2 short shifter
tein basics coils (slammed, she'll learn how to angle)
amber corners
stockers, 15's rotas slips.

Stage 2: If shes getting bored
stock clutch and flywheel (she won't be comfortable on stiffer clutch)
blox IM
hondata im gasket
ITR tb
skunk2 stage 2 cams
skunk2 valve springs and ti retainers
aem adj. cam gears
2.5" cb w/retaining highflow cat

Stage 3: If she wants a bit more
jdm itr p73 pistons
jdm itr rods (shot-peened)
Honed
balanced
Tune & dyno

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Forced induction setup: Ditch n/a setup and go turbo
stock d16y8 single cam v-tec swap
stock internals
stock head
stock clutch/flywheel/tranny
greddy bolt-on turbo kit (not looking for big hp numbers)
greddy fmic
greddy type-s bov
walbro 255lph fp
upgraded injectors
upgraded fpr
Hondata s200 w/boost option
Tune & Dyno


What do you guys think? I feel confident my girl or any somewhat beginner female driver can handle either setup as a dd, and have fun. Most defintely be a fun car for me to drive around. Maybe in the future go to the track and race my gf in the crx vs my gt2871r GTI lol.