I have a 96' honda civic! AUTO..
I dont know what to do to it.
I need help!
I have money that aint the problem. But I wanna go FAST!
I dont know if I should do engine swap?
Or just a turbo?
but will the turbo blow my engine????
I have a intake & exhaust.
Any ideas for more speed??
Im kinda new to this. lol
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THANKS!

 

not to give you the typical OG "search n00b!" response, but i'd figure out a more prominent direction you want to take with your car to help narrow down the possibilities, i mean i could tell you what I would do, but that may not be what YOU wanna do. I'd start with an auto to manual swap and go from there.

 

You can only do so much with an auto tranny....start with that tranny swap and see where that takes you.

 

forcefed beat me to it. Get that auto out of there asap and go from there. MUCH more potential that way.

 

I was gonna do that but my dad said you cant. It would mess up all the computer things in there.
Plus it would cost like 4,000 to get it done some where else.

 

Changing a transmission shouldn't cost that much if you find the right place. Hell, I paid $800 a while back to replace my engine and that included the price of the engine.

You also need a new ECU that supports the manual transmission.

I'm not sure if you need new axles. Never done the auto to manual swap or vice versa so I'm not familiar with it.

 

Hehe. It's 3 wire to 2 wire IACV, which is a little re-pin. Then you get a used P2P ECU from the internet. Transmission itself is 200 to 300 dollars, then shift link and clutch pressure plate flywheel...
Overall it should be a less than 1000 dollar job by far. I think I spent 300 on mine.

 

Dang!
I already have the tranny and everything.
See I bought 2 totaled cars clipped back end both are 96 hondas just ones auto and the other is straigth shift!!!
so I got all the stuff.

 

Hmm, I'm in a similar situation... just need 1 more post I can start a thread too

 

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