Hi, it's my wife car as a daily commutes car, but I would like to get some extra power out of it to get better excellerates for changing lanes and power to climb some hills, as i took it to las vegas once. So muffler is a no no, trying to keep it stock not noticable to cops. I was thinking about header and intake, but the issue I have is my catalic converter is right where the header is, so if i put header on i have to run without header? any recommend on header? which is cheap and give the most power. also about the intake, the intake manifold i have is the box with filter on top of it so the hole is facing up toward the hood unlike other intake face side way, so I kinda worry about ordering a wrong intake which most of them are side way. thanks and help pointing out which i should get. and I'm planing to get all the parts from ebay. also when ever i turn headlight on or ac car shakings looking for electrics! but I just replaced battery, connector, iridium spark plug and wires, add more ground wires from chassis to engine.

thanks in advance....

 

Any CEL codes? If not, try cleaning the IACV.

 

The y7 wasnt really made for power upgrades, I own one myself. You can swap the trans for a y8 5 speed. Is the car a manual trans?
You can put an EX header but you will have to get the EX cat and B-pipe. It just relocates all the exhaust plumbing. Then you will have to extend the 2nd O2 sensor

 

It's an automatic, not CEL code, just passed smog 2months recently replace oil with 10w30 mobile1 and new oil pan gasket, i'm only looking for minor add on not major swap out, thanks...

 

not much is going to help the y7 exspecially if its a auto. best thing you can do for chep is a 5 spd swap for about 600

 

like i said no swaping, i traded my 90 ef manual for this auto so my wife can drive. as for right now the car handles pretty good, just wanna get a little bit of power out of it for cheap.

 

whatever you do, don't change the fuel rail its a waste of money unless you have other mods and a tuner

 

Edelbrock makes a smog legal turbo kit , it's not cheap , but it's low psi is perfect for a auto tran with AC

I've seen the kit on sale at various merchants for $3k

not much you can do for a Y7 on the cheap for any considerable gains

bigger exhaust , but would your girlfriend hate the sound?

CAI , would your girlfriend drive through 1-2 feet of water without thinking about it?

The Edelbrock kit is girlfriend proof and will give you considerable gains, but at $3k you could swap a B series in there with more future potential

Sell the car and get an Accord V6