Hey everyone, I've been having an issue with slow acceleration/loss of power and I took it to a local shop and had them identify that I have a cracked exhaust manifold and a clogged catalytic converter. From what I know, 96-00 Civic DX/HX/CX's all have a combined manifold/cat. Now, I was considering buying exhaust headers for my car as I'd like to increase HP and I know it generally sounds better, but I haven't been able to find an exhaust header/cat combination anywhere.

My question is do exhaust header/cat assemblies exist for Civic DX's, or would I have to cut the exhaust manifold off of a new manifold/cat assembly and then weld headers to the cat?

I've already purchased a manifold/cat assembly but if I can return that and get a header/cat assembly I will in a heartbeat.

Thanks everyone!

 

Don't waste your money. If you have that kind of engine then putting a header on it will make you no more power since they aren't that powerful to start with and there's no power there to free up. The transmissions suck too-geared too long. Install that OEM replacement and save yourself the hassle and expense.

 

Alright, sounds good. I'll just wait until I do a GSR swap to do some real power modifications.