i just recently traded in the old granny 97 buick park avenue(about 20 miles to the gallon blehhh)with 171k miles on it for a 94 honda civic vx with 121k miles on it all stock except for a few extra door speakers and aftermarket radio. i really love the hell outa this one for the mpgs its getting.but at the same time i really wanna enjoy driving it more. im not looking into really big performance adjustments or putting a bunch of money into car. im just curious if its possible to aftermarket the exhaust and the air intake maybe a little. does putting in a short ram intake on its intake system really affect the car a lot? honestly i just miss hearing the roar of vtec.even if its just the vtec-e. also curious about the exhaust I love driving loud 5speeds. from what iv read so far im not sure i want to lean on replacing the whole exhaust. maybe just an apexi n1 4" muffler tip. any suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

leave it alone

 

Don't ruin the VX!!!

 

Leave the engine alone. It's a waste of money.

 

this is what ... the third one this month?

 

If not higher than that.

 

jeesh. 2 mods on it is apperently too much to ask for D:

 

Precisely. The VX is a pure economy car. If you wanted something a little peppier you should have bought an EX.

 

i had a 2007 civic si.i understand peppy. i love this car dont get me wrong. just wanna make it louder have a lil fun with it.i aint lookn to turbo or do a minime swap or nothing like that.o well. guess ill just leave it stock wait later then

 

Loud and slow? Illogical.

If you want loud poke a hole in your muffler.

 

You want it to be loud, for why? lol
so people will notice your slow economy car....

 

Good...cause boosting a strait up Economy motor would be and a minime is a waste of money, time, effort

 

not really i just enjoy it more
shizzz long time ago i redid the exhaust on a 97 oldsmobile. call it luxury but that thing sounded like a tank. i just absolutely hate driving quiet cars.every car iv had iv had some kind of exhaust work done on it. on the 2000 accord ex coupe, 89 crx dx.only one i didnt get to was the 2007 civic si cuz it was a gift and i just cudnt afford it

 

Nothing better than another obnoxiously loud & slow economy honda on the road

 

Freebie mod for you then, just remove the muffler section altogether. If you want to spend a little, go to your local muffler shop and have them fab up a pipe to route your exhaust gases back to the bumper.

For your intake, you can use any intake intended for the 92-95 Civic engines but you'll most likely have to get creative at home depot or the likes to find an adapter to mate the intake to the tiny throttle body your car has. I've done the same with my car before. Not much difference if any in drivability.

 

oh, you're one of those people.

 

more like to the people who couldnt get straight to the point like this post. thanks a bunch.

lemme just cut to the freakin chase
i love hondas. i love how easy they are to work on. how reliable they are. how good of milage they get. and as for being an economy car i love the vx and its fast enough the way it is.i love it. why not have your cake and eat it too? All i seriously wanna do is enjoy the sound of vtec. give the car a little bit of sound. and still enjoy the mpg.how does that not make any sence? this is exactly what got me addicted to hondas in the first place.

hate on me all you want i just want to enjoy driving a little bit more

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What is it about people liking the sound of Vtec??? I can't stand when my car hits vtec because of the sound. I am about to add another resonator just to make it less noticeable.

 

It's Vtec-E on a single cam. You are NOT going to hear any vtec "popping". BTW.. I miss my VX

 

Your idea's of you enjoying your car are stricly opinionated. My idea or somebody else's will vary, I personally hate a loud exhaust on a 4 cylinder. It serves no purpose other than to be loud. To each their own.

 

With a huge can on it and a short ram, I bet it will pop so hard at 2500 rpm...

 

I agree with the masses on this one to be honest, the mods are nearly pointless on this engine BUT I'm not here to judge anyone on what they want to do to their car. And even though I have no first hand experience with VTEC-E I really doubt you'll hear it. It's not quite the same as say a...2007 Si. Completely different engines.

My suggestion with the exhaust section removal wouldn't be my first choice but it would seem to fit the bill for your quest for sound. And if you don't like it, you can always get an actual name brand or generic performance minded exhaust and install it to quiet it down...or just put your stock one back.

 

Completely understandable.it is vtec-e but still has some sound to it even stock.and when enough load is given a little over 2k rpms it does have a lil descent pick up to it.the reason for these only two mods is cuz i cud easily switch it back to stock if i wanted to in the future if i wanted to sell or trade.but that will be a while.honestly at this point i just wanna put a muffler on it.im thinkn an apexi n1 4" muffler.and just maybe a spectre intake.or find one that fits

 

D15b2 engine.not the greatest of engines.but this thing was fun as hell to drive