I am in the begining stages of building a 2000 civic ex 5 speed from the ground up. (well almost) I bought the car last year hoping to be able to drop a little money into it, but ended up just using it as a commuting car. My wife cracked the head on it when a radiator hose blew out. I was wanting to put a B16A into it but I realized that I would have to change the tranny. I got another stock motor to drop in it while I rebuild another one. I am new to all of this and some of the acronyms and vins that are used are greek to me. Can someone throw out some pointers. I make 6 figures and I live in MS so I have money to spend on it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

I suppose the very first question that must be asked is do you want to go NA or turbo? Of course there is the nitrous route, and there have been a couple superchargers floating around.

Second question is what are your goals and aspirations? Is this just a nice cruiser? Are you wanting maximum performance, or a blend of performance & economy? Will you be racing it?

The better you can define what you want, the easier it is to tap the vast skills, expertise, and knowledge base at your disposal.

Mike

 

I want to race it and fix it up for show without getting too outrageous. The stock engine is a 1.6 sohc non vtec. not very impressive. I could put a turbo on it to give it a little boost. I know there are many aftermarket parts out there to get good performance but anyway you slice the sohc non vtec is still sub par.

 

Still tells no one anything. Specific goals. Not pipe dream ones.