Yo Guys

Im looking for some help with my car project, I work away so I get large chunks of time to work on the motor. I bought a 2000 EK Civic nice and cheap with minimal rusting and decent undercarriage. Im no car mechanic so I thought I would teach myself along the way. Before I came away last I managed to get the old motor out along with all of the brakes, PS, wiring etc. I then set out doing some research on which motor would be a good upgrade in power from the stock 1.4, after reading the forums I had the idea on a k20a2 which was soon ruled out as it was too much for a first job so I bought a B18c4. Ive seen a long list of mods than can be done to these EKs with B18c4's in them, for example the basics like a A/M intake and exhaust with stainless catback and back box with a 4-2-1 for decent low to mid range power, and a Skunk intake mani with a 70mm TB. Ive also seen some more complex modifications like the 'Poor Mans Type-R' which im still a bit fuzzy on.

My question I put out there is what are the basic improvements that can be done to see to some decent gains? I would appreciate a little description as to why you suggest what you suggest so I can continue to learn the trade.

Cheers for the help.

 

not much to be had in the gains department from bolt ons. your exhaust should be upgraded to 2.25 inch. aside from that, the only real gains you'll see is from a chipped obd-1 ecu and some dyno time.

 

So what will I need to do to start seeing some progress ?

 

Finish the swap and go from there.

 

You are in UK, yes? The Tegiwa Toda copy is a great header for the money. Some tuner cams like Skunk2 sells with uprated valve springs. ITR ecu if you are staying obd2. Drive that for a while, it will be a lot of fun.

 

Thanks for the reply and the idea ill have a read up no the mani and into some cam shafts. Now with the valve springs would you say go for better retainers and valves also ?

 

Type r valves as they are lighter than stock b series valves, and can be had for cheap. Stock retainers will be just fine. No titanium retainers as they wear much faster than the oem ones.