Is there any cost effective ways to increase the horses on civic hb? I heard that if you take the restricter plate out of your Injector system, you increase horses. (DPFI)

 

i/h/e

 

why spend 200 on a cai and 200+ on a header and 500 for a good exhaust when you can build a custom turbo kit for under a grand, and put out alot more power than achievable by minor mods.

 

I took mine off and notice a slight increase. Not exactly a few horsepower, might have been a new born pony. Its free so what u expect, go for it

 

Do the MPFI conversion, would cost you like 50-75 bucks to find the setup online.

 

I second the MPFI conversion. Also, I heard, but am not positive, that if you take off the restrictor plate then your engine will run lean.

 

Removing the restricter plate will hardly even be noticable, neither will an I/H/E. the tiny little throtle body bottlenecks the system, so it needs to be dealt with first....

MPFI swap!!!

 

Homemade turbo. Hows that possible?

 

Well since you have a d series use a hf manifold with an adapter plate for what ever turbo you decide to use. Buy mandrel jbends for piping, innercooler (optional) yet recomended, then you will need misc little stuff and a fmu which are like 100 bucks new. Just do some research its cheap and you get lots of power from it.

 

the hidden horses will be made up with a MPFI swap....

 

You gotta shop around and find good deals on used stuff. Here's what ive found so far:
aem cai - $100
greddy sp catback - $220
Just gotta find a nice used header and it should be a nice i/h/e for under $500.
As far as suspension goes:
gc coilovers - $160
Wouldnt buy shocks used so im gonna get some nice adjustables.

Its safe to buy anything used that cant be abused and you know its condition. to bargain hunting.