ok.. i just bought a civic si... and i dont know **** about it.. so i wanna know.. what should i do first to get good numbers.. is there any aftermarket pistons.. cams.. or something....
thanks

Damian

 

ne body??

 

yes, there are tons of things to do... i read that toda had a cam/chip/exhaust/intake package or something that made 55hp or something... i dunno, i cant remember.. it was in some magazine

 

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i already paid my left nut for the car... should i let the other one go away??

 

Shouldve bought a RSX. You can gain 40 horsepower by putin on a RSX type S head. Thats a good start, i wouldnt spend money on the 160 HP k20. Do the head swap and then all further mods will yield better improvements. I think all you need is the head, exhaust manifold and ECU. Not cheap, but y spend the same on bolt ons just to equal a RSX type S motor?

 

hondata yields good numbers on k serries motors with only minor mods as well.... thats something to look into after some bolt ons

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mentat Ghola &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Shouldve bought a RSX. You can gain 40 horsepower by putin on a RSX type S head. Thats a good start, i wouldnt spend money on the 160 HP k20. Do the head swap and then all further mods will yield better improvements. I think all you need is the head, exhaust manifold and ECU. Not cheap, but y spend the same on bolt ons just to equal a RSX type S motor?</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you know where can i get the head/ecu and exhaust??... and how much for it??
also... is the bottom end the same in the rsx and the si??

 

do basic bolt ons until u get a feel for tha car and wat u want to do with it and improve on. do a basic exhaust, CAI, headers and hondata and see if u can find simple cams and camgear and retainers and such that dont need a bump in the compersion to get tha full power out of them. personally i would do a tha exhaust CAI and headers then worry bout doin a good suspesion and brake set-up.

 

The bottom end is the same K20 in the RSX type S and your civic. This head swap was covered recently in a mag, Honda TUning i think.

 

cool.. thanks... i just got my injen intake.... and i was thinking about buying a header... so if i do the head change.. my header wont work on the new head.. so i'll have to save some money for the head, header and ecu... ohh one question.. do i need the key with the new ecu?? cause my key wont work on it

 

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The casting may be the same, but the internals are not. Swapping the head, manifolds, and ecu will not yield the same power numbers as a stock RSX-S.