I was wondering where I can put my strut bar. My throttle body is upright. I have a 98 Civic. I dont know if this is a normal throttle body. I noticed alot of civics have the throttle body that connects to the side of the intake manifold. Can someone tell me if there 98 civic's throttle body is up or to the side? If so... where can I connect the strut bar. I have a aem short ram intake.




[Modified by Civic LX 29, 8:44 PM 5/9/2002]

 

Theres the pic. can someone help me out? How can I put a strut bar on? The intake is in the way! Help me please

 

pic doesn't work...

off the top of my head, i thought the HX has the throttle body that points up.. is that what you have? or an LX

 

return it and get one for the rear


[Modified by Fillmore Slim, 6:33 PM 5/9/2002]

 

I didnt say I had one. I was just asking where it would go becuase it looks like the intake would be in the way.

 

I have one on my DX, it rubs the intake

 

thats gay.... it rubs the intake? what kind of mod is needed?

 

a motor swap

 

non-Si's have the TB facing up
Si's have the TB on the left side, since it's a b-series engine
all other b-series are like above

 

that is definitly not true. There are civics with D series engines with the throttle body connected on the side. Not only B-series. I just dont know why mine is upward while other D-series engines are connected to the side.

 

sohc vtec models have the intake manifold on the left. I don't know why DX CX and LX have the upward manifolds...

 

it looks like you tranny mount is not hooked up. like the motor is not sitting right.
maybe my eyes are fucked up. you dont need a strut bar anyway.....so dont get one. unless you just want it for looks.

 

what about sway bars? I'm trying to get better handling for my ride. Any suggestions? I recently got 17 inch rims and my handling sucks even more.

 

civic dx lx cx have the upright throttle body, civic ex and si have it on the side, dont put it on a lx, you wont be able to tell the diffrence anyway. not worth the hassle

 

Anything that you can do to strengthen or reinforce the chassis is going to help the car handle better. Strut tower bars can serve this purpose very well. I believe that there is at least one company that makes bars that angle back & then cut across, to avoid the rubbing problem that may come from a bar that just goes straight across.

Sway bars will give you a more noticeable difference, but they are definitely not a mod for the novice. Make sure that you know your car well as it is now, in the handling department before you get a bigger sway bar.

Also, don't forget that having the proper tire pressure is VERY important for good handling. Tire pressure can be the difference between a good-handling car & a shitty-handling car.