EP Swaps - 02 Civic DX *modify!*

ok ok... i am going to sound like a complete noob... but im fresh off the club rsx boat to help my friend mod her civic... and i thought i would check dis place out... anywayz

What can I do to her car?

Is a cold air intake, like on a rsx, the only good intake for power? or for civics short rams jus as good power wise...?

For an exhaust... What do you guys recommend fits best? We dont want to spend much hopefully under 400...

Any other good mods that are easy to do for this vehicle?

Also the car has no tach for RPMS... it is a manual... anyone have pics of a good tach on their Civic?

What else is there that is good?

What is the name of the engine on the DX...

D17A1 piece of crap. tell her to put an RSX K20A2 in there before she wastes her money on anything else.

Thats like a 10k swap right? I know its like 6500 just for the motor.

haha, unless you steal one

ORIGINAL: AgentofDarkness

Thats like a 10k swap right? I know its like 6500 just for the motor.


You can get them way cheaper than that. Ill try to find a link...

www.sunrisejdmmotors.com has an a2 for 5500 and an a3 fo 3300.

And you can buy them cheaper than that from private sellers. For instance... http://hondacivicforum.com/m_174560/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#174560

I own a 2001 DX, the motor thats in it. Is it the d17a2 or d17a1. and what is the difference between them. and is a motor swap the best optoion if I want it to run low 14s e/ts. is it possible to get my current motor to do that?

ORIGINAL: wyndoon

I own a 2001 DX, the motor thats in it. Is it the d17a2 or d17a1. and what is the difference between them. and is a motor swap the best optoion if I want it to run low 14s e/ts. is it possible to get my current motor to do that?

You have the d17a1. The difference between the two is V-tec. The d17a2 has it and the a1 doesnt. You could get your car to run 14's easy with built internals, a good turbo setup and a very good tune.

any way i could supercharger it instead of turbo. plans are to still have this car as my daily driver and also where should i start for redoing the internals is it all going to have to be custom or are there just better parts than whats inside the engine now?

Well, unfortunately no one makes a super charger for the 7th gens. You could definitely use a turbo on stock internals man. Just keep the boost low, around 6-8 psi and you'll be fine (and quick) Building up the internals is for running high psi with the turbo.

redoing the internals wouldnt be a problem i just kinda need to know where to get them so that i can see if it will be better and better i mean cheaper to do it that way or find and H22a motor and do a swap and build up from there also i was wondering ummm i dont have a tach in there and i really want one in the dash i dont know if u know which wires i need to cut to put it in or maybe someone else can help with it.

Check out this site for the tach. Not sure if it'll help since it's for an external one, but take a look anyways.
http://www.westworld.com/~joe_r/tach/tachinst.html
http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=949918