Hello, All...
Name's Brandon, and I'm addicted to my 2000 Honda Civic EX.

I've had the car only for a week thus far but already it feels like we've been flirting for ages. She introduced herself to me the other night: Sheridan.

She's a beautiful sedan with skin the shade of Desert Sand Metallic, an interior like none other, and the most sensual handling I've ever felt.

But now that I've got her out of her previous owner's hands - a 40-something hospital nurse who babied her and kept every record, thankfully - Sheridan's begging for some new upgrades.

After some browsing, thinking, and long talks with her, we've decided upon simply sleeping her out: beautiful, of course, but a bit under the radar. No "rice" for this girl. Exterior modifications will only entail a set of silver grille inserts, a factory style real spoiler, and a possible 1.8 f/r lowering.

After that, we're a bit unsure of where to go. She's still a bit skeptical to lift the skirt for me seeing as how I've only been with German girls and I'm not very experienced under a Honda hood.

Naturally, I'm looking for performance boosters, so I've already got my eye on a cold air intake and an exhaust system. She'll purr quieter than a kitten, I'm not into the roarin' girls. So the question at hand is what kind of engine mods are worthwhile without being overkill? <edited><editID>ershion</editID><editDate>38095.0733217593</editDate></edited>

well im pretty new to the whole honda world also. but based on my stang im goin with some of the similar mods. not getting into it near as far as the stang but jsut wanna give her a little kick and a little flash too. as far as the body goes i am plannin on a factory wing and maybe a front chin spoiler and aset of springs.all honda on the body no rice body kits. as far as perf goes i have a magnaflow catback ordered and prob a nice set of headers. the magnaflow should sound good but not loud ass coffeecan sound. oh yea and just a nice cai and throttle body. that will give it a little kick and not dip into the stang funds too badly.

nice to have u! shoot for basic mods like a front lip, spoiler, rims, and thats it! By the way try posting in the headers and exhaust section instead of internals cuz this section of the forum deals with pistions, rods, and other internals<IMG src=smileys/smiley3.gif border="0"></P>

For performance wise and sound Skunk2 makes the best exhaust for civic, well thats what i was told. I had it on my 2003 civic and it sounded awsome. I also had An AEM cold air intake and those 2 together made the car sound really good. For the intake i would go with either AEM or an Injen and for the Exhaust i would go with either Skunk2 or Apex i

thermal exh systems have been dyno proven to be one of the most powerfull exh sytems on the market with a downside that they are very loud. do you want a total sleeper? i mean no even being able to hear the engine under hard accel? you can always build a nitrous engine. no one will know what u have until nitrous is activated <IMG src=smileys/smiley1.gif border="0">

what is a thermo exhaust, i probably know what is is but can't remember

its made by thermal......its quality is up there with greddy and other top notch companys. they buil a 2.25" exh for n/a and a 3" exh for turbo apps.

oh ok thats cool thanks lilol89crx

as far as intakes go, any brand is good, even ebay intakes are fine. Intakes don't really do a whole lot performance wise. Exhaust...Greddy evo. Nitrous is awesome for a sleeper. I have an 01 EX. I so far have a 3 inch drop, honda Aero front and rear lip, shaved my emblems. Performance wise I have an aem short ram intake and greddy evo exhaust, it's opened up a little bit but I am saving for nitrous now.

I think that a quality intake is important, some of the ebay intakes arent CARB legal and/or the MAF sensor doesnt fit right, but other than that an intake is a very simple thing... kinda hard to f-up. Im not big on nitrous, but its definately a sleeper mod.

Do u want to go for drifter quick or drag quick?

yeah the carb legal thing may be an issue for some people but not for me. On a 2000 I don't believe you need to worry about a maf sensor not fitting right, I have an aem on my 01 and I think the money I spent was kinda a waste of money. My friend put an ebay intake on his 00 ex and it is every bit as good. Just be careful buying anything from ebay though, like polo said, thigs don't always work out for ya. Or you can always do what this guy did.

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154976

I say you keep it a total sleeper, make it look real smoothe with no sound, like get cold air intake, exhaust header, but no exhaust, you can add a super charger or even a turbo for more power, no body kit and tint the windows something like 20%, along with that u can get some rims 18"s so it doesnt look like the sporty ricer 17". A Sleeper is something that is looked to be normal and sound normal but will destroy when it comes to a race, not something to be heard, u have to go more on a stealth basis, so go for a more smoothe look than anything.
-Struletz

Turbo, performance clutch, light weight flywheel, intake, exhaust, msd ignition and wires, fuel pressure regulater and so on......

Keep the exterior simple......you'll want to tighten up your suspension too.

ORIGINAL: Struletz

I say you keep it a total sleeper, make it look real smoothe with no sound, like get cold air intake, exhaust header, but no exhaust, you can add a super charger or even a turbo for more power

Sorry, but if u slap on a hi-flow intake and a header... your going to hear it. And any real racer knows the whine and whistle of forced injection.

true, but it would be much more quieter than having full catback exhaust at the end...

No matter what you do to the engine, people will know (there's no way around that). The key is keep the exterior simple.