How can I make my Civic faster?
#13
06-21-2007, 08:15 AM
RE: How can I make my Civic faster?
ORIGINAL: ej6buddy
don't know about you, but that's how i came out of the womb, lol.
ORIGINAL: riceburner700
we all just didnt jump into cars and know everything the first time. Its cool man dont worry about it. Just start with a simple, Header/Intake/Exhaust to start with. Just look around the forum and the project sections on how to do somethings. Honda usualy repeats a lot of stuff with there cars, so its not like every year they remake every part of there cars 100%. now the d17 is a little bit different from the d15(1.5Ls) and the d16(1.6L's). The d17 can actualy use some of the same valvetrain as the d16z6, d16y8, d16y7's. Anything you wonder about feel free to ask man, when in doubt ask and you will get a answer pretty quick
we all just didnt jump into cars and know everything the first time. Its cool man dont worry about it. Just start with a simple, Header/Intake/Exhaust to start with. Just look around the forum and the project sections on how to do somethings. Honda usualy repeats a lot of stuff with there cars, so its not like every year they remake every part of there cars 100%. now the d17 is a little bit different from the d15(1.5Ls) and the d16(1.6L's). The d17 can actualy use some of the same valvetrain as the d16z6, d16y8, d16y7's. Anything you wonder about feel free to ask man, when in doubt ask and you will get a answer pretty quick
#14
06-21-2007, 08:21 AM
RE: How can I make my Civic faster?
Well, im going to be honest. You don't have the sprortiest car. 1.7( not one of the fastest honda engines) 2001+ harder to find mods for it. and an Auto. Im not sure if you should try to mod your car at all. But if you really wanna. A SRI (short ram air intake) or a CAI (cold air intake) would help. Aswell as a header (exhuast manifold) and a Catback exhuast.
#15
06-21-2007, 11:33 AM
RE: How can I make my Civic faster?
k20 swap + manual transmission swap ftmfw. But yea if you don't have the cash for that then do what johnny said.
#16
06-21-2007, 11:59 AM
RE: How can I make my Civic faster?
thanks johnny. yea I ordered a AEM SRI. So I'll see what that does.
#18
06-21-2007, 12:10 PM
RE: How can I make my Civic faster?
here's some options if you want to be faster:
1) swap a vtec head from a d17a2 (don't attempt this since you're completely new to cars)
2) turbo your car (don't do this either, since you're new)
3) swap in a k20 (don't do this either)
4) get a new car (this you could do)
intakes and what not will not make your car faster than it currently is. intake/header/exhaust will cost you upwards of $1000 if you buy quality parts and the gains will be neglectible. a vtec head is the better choice since you'll get like 14 ish hp for ~$500, but in the long run, this also isn't worth it.
if you want to make driving more enjoyable - that is, not necessarily faster - get the intake and exhaust and be done. you'll make some noise, you'll have improved throttle response, and you can be cool to your friends and say "hey buddy, i modded my car."
1) swap a vtec head from a d17a2 (don't attempt this since you're completely new to cars)
2) turbo your car (don't do this either, since you're new)
3) swap in a k20 (don't do this either)
4) get a new car (this you could do)
intakes and what not will not make your car faster than it currently is. intake/header/exhaust will cost you upwards of $1000 if you buy quality parts and the gains will be neglectible. a vtec head is the better choice since you'll get like 14 ish hp for ~$500, but in the long run, this also isn't worth it.
if you want to make driving more enjoyable - that is, not necessarily faster - get the intake and exhaust and be done. you'll make some noise, you'll have improved throttle response, and you can be cool to your friends and say "hey buddy, i modded my car."
#19
06-21-2007, 12:18 PM
RE: How can I make my Civic faster?
haha...well i can't get a new car...i just got this one a few months ago...i got it with fuel efficiency in mind more than speed..but then i was like..well i might as well see what i can do to pep it up a little bit..that never hurt anybody..so thanks for the other suggestions though. i'll check it all out.
#20
06-25-2007, 07:21 PM
RE: How can I make my Civic faster?
dude cold air intake was my first mod and i love it also strut tower bars are a good relatively cheap addition that really helps eliminate body roll around turns