What's up everyone
I'm pretty new to the world of Honda's. I have a 1999 Honda Civic HX. Everything is stock in it. I've been told it's a "Virgin Civic". I'm just really looking to beef up the engine a little maybe. Get a little more horsepower, and speed of course. All without replacing the engine. Would love for it to sound good as well. I'm not looking to go all out on my ride. It's a great car so far. Anybody got any tip or pointers let me know. Later

 

It looks like you bought the D16y5, designed for economy. I have seen people build D16y5's, but it is not as common.

How much money do you have and how much power do you want?

 

its still a nice engine to start with, hx's have 115 hp and vtec as opposed to 106hp and no vtec in the d16y7 that is in the dx and lx models. plus you get hx wheels which are pretty nice looking.

 

I can spend just about any amount. I mean of course nothing outrageous. I'm not looking to spend 10's of thousands of dollars but I am willing to spend money to get quality. And I wouldn't mind going from the Hp I have now to at least 150 to 175 maybe.

 

@ MaximusFunk......Everyone says the HX stock rims are light as hell. I'm looking for some black rims with a red trim to them. My Honda is Black and I wanna go with red trim throughout it. Nothing crazy, keepin' it simple.

 

looks like your going for "RICE"

 

looks like you're headed towards a nice vacation...

 

I don't think you quite understand that your engine works in a very different way from most engines. The D16Y5 is a special engine, it has VTEC-E.

I'll just quote wikipedia since whoever wrote the article did a good job explaining it... I have edited some parts though for clarification.

"At low RPM, one of the two intake valves is only allowed to open a very small amount, increasing the fuel/air atomization in the cylinder and thus allowing a leaner mixture to be used. As the engine's speed increases, both valves are needed to supply sufficient mixture. A sliding pin, which is pressured by oil, as in the regular VTEC, is used to connect both valves' [rocker arms] together and allows the full opening of the second valve."

This can make it a little difficult to build and tune a D16Y5. What I would do is swap on a D16Y8 head and build it that way, and use an OBD2B-OBD1 ECU conversion harness and an OBD1 P28 ECU for tuning. This would essentially make your engine a D16Y8 instead. (standard VTEC)