i have a 88 civic hatchback. it has over 200,000 miles on it. i dont have the money to buy a new engine or to boost it. whats someting i can do thats easy on my pocket and will unleash some power. please help!

 

does that have the d15 motor non-vtec, if so im pretty sure you can swap a d16z6 on there and gain an instant 20hp. its called a mini-me swap because you are justswaping the head of the engine out, which is fairly simple. just search "d15 mini-me swap" if thats your motor?it will run you anywhere from $250-$500 depending on how available the parts are to you. its really easy for me, i live near a salvage yard that you can pull stuff yourself and i can get most the parts needed for a mini-me swap for free, just have to pay for the head which runs me about 50 bucks.
there are tons of threads about the mini-me swap, if you cant find the information you need on here just search google.

 

alright. ill deffinatly check it out. im not sure if it is the d15 but ill check. i cant see were it says that. thanks

 

alright i was lookin my engine over for bout an hour and the only thing that i could see about the engine type was a thing on the hood that said engine family-JHN 1.5V5FAF0. i dont know if that means its a d15 or what. if any one knows can u please let me know. id really appreciate it! thanks