so theres better air flow but the engine only intakes what its setup to intake via the camshaft so your just talking out of your ***. why are mumbling about lifters and pistons what are you talking about. as far as the cheapest way to make gains is definitely a head swap with stage 1 cam which doesn't require computer upgrades. you can find heads al over the place for barely anything. if op keeps listening to you he's going to get nowhere. if anyone is trolling its you i mean seriously ''fanboytroll'' way to be inconspi cuous

 

Youre so right i bow down to your superior knowledge. A non vtec ecu will definitely work GREAT with a vtec head, you definitely wont need the vtec circuit installed in the ecu or to chip it huh? And sure. . . factory intake and exhaust will give the best airflow and tere is no room for improvement huh no need to remove any restrictions. You are the best thank you.

Again where are the pics of your build? A guy like you with your supreme knowledge must have the most impressive car ever.

F.y.i. If you read the member intoductions i explained that my name is dedicated to the people like you at hondatech. They love to immediately respond to people with hate without checking their facts just like you. You would fit in perfect there. I would love to bring back my elfreaky70363 username but i forgot my email i used so i made a new one. Much love

 

I don't feel like reading through this entire nonsense thread. Looks like I will need to tend to the animals running around this forum a little more than I have done so in the past.

OP, you would be best off searching around. This exact topic is beaten to death on a weekly basis for the past 15 years.

There is a way to debate a topic without being elementary about it. Everyone needs to cool it on the personal attacks as we do not condone that behavior here. Thread closed.

 

Took a moment to read through this thread and here are a few suggestions. I will try to answer all questions and possibly clear up any confusion.

Hondas can be relatively quick, fun, and cheap. Cheap. Fast. Reliable. As a general rule with ALL cars, you can only pick two. Your best bet is to figure out how much money you want to spend on the car, unless funds are unlimited. Second, you want to set up a power goal if you are building for power. Once a power goal is set, you can begin buying parts.

In my opinion, I would not waste time on the D15 unless you are throwing a turbo kit on it. Bolt ons will only help you so much, even with tuning. I had a complete bolt on D16y8 Civic with a stage 2 crower cam (built head, too) back in the day. It was tuned as well. Car did not impress me, so I moved to boost. Ended up with a supercharged, cammed D16 with methanol injection. On the dyno, the car made 165whp/145wtq. There are a couple videos on youtube if you are interested. To sum up this paragraph, complete bolt ons (not including a cam as you would then need tuning and at that point, you might as well spend a little more and go boost), you would be looking at an extra ~25whp. The new feel of the car once it is all done would be great, but you would quickly get used to the new found power and start craving more.

I wouldn't be comfortable giving you a suggestion on what you should do with the car unless you can tell me power goals and budget.

It would be a good idea to at least know what type of suspension is on the car. Not to determine if it will give you a crappy ride, but to see if it will be able to handle the power you are adding.

This is true. Many "kids" simply throw coilover sleeves onto stock struts and blow them out or run cheap garbage struts etc. A reason why it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the suspension on the car.

I get where you are coming from. This all comes down to goals and a budget you have in mind for the car as I discussed above.

I won't get into anything more than what Fanboy said here. All of the above information is correct.

OP, if you are still reading this thread, I would suggest for you to create a budget and power goals, do some searching around on the web/stickies on this forum, and then set up a new thread (or project thread!) to let us know if you have any additional questions.