Well, I am coming into a little bit of money that I am going to use on my car. I have a wish list of stuff that I think would be good, but I was wondering if people have any suggestions or comments about what I've been looking at...

2002 Civic DX Daily Driver
- Current Mods:
*AEM SRI, Magnaflow Catback exhaust, white LED swap, auto door locks, monster iCruze, 20% tint

- Wish List:
non-performance
* Type R front Lip - $100 shipped streetstyler.com
* Type R grill - $30 ebay

performance:
* Magnaflow High-Flow Cat converter - $80ish
* Megan Racing Stainless / DC Sports Ceramic 4-2-1 Headers - which one??
* D17a2 head / VAFC II for mini me swap - $300
* Neuspeed Strut bar - $100
* HVS-GT grounding kit - $225
* Good tune - priceless... hopefully can get a deal at a local shop for trade work..

 

For the headers I hear they are both really good and since its a daily driver I would save a little money and grab the Megan Racing ones. then you can buy something like a rear sway bar as well. Or the strut bars which megan racing makes as well.

 

Get a A2 ECU instead of Vafc-II, you don't need a VAFC-II for a mini-me swap, hell you wouldn't need a VAFC-II unless you went mild boost or N2O. And there's no need for a tune either, it'd be a waste of money. Pick up both front and rear sways, they'll help.

 

The reason for the VAFC-II instead of the ECU, other than the fact the guy is selling it as a pair, is becaues i've heard the ECU's are pretty expensive (like $1k) and something about having to bring it to honda to reflash the keys? Also, with the VAFC-II and a tune I've heard with the mini-me you can get a little more out of the swap....

thanks guys for your input!

 

I"ve never heard about the keys needing to be reflashed. the point I'm tryin to make with the VAFC-II and a tune is that for the price you'd pay you won't see the gains your expecting. You'd be lucky seeing a 3-5 hp gain on top of what the mini-me swap would give you. Spend the money on sway bars instead you'd be much happier with the results.