that's an open ended question

there's simple bolt on modifications: intakes, headers, exhaust
that will yield small amounts of increases in horsepower and torque

and there's complex large scale modifications: turbo, supercharger, nitrous, engine rebuilds, engine swaps
that yield greater amounts of increases in horsepower and torque

every modification has a cost associated with it, and in terms of the 7th generations, ease of modification, and availability

due to the engine changes, there aren't many reliable modifications for the 7th gen engines (D17), as they don't take to modifications well short of a complete overhaul.

to seriously get the car off the line faster, you'd need to add forced induction or completely rebuild or swap the engine. these modifications generally have large costs and lots of time involved.

as for "slicks", they're not DOT approved, and as such, not legal for road use. what you can try to find is a summer high performance tire, which will offer better grip in the heat, but will most likely be awful in the winter

 

are you saying that if you were to soup up a 5th or 6th gen youd be faster than my 7th gen if i were to soup it up? i dont understand why honda would ***** up the next genereation of hondas... i dont want to buy a new car i want to make the one i have ****in fast. what types of things can you do when rebuilding an engine?

- John B.

 

where can i buy a ****in k series engine im gettin frustrated cuz i cant find out where to buy it.

 

Rofl. EBAY. I gave you the engine codes.

 

what I'm saying is there's a wider variety of parts available to soup up an earlier generation of Civics. the aftermarket support for the D17 engines isn't very strong, as the engines had significantly reduced reliability when modified in comparison to the 5th or 6th generations.

Generally when rebuilding the engine, one would change the rods, pistons, cranks, bearings, head bolts, heads, gaskets, valves...

there's a lot of stuff that can be done, and not all of it might need to be done

you'll spend almost as much doing a K series swap into your car, as you would buying a newer civic (you could probably get a decent used Si for the cost of modifying your car between engine and fabrication to do the swap)

honestly, a civic is not meant to be an extraordinarily fast car, it's designed with commuting and efficiency in mind, they can be made to be fairly quick, but by no means are they able to be made into a super fast car

 

http://www.sunrisejdmmotors.com/honda.phpis a place you can find a k motor. or you can always try a junkyard, they might have something cheaper than that. the k motor would be a great investment whether you want to go n/a or force inducted.

 

dude. i went on ebay. no kseries engines. if you can find one post a link but i didn see any K series engines on ebay. i saw some B series but no K.

- John B.

 

get a Bseries engine, like a b16 or b18 from an acura integra.

you can find LS b18s pretty cheap sometimes. or you could go the JDM engine swap route and spend some serious cash.

 

read the reviews here.

 

and then buy a new car, because it won't fit in the '01.........