This evening, I was hanging out with my buddy and his girlfriend, and we decided to check out a movie... on our way to our cars, he hands me the key to his gf's Sube WRX, and said "you drive."
So I got to play around with that car, including a bit of a romp on the highway...
And when we got back, I got into my bone-stock 98 Civic SI...
So... what'll it take for my Civic to match her (2002) WRX? rofl!

Mr^Man

 

about 3k or more in the motor lol

 

a motor swap, the usa doesn't have a 98 si so i bet your from canada and its like our ex

 

A turbo....

 

this will decimate all... after we put about fifteen grand or more under the hood... if we have to, overnight parts from... ja-pan.

but honestly, engine swap/turbo/both

 

You are correct, on both counts

What ballpark would I be in, with a t25 turbo setup, without working on the bottom end, and with, say, a flowmaster cat-back?
My engine is the Y8.
Would I be looking at 180-200hp?

Mr^Man

 

3in exhaust piping and a good tune you can make 200-210whp. Proabably cost you about $1,800-$2,000.

 

T25 setup at ~14psi, 200-220whp if you've got good tuning. Dinky *** turbo's they are, as far as I'm concerned they belong on liter bikes not cars.

 

hey now, don't down my stock setup

 

isnt it funny how much we dog the F&F movies and yet we can quote them?