im a newbie at this but i got this 89 hatch for $600 bucks and in great condition. Thing is i need this hatch to be able to beat my friends 05 ford focus zx3. its possible cuz hes been beat by other 89 civics but i need mine to beat his focus. im here hoping to get some help from the professionals!!

 

Well I believe your friend has a 2.0L zetec 130 hp.Is your civic the si?What kind of mods does he have?

 

Yeah.. lets hear some details. What engine is in your car? Si? Whats his car have?

 

yea he's runnin bout 130 hp, my hatchback is not an si, i gota d15b2 est. 92 hp i wanna be able to get the most power out of this engine that i can, swapping is an option, but i wont be able to do that anytime soon, just dont have the cash for it. as for the focus, he's done a new throttle body and exhaust, he says hes got something planned but he wont tell me, i just want to get the maximum power out of this d15.

 

aight if it makes it easier, forget bout the focus, i want ideas so i can get the most out of the d15

 

First off you can switch it to mpfi from dpfi also you could mini-me it with a d16z6 head and turn it into v tec.

 

yeah changing it to mpfi will diffinetly help and its not hard or expensive to do. But if you wanna swap the motor out get a obd0 b18a1 not to expensive and lots of power for a little hatch. then later on you can get low compression pistons and boost it no problem...

 

aight i got the d16 head, how do i do the switch tompfi from dpfi?

 

another thing, after doing this mini me swap would i be looking for a turbo for a d16z6, orhow exactly does it work? after doing this swap, what kind of motor am i to say that i have?

 

I'm not sure but I don't think he has a peformance throttle body. My buddy has an 05 focus zx3. And he tried getting a throttle body just last week but every where he called they said ford didnt release the specs to make a peformancethrottle body yet for the 05 Focus.