I just purchaseda 2005 Honda Civic EX special Edition. I really like this car but have not even a clue when it comes to tuning imports. I am a Detroit muscle guy and would love to hear any suggestions you guys can give me on where to go and what to do to get this new ride up to par. My only knock on it so far is the gutless 1.7L engine which I am not use to at all.

Help!!!

 

first off welcome. next, yeah we with the em2's have the red headed step child of the civic world. i for one, love it though, i currently run with the i/h/e bolt ons and a pretty sweet suspension setup, its a really nice and fun car to drive. throw some pics up.

 

Tell me more bro. What do you mean em2's and what are the i/h/e bolt ons your referring too? Where are some suggested sites to get parts/body kits/etc.

I have not picked it up from the delaership yet but as soon as I do, I will have pics up trust me.

 

Nevermind I just started poking around the site and answered many of my questions already. If anyone else has any suggestions to a newbie they will be much appreciated.

 

em2 is the 7th gen coupes. and i/h/e is intake header exhaust. its pretty much the first mods that people do, opens the car up, lets it breath through the entire exhaust system.

question is, what do you want to do with you car?

 

I slowly want to make this baby into as much of a racer as possible while maintaining the everyday driveability of it. No drifting or crazy **** like that, just mor or less flat out power and style.

 

Finally got some pics for you guys, she is bone stock right nw but I have lots of new parts onthe way fo her:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...c/IMG_0495.jpg
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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...c/IMG_0492.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...c/IMG_0491.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...c/IMG_0490.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...c/IMG_0489.jpg

 

Auto...matic? [sm=sigh.gif]

 

let me help ya out with alittle coding... no one likes to click to view pictures

but ya that auto is killing your performance I KNOW! my 99civic is a automatic and it feels like a dog turd! now my 94civic i got feels ALOT faster with the manual tranny! BUT its ok. cause my 99 is my more cruising vehicle that i can just get in and GO... cause shifting gears can get anoying in traffic.....

 

I am planning on coverting it to a manual at some point, however that will be way later in the modification stage. For now Iam really enjoying it being an automatic since I mainly drive this car as a commuter with a round trip of 150 miles a day. In Detroit traffic that can get very tiresome with a manual.