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i was just wondering if there is anything i can do to my car to increase performance without taking a major hit on my wallet...

 
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lol....not really, the only thing thats really proven to the point that the vast majority of the people on this forum would agree that would make a significant difference is a turbo kit....

also look into DH Racing's crank pulley, its been tested to give 10-15 hp, costs around 180 dollars i believe..use the search

but as far as CAI and a Header goes, it really doesn't add much of a difference for the price...

i hope this helped

 
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actaully the price on the crank pulley is now i believe 110, but you can also do things like getting better plugs, grounding kit, K N drop in filter and simple stuff like that but nothing will be really signifcant withought spending the money

 
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oh sweet, sorry bout the pricing issue

 
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No, not really. If you want performance then you gotta put $ into making it one.

 
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Get ligheter wheels, new tires.
Get rid of rear seats. Unecessary plastic parts. Spare tire. etc
That would be cheap way to help performance wise.

 
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D-H Race Crank Pulley is $125.00

 
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yeah you could do things like pulleys or even a grounding kit. All depends on what you're lookin for I guess.

Most people will just say Turbo or swap though..haha.

 
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usually when it comes to performance and speed, u get what u paid for.

 
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the only performance thing you can do with out spending a dime is taking everything out of ur car, rear and pasanger seats, spare tire, all the rug, padding, air conditioner, power steering...
everything else cost money

 
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what i mean is not dishing out 2 g's for a turbo kit... thanks for the posts

 
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dont pulleys take away from your a/c and radio?

 
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I read that the K&N drop in filter actually is -0.01HP; so the only real advantage is always being able to use the same filter (that BTW costs way more and to clean it you still have to buy the $10 stuff!)

 
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To answer your question. . NOPE. .

Even the things that don't really do much at all for performance, like plugs, or better gas cost alot of money.

So save up.

 
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Well it really just depends on how much you want to put into it of course. Intake header and exhaust will make your car faster from 50-120 mph but that still costs around $1000.

 
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speed costs money dude, no way you are gonna even get close to 150hp at the wheels (even at the crank) with a civic without spending a good amount of money.....its the harsh truth

 
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Get a muffer from pep boys a loud one with gay sounds .Hellea HP
J/k

 
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No you are all wrong!!! Slap a big APC sticker on the windshield!! i think they dyno'd it and it added about 25hp!!! lol Heres the best advice!! Go down to the store and pick yourself up a for sale sign!! Sell your car and buy a faster one!!! You can find older Nissan Sentra SE-R's for hella cheap!! Or you could get a Turbo'd 1st gen Eclipse/Talon/Laser!!! <--- Thats what I am doing!! If you bought a Civic to go fast, then you must be smoking crack!!!

 
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disconnect your power steering.
disconnect your air conditioning.
take out any useless garbage like back seats, passenger seat, dashboard, center console, e-brake, carpet, trim pieces, spare tire, hubcaps, mirrors, steering wheel (just use some vice-grip pliers) and you'll be set.

 
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full race setup? LMAO our cars are made of plastic, the best way to toss weight in your car is loosing weight lol.

 
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If you want a real race car get a real wheel drive car. Civic are fun but all real race cars are rear wheel drive.

Obvious reasons... You go WFO on a civic and the weight transfers from your drive wheels to the real wheels. That doesn't help much for traction. (Which cracks me up with those tards with freakin airplane wings on the back of FWD cars).

Look up 240 sx, 86 corollas, supras, rx-7, all Z cars, mustangs (lol)... th elist can go on aways

HP = $$

Its dolars per second...