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im building an all motor d16y7. I’ve got a 99 Honda Civic Dx mint condition. 100,000 on the motor and 50,000 on tranny. I’ve got about 2500 worth of upgrades other then brakes what am I missing. I’ll be taking the a/c off and the little things but other then that what else Can I do. I’m in an area where there’s not a lot of car people not a lot of tuning going on. So idk how an engine swap would go with Little to no help And I don’t want to hunt down another car. The fact is it’s been so taken care of before me one owner a hard old lady who babied it.
So what should I do? I have a 3 grand cut off and a completely stock car. I wanna have this one past 200 hp how do I go about it. I haven’t payed for everything yet so where should I start.
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Re: What’s missing
Originally Posted by Masond16
So what should I do? I have a 3 grand cut off and a completely stock car. I wanna have this one past 200 hp how do I go about it. I haven’t payed for everything yet so where should I start.
Is the 16 in your name (Masond16) your age? if so I recommend you obtain more driving experience before adding power to your engine.
Otherwise start with upgrading suspension parts first: Quality set of coilover's, wider rims and tires, stabilzer bars to reduce body roll.
Engine you'll want to decide on either naturally aspirated or turbo. For N/A to obtain 200hp you'll need an engine swap to B-series (DOHC). The D-series in your car can be boosted (turbo) and 200 hp is safely obtainable on stock internal as long as you do a lot of research on how-to and which quality parts to purchase. Both N/A and turbo for 200 hp will need a socketed,chipped and basemap ECU and then further tuned on a dyno.
Those parts you linked won't do anything to provide gains on a D-series engine. The tires and coilovers should be okay..though read reviews on Honda sites about them.
Last edited by Wankenstein; Nov 14, 2017 at 07:36 PM.
I’m 22 and have done a lot of driving for my age but not much modding just driving the hell out of what I had Esther it be bike or car this is my first 5 speed in my name thats in great condition for mods and I’m doing all with no help so I should get stabalizer bars suspension and wider rims like 15x8 turboing is way out of my price rang no need to pay 1000 dollars and the eBay turbo **** out so should I just sink all money into those three then find a B series and vtec chipped ecu