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I just bought my civic yesterday (first car). I'm here to learn as much as I can because as of now, I know very little about wrenching on cars. Be prepared for a few dumb questions out of me.

Anyway, my question is; will putting a cold air intake on a stock 1989 civic engine be worth it? Will I notice a horse power difference? What kind should I get?

I just know that they're very easy to install and that it'd be a good first upgrade for me to do on my own. I also don't want to waste my money. I haven't been able to find anything by searching, so I just decided to make an account here as I will probably be asking an overwhelmingly large amount of stupid questions like this in the future. I just want to learn!

Its a DX hatchback, if that makes a difference

 
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Welcome to the forum! Congrats on your first car purchase. The only stupid question is the one you didn't ask.

Sure you can put a cold air intake on your car... whether it'll truly make any HP difference is debatable. I guess you have to think about what you want to achieve from modifying your car. You could look at doing a cold air intake as an easy start though.

Really though I think the only way to get real hp on an 89 civic you'd have to look at engine swap.

 
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I dont really want to go too insane on it, just want a little more kick out of it, you know? Anything else I could do to it that's relatively easy?

 
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not a DIY article, just a random question - thread will be moved out of DIY section.

 
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Headers would help some along with the intake. Other mods are going to require more extensive work like camshafts (if they make aftermarket ones for that year civic).