20+ hp power chip
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Yeah if I had the money I'd drop a k20 in my civic...but then again why not just buy the RSX-s to begin with? But different people have different opinions when it comes to their cars. Take me for instance, I just want a nice Civic show car...with hella exterior and interior mods...and some engine mods (CAI, turbo kit, etc) I don't plan to race my car...i just want a sweet civic with a little bit more pep than the other fellow civics out there
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Rep Power: 0 IMO both has K20 and D17 has its own advantage. D17 is kind of a VTEC-E engine(or hybrid(E+VTEC?) or 3stage(E+SOHC+VTEC)?), and K20, DOHC i-VTEC, after research through the web, is actually a DOHC VTEC-E with variable cam timing control on the INTAKE SIDE only...(wat da...)...I have no idea on what's on the exhaust side.
But SOHC engines are supposed to work good at low and mid rpm better than DOHC engines. If properly tuned, a SOHC with the same power of a DOHC will take off faster imo. If I have max power at 5000 rpm who will wait for the DOHC to have max power at 7800?
But SOHC engines are supposed to work good at low and mid rpm better than DOHC engines. If properly tuned, a SOHC with the same power of a DOHC will take off faster imo. If I have max power at 5000 rpm who will wait for the DOHC to have max power at 7800?
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you can make any engine as powerful as you want, just talk to the right people and have the right money.... i remember reading somewhere that in the 60's, when dyno's topped out at 2000hp, someone (dunno who, sorry, maybe ferrari) built a 2.0 4 cyl that had 2000hp, but the dynos topped at 2000hp... just a matter of will and funds... however, different engines have different responses and ranges, but id rather have an aluminum 427 twin turbo, call me crazy
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Rep Power: 0 Well, I was about to cite the AEM/DriverFX Civic as an example of how fast a heavily modded D17 can be, but then I realized it's powered by a 3.0L NSX engine. Oh well, I'd get a K20 if I had limitless funds, but as it is, I'll just be saving up for a turbo.
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Rep Power: 365 endless money = v6 powered civic with dual exhaust that has a purpose! id up the antie and make it rwd/awd and basically just make it an all around sweeeeet *** car in a civic body.. 4dr that is i hate the coupes no offense
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Rep Power: 387 Originally posted by 7thgencivic9
Yeah if I had the money I'd drop a k20 in my civic...but then again why not just buy the RSX-s to begin with? But different people have different opinions when it comes to their cars. Take me for instance, I just want a nice Civic show car...with hella exterior and interior mods...and some engine mods (CAI, turbo kit, etc) I don't plan to race my car...i just want a sweet civic with a little bit more pep than the other fellow civics out there
Yeah if I had the money I'd drop a k20 in my civic...but then again why not just buy the RSX-s to begin with? But different people have different opinions when it comes to their cars. Take me for instance, I just want a nice Civic show car...with hella exterior and interior mods...and some engine mods (CAI, turbo kit, etc) I don't plan to race my car...i just want a sweet civic with a little bit more pep than the other fellow civics out there
Originally posted by civic-king
400hp? that's a bit much for the old front wheel drive........
400hp? that's a bit much for the old front wheel drive........
not at all ... i know many integras (LS) that are running 400+HP with a nice turbo setup
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Originally posted by civic-king
if you look to your left when you are looking at the forums, you will see the "E-bay" items for sale in the left median.......there you will see the item marked "20+ hp chip for 01-04 civic"
has any one bought these? do they work?? any long term dammage forseen?
if you look to your left when you are looking at the forums, you will see the "E-bay" items for sale in the left median.......there you will see the item marked "20+ hp chip for 01-04 civic"
has any one bought these? do they work?? any long term dammage forseen?
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Rep Power: 0 Also it seems like this thing is to plug in to the intake temperature instead. I think if you bypass the thottle body heater it may be better to plug a resistor in the sensor also(to make sure no current passes thru the heater, because nobody knows if there's moving part in the heater and may be CEL comes up?)
All are just my opinion.
All are just my opinion.
Originally posted by civic-king
i can not use a K20(or rsx, rsx-s) if my perpose is to create a fast, economical, inline foor, sohc!! i don't need the brute strength of the twin cam, i prefur the lightweight(about 85 lbs) single cam, to the bulky k20. when i am finnished, my D17 (bored D18) will kick any "lard-weight" ***** K20.....
i can not use a K20(or rsx, rsx-s) if my perpose is to create a fast, economical, inline foor, sohc!! i don't need the brute strength of the twin cam, i prefur the lightweight(about 85 lbs) single cam, to the bulky k20. when i am finnished, my D17 (bored D18) will kick any "lard-weight" ***** K20.....
thanks to the magic of japanese mechanical knowhow, we can now fit a complete second cam and 300cc increase into a tiny chip!
Um...no chance that works. A built, sprayed, bosted D can be pretty quick but not a $4 chip. And by the way, K's rule. I like my D but I have no ilusions about it beating a K for horsepower or torque. If i am going to take a K powered car, it's going to happen in a corner where the balance of the em2 gives me a slight advantage. Even then I am going to have to drive my a** off to stay ahead of K power on a straight. But on the upside, D17 takes regular gas, K20a2 only takes premium, so I get a bigger weight advantage cause I dont have to cary around loads of gas money. Haha ok I'm done now.
Um...no chance that works. A built, sprayed, bosted D can be pretty quick but not a $4 chip. And by the way, K's rule. I like my D but I have no ilusions about it beating a K for horsepower or torque. If i am going to take a K powered car, it's going to happen in a corner where the balance of the em2 gives me a slight advantage. Even then I am going to have to drive my a** off to stay ahead of K power on a straight. But on the upside, D17 takes regular gas, K20a2 only takes premium, so I get a bigger weight advantage cause I dont have to cary around loads of gas money. Haha ok I'm done now.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by 82801BA
It seems like this crap (the +20 thing) is basically the plug-in to the temperature sensor, making the ECU always think it is cold.
It seems like this crap (the +20 thing) is basically the plug-in to the temperature sensor, making the ECU always think it is cold.
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