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I'm tired of waiting for manufacturers to make stuff for our cars. We'll all be dead b4 they even consider helping us.

 
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agreed. that's why minimum you need a swap. then boost. I'm going to do some measurements on my srt-4 and see if my A853 would fit under the hood of my 03 ex coupe...it would take MAJOR fabrication but it would definetely be worth it

bye bye VTEC hello 400 WHP

 
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Im not swapping. Id rather have the respect from hand making everything and sticking with my little d17. Not that a swap is bad, to each is own yano. Its all in what your goals are.

 
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good luck to you...if I ever trip over a turbo as I'm walking down the road I'll mail it to you, you're gonna need it

 
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Its aready on the way. I have unlimited funds and lotsa time. No need to be a jerk, you don't know what I'm all about. Maybe I have Spent years of time wrenching on cars, maybe I bought a civic as a driver, initially to save gas after I sold a 400hp LS1 T/A then changed my mind because I wanted a challenge. Maybe I know my car is slow and I don't care. You shouldn't be so sarcastic when you don't have all the information. I am a proud owner of a Factory Performance Civic, 1 of 500 in 02. Maybe I'm not some dumb ricer. It seems to me like you are assuming that in your comment.

 
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well I certainly apologize that it came across like that I really didn't mean it like that at all...I was just joking around saying that although I couldn't afford to give you 3000 dollars worth of parts that if I ever did trip across them I could send them to you...I was just making a joke

 
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k, sorry bout that, its a touchy issue with me but I guess you aren't a mind reader. I didn't see the smiley with his tongue stickin out. My bad

 
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on the same note, let's say that I am a 19 year old college student double majoring in automotive technology and racecar vehicle dynamics (yes, that is the coolest major ever, class is )...let's say I grew up in a large family with 6 uncles, a father, and a grandfather all into different aspects of racing...lets say the grandfather and the father own a garage at which I am employed full time when not at school, and let's say that I have had ZERO life outside of cars for my entire life...for example, the only girl I ever met and dated works with me at the garage, and let's say I can't stand ricers as much as you (I think everyone with a brain and a wrench agrees on that)

I'm not trying to start a qualification war here just saying that hypothetically we come from similar backgrounds

My question is: how are you going to make power out of the D17 without the boost? If you can, even with fabbed pieces, please please post more. No sarcasm at all I wanna know how to hotrod it. Because on my dynotune (god I love that program), the standard "bolt-ons" did diddly squat...this included very aggressive N/A cams, cam gears, header, intake manny, CAI, testpipe, 3" dual exhaust, ported and polished heads, forged pistons and connecting rods, larger oil pan, water pump, underdrive pully, oil cooler, replaced rockers, arms, and lifters, gaskets and seals, fuel rail and injectors, larger t-body, etc. etc....all of this put together at humungous cost gave me a whopping 16HP Not until I changed the compression ratio did anything significant happen, topping out at a measly 200 HP ballpark figure. And at 11.1:1, turbo would not be a good add-on. I just keep running into the old phrase: "there is no replacement for displacement"...the damn thing is just too small

So if you did anything that I didn't think of, please please please send me...I'm begging here, in all seriousness. Then again, your other option was just to realize that your car is slow, which is what I had to do after seeing the d17's sad numbers...great fuel economy engine, bad performance engine

also...you have an FPC got pics? share share share! Nice catch!

 
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you 2 got WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY off the topic here at hand !

 
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Funny guys, anyhoo found out the ebay Fuel rail will not work it was made for the D16 with a three point bolt pattern so, not ours. Ours is two-I will ask STR to send me a pic of the rail, sorry if this turns out to be a bust --hope not for us. laters

 
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was going to reply to this last night but lightening + tree + powerlines is not a fun combination. 10 hours without cable or the internet, thank the almighty that it was during sleepy time otherwise I'd go nuts.

Mr. Modify is starting a club for us internet mindreaders, I'll sign us both up. A little joke from another thread, someone started flaming him expecting him to be one.

Don't feel bad though, no hard feelings, I stick my foot in my mouth all the time. I'm a pro at that.

 
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this is why you gotta be careful on ebay. you get what you paid for, there are usually problems like this.

great job doing your research and not buying the product yourself or misleading some other 7thgen guy into buying it

 
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I am planning to boost my car with a full engine build. Wish I could have gone to school for that stuff, lucky bastard. N/A I figure 200HP is almost maxed out. I don't know how to get any more to be honest. Maybe playing around lots with induction and the cylinder head will yield better numbers,IDK for sure. That why I bought a turbo. KMS Built a sweet N/A motor and I dont even think they got any kind of crazy numbers.

 
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class is sooo much fun it's easy to get a good grade when it's something you like

I guess we'd all do good in these classes...and in my other class, human sexuality 102

good luck with whatever you plan to do (usually determined by money...I hate money )...tell us all how it ends up