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Hey. Im new here, and i just bought a 2002 coupe LX. 115hp isnt exciting me much, so i was wondering what would be my best bet to get a little more bang into the car. I was thinking like, cold air intake, and somesort of exhaust system? i do not know much about all this yet, although i know a little about cars. I dont want to put too much money into it, but i would like any suggestions for my needs. all i want to get it to is like 130hp, and then ill be happy. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED! thanks for your time

 
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trade in for the ex...

 
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u can do a search

 
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not much u can do buddy bout the only things are i/h/e which will give u maybe a few horses but get a turbo or nos thats about all u can do.

 
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<< trade in for the ex... >>



i have to second that notion

 
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get a new muffler or exhaust system if you got the money itll add hps but im not sure if itll screw with your warranty

 
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just get nitrous end of story [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]

 
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- get yourself the ex, like someone else said, and shell out the dough to by the whole dc sports system: intake, header, exhaust.

- that's 127 plus 5hp: which will give you a total of 132.

- btw, 115 and 132 is not that much of a difference: our cars are still slow.

 
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why trade for ex or Si, 12 hp diff for 3 grand, what a joke

 
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civicz have potential, just gotta have the money!

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I/H/E will give you more than 5hp at the crank.. Bone stock I dynoed at 112.5hp/106.6tq. Now, after intake, throttle body, and a little home porting of my exhaust manifold ports (on the motor), I made 119.6/111.4. Thats 7hp.. only aftermarket part is in intake, 7hp at the wheels = ~10-12hp at the crank. I have H/E on the way... dyno that too. Dunno about the LX since it's not exactly the same w/o VTEC but id expect at least that 12hp from I/H/E/Pulley... wouldn't spend the 3k more on the EX for that amount of power.

 
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might as well add a chip in there too that would help

 
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sounds funny but at about 136hp over 115hp should give u a second in the 1/4 mile
and my suggestion to acheve that id get a cai, pulleys, and a catback

and if u dont believe me on the times lookup drag calculator on a search engine its not perfect but mathmaticly its correct and will give u something to shoot for if u kind of know how fast u want ur car
also every second u want to drop the hp starts to gain pretty fast

 
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Why trade for an ex? FYI lx or other base models have more potention in F.I.D than ex. VTEC seems to limit the power that can be gained from F.I.D

 
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<< Why trade for an ex? FYI lx or other base models have more potention in F.I.D than ex. VTEC seems to limit the power that can be gained from F.I.D >>


No, the problem with VTEC engines is they normally have a pretty high compression ratio. There's not really a big diffference on the 7th gen tho.

 
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for more "excitement".. you can..

a. Gude Package - $1700 - 40wheel horse power (guessing..)
b. Turbocharger with fuel managment system - $3200 - check with the turbo thread
c. nitrous oxide systems - $600-700
d. trade the car in and get a turbo car such as 3000gt, supra, 300zx tt or rx-7

enjoy your stay here at the forums

 
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True dat'!