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if ur low on budget

 
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providing u did the intake header and exhaust...go nos.....500 for 75 hp.....not a bad trade off...if u didnt do them...do it...u will need those mods if u plan on doing n e thing else to the motor

happy modding

 
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get a 24 speed mountian bike and add NAWWS
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TEAR OUT YOUR BACK SEAT'S AND CARPETING, IT SLOWS YOU DOWN.

 
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Don't forget to take out the spare tire as well.
Replace your intake...most noticeable gain.

 
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NAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWZZZZZZZZZZZZ some tezzas and a monstrous aluminum wing oh and steelies in the front rims in the back

 
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uummm..
trade your civic in for a much different car

if you wre really looking for any type of performance the civic should have been near the bottom of the list...

 
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Stickers, bro. You need stickers.

 
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1. Go to local Fireworks stand
2. Buy lots of Bottle Rockets
3. Tape to side of car
4. Enjoy

 
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ALL FREE!!!!! FIND OUT HERE!!!!

Guaranteeed that your car will do the quarter mile below 15 minutes.

 
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there is almost no way to increase power on a low budget. especially on a 7thgen

maybe get rid of the car and buy a older car for cheaper, and use the extra money to buy mods

 
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Here's a serious response:

1. Knife edge your throttle plate.
- Basically allows for more air flow.

2. Countersink your throttle plate screws.
- Again, more air flow.

3. Make your intake ports larger.
- More air flow. The sensors will see this and your ECU will add more fuel to balance the mixture. More fuel and more air equals more power.

4. Get rid of unnecessary weight (find it, it's all over the car).
- There are certain plastic protrusions on the interior side of the body panels.
- There are certain plastic protrusions on the intake manifold. Shave them off!
- There are rough aluminum edges on the block. Smooth them out and take off the excess material.
- The underside of the back bumper can be modified (cut off).
- The black plastic underneath the front bumper can be cut off in certain places.
- The black grille on the front bumper can be cut out (which also cools your engine more).
- Take off your interior door panels. Take off the white lining temporarily. Take out these two pieces of metal that don't belong there. Then reassemble.
- Take out all bolts and shorten them to just the right length (or buy new shorter bolts).
- Trim down metal parts that are overengineered, or lighten them by drilling out holes in appropriate places (mechanical engineering background needed).

5. De-burr your head.
- Take off the head and de-burr it. Basically take out any aluminum that's left over from casting.
- Porting can be done at this time.

The above is all free if you have the right tools.

6. Make your own AEM-style CAI
- Read this: Making Your Own AEM-Style Cold Air Intake
- For the filter use K&N's X-Stream series air filter: XStream® Air Flow Assemblies, Filters, and Filter Tops

7. Run lower up front and higher pressure in back. This will help with launching. (34 in back, 26 in front; fairly reasonable)
- You'll go through tires faster though, which is why it isn't free.

8. Get this if your car doesn't have it: oem part?
- Prevents wheel hop when launching, so you get more traction from the start.

9. Get Denso Iridium Spark Plugs (IK20's).
- Only spark plugs that actually do something, plus at less than $50 why not...

10. Get a shift light. Not a monster tach, just a shift light.
- Set it to blip at 6,800rpm. Shift when you see it blip. You'll probably shift at 7,000 (rev limiter) that way.

There, I said some stuff. Now use your noggin' and search this entire site for more of the above. It's out there, just go out and find it.

 
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Get a Rear Wing, the bigger they are the faster you will go.
The stock Honda wing is too small.
Go Big!

 
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Before i seriously get involved with modding my engine I am seriously considering an engine swap, costly but may have more noticeable gains. I'm just getting it all tricked out before I get it fast. ONE DAY!

 
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Grey you da man ......

 
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Just installed my Mozart exhaust today, slightly noticable gain, nothing crazy but a great sound. my k&N fipk is being installed christmas vacation so my power should start adding there...like grey said...it's about air flow, do whatever you can to get more air into the engine, this is how honda made them economy cars. try to install the apexi s-afc so you can dump more fuel in to make up for the added airflow, those should be fairly noticable

 
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Grey,

"1. Knife edge your throttle plate.
- Basically allows for more air flow.

2. Countersink your throttle plate screws.
- Again, more air flow."

Is there a DIY on these items?

thanks

 
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I'm working on it. Here are some threads about it:
Throttle Plate Edging
Throttle Plate Edging DONE!
Service Manual: Idle Speed

All of these threads are related to one another. Make sure you read the last one. I'm still working on the DIY, so the pictures in that one directory I posted may change. Actually, they already have a couple of times. Might change again. Jumpering the A&B pins on our service port doesn't do what I though it would. We're missing one pin, so we can't read the diagnostics by maintenence light blinks like earlier generations. I tried grounding it (since that missing pin is just the ground), but no go. I tried other combinations and no go. Anyway, all that's left is to adjust the idle. At WOT it screems more than before. I feel it when going from 60mph to 100mph in the 5,000 - 7,000 rpm range. I can accelerate much faster now at WOT in lower gears at higher rpm's than I could previously. Not sure how much faster, but at least I can feel it.

 
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This is great. Sounds like something I would do.
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Grey,

Thanks. I'll read up.

After looking at those pics, I think I'll look into buying a used throttle body and work on it. That's how I did my struts and Konis. Got a set of struts from an almost new wrecked Civic for $125 and then did the mods, so I still have a set of OE struts. If I find one, I'll post the cost.

 
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Yeah, that's what I would have done if I had the money.

 
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Check out item three on this link under "engine".

Honda Trouble Shooting

 
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Yeah, I know what the problem is now. It's not that it's bad. it's that I did something to it to prevent it from functioning properly. That little plug I inserted only locks the idle at one rpm. I need a different plug. I'm thinking about how to make one now (an adjustable one). I'll post the DIY when I'm done.

 
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push it off a cliff..I predict low 6's @ 200mhp depends how the aerodynamics of your civic is..If you had bottom diffusers and the arospeed vader wings. also a super kool bodykit it will fool gravity and break the sound barrier.. Enough velocity and air pushing from the bottom voooooom your flying maan.. Then no one will ask anymore "where are the flying cars in the year 2000" Honda tuners will have suprassed the next generation of technological wonders skipping a century! Amazing I say!

Ask Kurt Angle, he said "ohh its ture, its true"