Modding a Civic!?!?!?
 

People say modding a civic is not worth it. I think it is. With alot of bolt-ons it will truly make a difference. I feel much difference from stock when I just bought my car.

What Im trying to say is, our cars are very easily modded. Doesnt require that much work to put a bolt-on. Comparing to my friends cars they have to dig deep in order to change something. For instance, one of my friends wanted to change his plugs for his v6 and I told him I would help. Then I realized its not a civic. His car was a v6 and only changing the plugs tooks long. Im trying to tell you guys that our cars are very easy to understand. Basically, if you have common sense, you can do it.

for boltons are you talking about i/h/e your not looking at that much more hp. honestly bolt on are not worth it. i 200 h 200 e 500+ you could buy a nitros kit for that and have some actual power.

duuuuurrr, i dont know how to mod a V6. since V6 is only one car i hope you guys know which one i'm tlaking about, durrrrr

bolt-ons for the d17 don't do crap. if you wanna spend less than $1k do it like Deciuss said 'Nitrous' :evil:

or just save up another 500 and buy a used sf turbo kit lol. i was all for boltons untill i put an a injen cai and a 2.5 inch cat back pipe to a raven muffler on my car. that intake was the bigest wast of money ever and set back my turbo fund.

i still cant belive people say o man i/h/e makes some power i can feal.

Instead of spending 1000 dollars on bolt ons, you could give me the 1000 dollars and you would have about the same horse power. Something to keep in mind.

^^^^ so true

No power but it sounds good, and looks good too... :tup:

if YOU think its worth it, then it is.....and no, i dont think bolt-ons make a huge difference on the d17.

an intake looks good when your driving?

man i would laugh in somones face if i was siting around chilling and some one came up and poped there hood saying man look at my hot and sexy intake.

bolt ons for other cars can add lots of hp but the civic is tuned very well and the engen is very efficient direct from the factory. hence why bolt ons = not worth it on a d17

if you want an intake just for sound buy a $20 intake from eBay and slap an injen decal on it.

you think the nitrous alone will work well? Sure you got 50 hp but thats all you got. If another civic has nitrous with bolt-ons, it will be way faster.

My bolt-ons definately added some horses.
Dc 4-1 header 200 (new)
aem v2 150(new)
greddy evo full catback 300 (slighty used and lasted 2 years)
mr downpipe 48(new)
aem pulleys 50(new)
ground wires 20(new)

so lets say you get i/h/e for 650 and buy a wet kit for 500, that equals 1,150 to get everything. Comparing to turbos that retail for 3k and another 1k for having it tuned/installed. Nitrous really is the best bang for your buck, but if you not going turbo+nitrous then at least buy some bolt-ons.

you maybe got 10hp for thows add ons not 50 that you could have goten for cheaper for a new nitros kit or for 300 bucks on a used one

n00b

Kinda off subject, but do they make a super charger for the vic?

me the noob or him?

no there is no SC for the civic

10 hp from my i/h/e/pulleys/ground/dp? your insane. I dont want a used kit. You never know what could happen with used products and you dont wanna buy a *used* kit unless you know its 100% functional. Plus, I got warranty with my kit.

your not going to get 10 hp outa intake/h/e and i dont know about pullys.

look i dont think your going to be pulling 130whp with thows add ons

Bummer, gess I should have gotten a 98 si :hithead:

Definately will, someone here in the forums is around 129 whp with bolt-ons?

your right, you will get more than 10hp out of i/h/e

even if you get 140hp a nitros kit will take that. the honda only has something like 110whp if i remeber correctly when somone put it on the dyno and then they dinoed there car with bolt ons and only made something like 5.7whp.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Or you could just keep your car stock and by something faster down the line.

I don't think there was a civic si in 98, maybe 99-00 is what you mean

of course nitrous would own bolt-ons, but a guy with nitrous with bolt-ons will whip the guy with nitrous period.

arrg your saying your getting this power that you can feal from just bolt ons not bolt ons with nitros. if your going to spend cash on boltons and nitros then just buy a turbo its the same price.

or how about bolt ons, nitrous, and turbo!!!!!!!!! yes! lol

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i wish i was a mod, this shit would've be deleted along time ago.

Civic_RedLine = :drama: :giggle:

plus his argument is flawed trying to always up what he origonaly said

you sir, get a cookie [aka rep point]

woot im glad im not the only person that saw he just keeped on adding to his (bolt on list) its like the little kid that says ya will if your going to beat me up im gona get my big brother.

I only paid 1150 as shown earlier. I love my bolt-ons. I had alot of fun installing them because it I got to learn my car morr.

I stand corrected, I ment what ever year the 2d non hatchback si civic, since summitracing offers a sc for it, :moon:

Man, I bet you my $1150 set up will be equal or better than your $3000 turbo kit if its not boosted over 10 psi.

:screwy:

http://www.7thgencivic.com/memberrid...cat/500/page/3 this guy has 125 whp with i/h/e/dp his exhaust is custom and his headers are knock-offs. Not to mention I still have pulleys, ground kit over him.

so if your saying bolt-ons add only 5.7 whp, this guy gained 15whp from boltons.

i spent 8k this month alone and i dotn got any performance mods.. slower is better.. :-D

i love my pos civic

15 whp from bolt-ons? maybe 10 whp.

Still, he spent probably closer to a grand on 10 horsepower. Thats a lot of money on 10 horsepower.

they are not the same price and definately not interchangable like nitrous is.

pulleys = useless
ground kit = even more useless (unless you have dimming headlights from a stereo system)

some people spend thousands on just 5 hp.

yeah, my friend's manager at petco has an 00 si, eyelids, no tint, jackson racing s/c. hardcore sleeper. :rockon:

then you installed the ground kit wrong. yOu connect it to the intake manifold, alternator, head not only the headlights/stereo.

yea and we call those people idiots.

Listen, what's the point of this thread? to convince everyone on this site that spending $1k on your civic to make 10 whp is worth it? To many people its not.

I'd like to see you get your car dyno'd see what you're actually producing before you start more threads like these. Just because your head is telling you theres an increase in power, that doesn't mean you really are.

what i'm trying to say is, if you want to convince people, you need to show them proof. You're not going to change the minds of 20,000 members just because you say you're making more power. You need to show them some proof.

Please.

I'd like for you to explain how changing/adding more wires is going to produce more power from an engine.

Your engine is using mechanical energy to move your wheels. Where does wires come into play in mechanical energy? Yes, you might be creating less of a restriction on the electrical side of things, but even then, you might free up .00000000000001 hp.

Im sure alot of people here are already running bolt-ons. More than people without..

Simple, more ground.