Hi, guys, I'm driving a 02 Honda Civic Coupe with 115 HP. What should I intall, then I can get more horsepower?

what's the best buy for intake? how much more horsepower can I get from it?


Thanks for help!!

;) ;) ;)

Not sure what the best intake would be but theres not really an exact amount of HP they will give you. You wont really notice a difference at all unless you go with new intake + new exhaust or something. Then you might get like 10 extra HP. I think it all depends on the car.

well since you have a honda i think forced induction would be your best bet. that or an engine swap.

with 115hp base i wouldn't try to soup it up to race other cars because you'll just get blown away by us nissan's :devil: :devil: :devil: .... but if you're doing it for yourself personally get intake/exhaust/header. prolly 10-15 hp, depends on the quality of the parts and your base hp.

Originally posted by Nookie_Monster
well since you have a honda i think forced induction would be your best bet. that or an engine swap.
agreed.. honda's are so light, if you swap out the engine you can make it pretty quick. prolly $1200 for a good engine + labor.

Originally posted by mynismo
with 115hp base i wouldn't try to soup it up to race other cars because you'll just get blown away by us nissan's :devil: :devil: :devil: .... but if you're doing it for yourself personally get intake/exhaust/header. prolly 10-15 hp, depends on the quality of the parts and your base hp.

:P what's your nissan? :smoker2: :smoker2: let me see it~~

www.hasport.com
has a kit to swap an rsx type s motor into your car...

Originally posted by mynismo

agreed.. honda's are so light, if you swap out the engine you can make it pretty quick. prolly $1200 for a good engine + labor.

add bout...4-5k to that an ur set. i'd say go w/ the k20a3 because it can swap directly in, an is a GREAT base. i/h/e, an ur sittin at around 190-200hp TO THE WHEELS (stock=170-175)

but u guys are correct, really motor swap or FI are the only ways u'll see any type of real gains. or u could always go for a 50 shot, a lot of guys w/ the 7th gen's go that way for their quick power.

has a kit to swap an rsx type s motor into your car...

What i'd do :bandit:


Not sure what the best intake would be but theres not really an exact amount of HP they will give you. You wont really notice a difference at all unless you go with new intake + new exhaust or something. Then you might get like 10 extra HP. I think it all depends on the car.

Didnt Import Tuner or some other magazine make like 19.2hp on the RSX-S dyno with an AEM CAI? :finger: So yes, it does depend on the car and yes, go for the swap

Originally posted by KrNxRaCer00


add bout...4-5k to that an ur set.
those honda engines are that expensive? i dont know anything about hondas. all i know is that i can pick up a ca18det nissan engine that puts out 170hp for about 1200.

Originally posted by kevin7


:P what's your nissan? :smoker2: :smoker2: let me see it~~
over here bud
http://members.cardomain.com/mynismo

still a lil pokey, i have a feeling i'll never be able to get it fast with it being a darn auto :( im gonna save up and get a modded sr next yr.

ca18det for that cheap?? Thats a freaking steal! But you'll need the wiring harness, ecu, and trans......

you can

trade it in for a neon srt-4
trade it in for a used Si
trade it in for a rsx
trade it in for a used type-s
trade it in for a used prelude
trade it in for a WRX and break your tranny after 10 or so launches
trade it in for a ITR


of course

NOS, ZEX, NX,,, etc..

Buy a JDM engine from Spoon and buy lots of Spoon parts

www.takakaira.co.jp

or buy a Jun Prepared Engine (comes in various stages) Same link
under Performance Parts :D

Originally posted by fatninja19
ca18det for that cheap?? Thats a freaking steal! But you'll need the wiring harness, ecu, and trans......
no man it comes with everything... check it out
http://www.240sx.org/links/classifieds/detail.php?cat=37&de=3141

that's just one of them, i see them all the time for around 1200. now the sr's, they start at around 2500 for a good one.

I don't know about HP figures, but I know a guy local to me that has run a best of 15.5 in the exact same car as yours (no-VTEC either). What he has is I/H/full-Exhaust ignition mods, removed back seat and a short-shifter. He made the pass using street tires and the dude is easily 230+lbs himself.

That's just as fast, if not faster than some Civic Si's, and those cars have at least 160HP.

P.S. He ran that E.T. above at Speedworld here in Phoenix, which is about 1,000 feet above sea-level.

Originally posted by EJ20
you can
trade it in for a WRX and break your tranny after 10 or so launches


break your tranny after 10 launches? isnt that u-joines that would go out first?

You can get a CA18DET with almost everything for $900 USD

http://www.jspecauto.com/

I'm ordering one in the near future, $1800ish Canadian to my door on the west coast.

Honda engines are overpriced bigtime.

If you're going for pure performance, I'd say strip that car down to NOTHING, then look at your pwer to weight ratio and the costs and results of a few different options.

Most cost effective solution is probably a swap, even though they're expensive. I don't know about that specific engine, but most Hondas aren't great for boosting, and you can always do that later with a larger engine and make more power.

Originally posted by Coal
You can get a CA18DET with almost everything for $900 USD

i wish i would have known about that before i did any performance mods (almost $2000 to date)... that's just kickass. 1/4 mi in 15.08 stock.

:mad:

im sure with an auto though it's prolly pretty close to how much power my car currently has.

an rb engine is my choice. i want one BAD....


EDIT: i really don't think it matters which road you take, the amount of money you put into it is almost exactly equal to how fast your car is. either engine swap, n/a mods, whatever choice you take you'll get there about the same.

RB's would mess up the weight distribution

altho a SR20DET with a T51R - SPL can't be any better

Originally posted by mynismo
with 115hp base i wouldn't try to soup it up to race other cars because you'll just get blown away by us nissan's :devil: :devil: :devil: ....


smartest thing ive heard from mynismo in a while. hahaha:D

Originally posted by kevin7
Hi, guys, I'm driving a 02 Honda Civic Coupe with 115 HP. What should I intall, then I can get more horsepower?

what's the best buy for intake? how much more horsepower can I get from it?


Thanks for help!!

;) ;) ;)

Buy NX.

buy a nissan

Yeah, Nissans have cheap turbocharged engines you can swap in. To turbocharge a honda, you'd need to drop a lot of money on parts and engine management hardware.

Getting 160hp out of that engine isn't hard though, just get a set of high compression pistons, some cams, have the head ported, get a header, and then have a chip made to take advantage of your engine timing.