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Old 19-Dec-2006, 12:29 AM
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d-series improvement
i cant afford a swap right now but i want to go faster...even just a little just wondering what else i can do i got bolt ons but is there anything else that you guys recommend?
any opinion would be appreciated thanks
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 12:34 AM
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whats your budget?
N20 or boost is a good way of increasing performance.
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 12:34 AM
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couple hundred lol
pretty limited
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 01:24 AM
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save your $
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 05:23 AM
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save your $
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 11:10 AM
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Weight reduction on the vehicle Kinda hard when it's a daily driver though.....lol.
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 12:11 PM
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Couple hundred, honestly, save it. You could try weigth reduction, it is free.

Start with suspension, brake, and tires first.
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 01:44 PM
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quoting leitner:

'you can't polish a turd'
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 06:52 PM
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weight, make a testpipe or hollow your cat, intake, exhaust? them are all cheap ideas.
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Old 19-Dec-2006, 07:35 PM
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Save for a B series.
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Save for a B series.
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Old 20-Dec-2006, 09:54 AM
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weight reduction IMO is waste on a daily driver. Isn't the saying 100lbs reduced is 1/10th of a second on a 1/4 mile?

Test pipe in place of your cat. $300 fine & no real big HP gains,

Hollow your cat? Your SOL some E-test time.

Intake - Your only looking at about 5hp @ 5000+rpms
Exhaust - All the sound of go, but of course no go. (just like every other riced out civic.)
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Old 20-Dec-2006, 12:37 PM
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there is no magic bullet to hot rod a d-series imo....plus good quality parts are limited and rare if you compare it with a b series. sohc d motors are very good candidates for boost but all that is out of your budget...

$200....dont even think...have it detailed instead
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Old 20-Dec-2006, 01:07 PM
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$200??? he said he has a couple hundred.

exactly how much do you have and are looking on spending?
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best Y7 mods are a EX/Si tranny swap, and the Y8 intake manifold.... after that, save some more, and get the Y8 exhaust, and eventually build a VTEC motor with a B-series throttle body.
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Old 20-Dec-2006, 01:30 PM
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which B series throttle boddy do you recommend though bruno? the stock y8 is under 60mm right?
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a bunch of guys use the b16a2 TB.
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Originally posted by 89SIHATCH?
$200??? he said he has a couple hundred.

exactly how much do you have and are looking on spending?
$200 would be a COUPLE hundred dennis.
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Originally posted by szuberi
which B series throttle boddy do you recommend though bruno? the stock y8 is under 60mm right?
ummm... I dunno, I forget. all I know is almost all B series are the same size... and they are bigger than D series. apparently they make a nice diff on the D series.
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