i dont want to do a swap, turbo or supercharger if i can. i already have a intake and cat back exhaust. do headers work? never realy felt anything on my old teg. if i do have to swap whats better, the si engine or the gsr?
how can i get my EX faster
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One Advice. No matter what you wanna do theres no limit on how faster you can go. Intake and Exhaust are good upgrades gives some what HP but mostly better breathing for the engine. you said no turbo or supercharge. well then there goes your hopes. Other things you can do. is maybe bore out your engine get some bigger postons. racing Tie rods valve springs. performance valve stems. But you really need to be educated in the racing industry if you wanna go that route or do some homework and ask around. you could go Nitrous. but for me thats like the last resort were you cant do anymore to your engine once you reach your goal. To your question on SI or GSR motor. I like the GSR have a friend with one and man its a good engine. But Im not much of an acura guy. I like the Civic SI a good 160HP stock and a very good powerplant to get more HP out of it. If you do the B16a2 swap very good choice it will cost you around $1500 if you go B18c1 or C5 it will cost you 2500 to $4500. My last advice Go turbo or supercharge. Its cheap and worth it. Trust me Im looking to Supercharge my SI good will come out of that upgrade. I hope I helped you out man. Good luck!!!
if you want to keep the d16y8 then look into gettin i believe.....d16a6 pistons......they raise the compression up a bit....i think 11:0to1 you can pick those up really cheap...then you can use some b18b rods.....they do fit and thy can handle alot more punishment then the stock ones.....i have a write up around here somewhere on building a low budget d series......
Have you checked here yet?
www.d-series.org
If you want to stay NA then headwork is probably the place to dump your money. The people at d-series seem to recommend a shop called exospeed for that kind of thing.
I've not used them myself so I can only relate what I have read, not any personal experiences for ya.
IMHO it's hard to argue with a good wet N2O kit for the D motors. That'll probably be my next step after I/H/E.
-Trevor
www.d-series.org
If you want to stay NA then headwork is probably the place to dump your money. The people at d-series seem to recommend a shop called exospeed for that kind of thing.
I've not used them myself so I can only relate what I have read, not any personal experiences for ya.
IMHO it's hard to argue with a good wet N2O kit for the D motors. That'll probably be my next step after I/H/E.
-Trevor
I also have an ex civic.Currently I have intake, header, exhaust(a cheap one that I don't think really does much lookin into gettin the WS.), and pullies, pwr str, alt, and underdrive. I first got the intake then header they helped out alot then the crap exhaust (flowmaster incase your wonderin 150 buck you get what you pay for), I had my pullies forever but had complications with them since they were bought off of ebay needed to modify the belts and the alt pulley to fit right. They helped out a bunch lookin into a throttle body.
sway or turbo or you'll be stuck in the 15's
from what it sounds like i think i will look into a lighter flywheel when i upgrade the clutch. im not ready to do internal moter work just because i like the dependability of it being stock. also headers will be soon. thanks everyone for the input.
i have the aem v2 the greddy evo and dc one piece 4-2-1 header. i did the intake then the exaust then the header. there is a strong pull at 4000 rpms. it was immediately noticable.the v2 had the most low end torque. it was very impressive for a week then i got the exhaust and lost it. but its much stronger in the high end. then the header brought it back down to 4000 rpms.im very happy with the set up.i only plan on auto crossing, so i put the most money into the suspension.if and when i get into drag racing ill definetely swap the engine. itll feel great and it does right now. but people will pull away from you.if its not your daily driver i recommend gutting it the f**k out.just my opinion
uhh... why am i the only one who caught this? Do not put any b-series cams into a d-series engine... first off the b-series is a dohc so its cams are grinded for a completly different operation.HS-POKEY said:if you want to keep the d16y8 then look into gettin i believe.....d16a6 pistons......they raise the compression up a bit....i think 11:0to1 you can pick those up really cheap...then you can use some b18b rods.....they do fit and thy can handle alot more punishment then the stock ones.....i have a write up around here somewhere on building a low budget d series......
If you want to stick to a n/a d16y8 then you have to build the head up. This is a very expensive process. I suggest saving your money and taking the head apart only once. Better yet go get your self a head and build it up off the block and then just swap the head. Here is what you wanna do:
Valves, valve springs and seats (allow you to raise your rpm's).
Pistons: since your sticking to an n/a feel free to up the compression (11:1 is good 12:1 is better but nothign higher or else you will run into problems)
Camshaft
Roller Rockers (reduce friction in the head that would normally rob you of hp)
You can get a port and polish job,but dont let that be your main upgrade, it dosnt add all to much on the d-series (or even the b/h series since honda built them up pretty good) The only time you would see a large increase is if you added a large turbo.
Fuel: new fuel rails, injectors, regulator and spark plugs(for a cleaner burn, dont get nothing fancy since its n/a).
After that a good tune and you'll have ur self a quick one... and you can always add a turbo after (with lower compression pistons).
i have the d16y8 and i got aem v2 cai dc sports 4-1 header greddy evo cat back exhaust act 8.8lb flywheel act stage 3 clutch hot wires and the greddy e-mange and i whoop on a 93 hatch with no interior just dash and drivers seat with zex 55 shot dc header iceman intake exhaust aem cam gear
and ur pulleys so you can make the y8's fast it just takes time and money
and ur pulleys so you can make the y8's fast it just takes time and money