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Im looking for information or sites on upgrades for civic coupe 03. I dont know much about cars, but i was wondering about doing upgrades for low rpm power and hill power and overall horsepower. Does anyone know if an AEM intake is good? or any other recommendations?

You better ask here http://www.vtec.net/forums/

They know it all!

ok, i know a whole shit load about import cars and tuning. Iceman intakes are the best intakes on the market, you can go to www.jcw.com and click on sport compacts, then just look up your car. you might wanna look into a magazine called honda tuning, it should be at a bookstore or something. maybe go to www.cardomain.com and look at the civics, and see what people have done to them. www.onlineshowoff.com is good for that too. just go to a bookstore and look at all the import magazines, you find lots of helpful stuff there!

Ok thanks.

Do these things come with instructions? or do i get a mechanic to do it?

they should, although they arent that hard to install. but if you dont know anything about cars, dont do it yourself! if you were to get it done by a mechanic, youd have to go somewhere that knows how to do it, lol that was dumb

i have some good and bad advice for you...

start reading Sport Compact Car....itll have lots of useful places to price, and learn about this shit - but it will tempt you to spend wayyy to much money, as such:

you want more power? put a Type R engine in there! haha(last months SI) hehe|

Pick up Super Street and Import Tuning while you're at it, and visit their websites. AEMs are fine, but just warning you, air intakes wont do much at all to your power. You'll have to do an engline swap (as biznology mentioned) or you can add turbos, superchargers, etc. You're lucky because you've got a civic and theres a sh*tload of stuff for it at decent prices. Oh, and www.aerotrends.com is good for body work too, if you plan on looking into that. Check in at local performance shops and I'm sure they'll help you out. Good luck, and don't waste your whole life savings!!

Hey, anyone have pics of their rides? Here is one of my cars. Mainly used for drag racing, but only at the strip. I don't street race. Car

First off, no offense but if you want *low end* power in your Civic, you'll need some sort of forced induction or a larger engine. Sure, smaller naturally aspirated motors can make power, but not much happens below vtec territory. Just make sure you don't void your warranty by modding it, I would ask the dealership the policy before hand. I wouldn't recommend going to import showoff sites and the like, simply because they are show cars. That vtec board jp posted would probably be the best start.

And if you have a mechanic install something simple like an intake, I GUARANTEE you will be ripped off. It's fuckin hilarious to stand in an import shop and see the kids willingly paying $80 (no joke) to install an intake pipe and a filter.

Hey Trickle, what does your Z28 run and what have you done to it? I have a 1st gen Talon, hits a high 13 at altitude when the clutch isn't fried It's quick enough to hang with SSs and non WS6 T/As up here, but at sea level I would probably get stomped. Boost is a huge advantage a mile high.

if u dont wanna go big and spend huge money on Turbo's and stuff there are quite a few options.

A cam is your best bet for low end power. a 225 degree cam increases torque and overall horsepower, that u will feel as soon as u drive your car.

Varous other things u can do thjat will help are to port and polish the head, increase the gas flow injection, get a chip that will remap the ECU, get an induction kit. You could buy lighter components for the engine, but that will end up costing a lot.

For a quick and easy fix, NoS is the answer!

if your going to nos the engine.... you'd need to buff up the internals first as nos can be damaging.

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Originally posted by pagoda Hey Trickle, what does your Z28 run and what have you done to it? I have a 1st gen Talon, hits a high 13 at altitude when the clutch isn't fried It's quick enough to hang with SSs and non WS6 T/As up here, but at sea level I would probably get stomped. Boost is a huge advantage a mile high.

I have done pretty much all of the bolt on mods. I.E. Headers w/off road pipe, catback exhaust with cutout, SLP Clutch Kit(Third Clutch ),G2 CAI,Alum. Driveshaft,3.73 Gears,LT4 KM,Upgraded Ignition,Custom Programed Comp.,160 Thermo, that's all that I can think of for performance. I also have a few apperance mods. At the track I've run a best of 13.6@107 with a 2.2 60Ft. So, as you can see traction is a problem for me. If I were to get good traction off the line I should be able to see a 13.1-13.2, or maybe even a 12 if it's a very nice day out. You can check out my webpage
Have a good one.

I wasnt really thinking of high horsepower, but just enough to push from 115 stock to 130, and make it better for hilling thanks for all the advice.

i probably have one of the fastest imports on this site and i don't feel like posting all this info on a civic bc there is so much that can be done. If you have a more specific question then just instant message me my screen name is disbtommy

BTW AEM cold air intake is good, just a lil pricey. The iceman is a good intake but not the best because it doesn't give as much power to all cars as it does sound.

The most you'll gain from a CAI is about 2-3 front wheel horse power in your case. You might see a couple more, but don't expect to see much difference. It's one of those mods that will help once you're making some good horsepower. But at the same a good starter mod.

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Originally posted by Trickle I have done pretty much all of the bolt on mods. I.E. Headers w/off road pipe, catback exhaust with cutout, SLP Clutch Kit(Third Clutch ),G2 CAI,Alum. Driveshaft,3.73 Gears,LT4 KM,Upgraded Ignition,Custom Programed Comp.,160 Thermo, that's all that I can think of for performance. I also have a few apperance mods. At the track I've run a best of 13.6@107 with a 2.2 60Ft. So, as you can see traction is a problem for me. If I were to get good traction off the line I should be able to see a 13.1-13.2, or maybe even a 12 if it's a very nice day out. You can check out my webpage Have a good one.

For traction, why don't you just run slicks? My RX-7 ran 13's bc i couldn't catch traction til almost 4th gear. With slicks i ran 11's

Yeah, with that 107 trap speed you should be able to tag a high 12 with slicks. If you're a good driver you could easily pull a 1.8 or lower 60ft time on slicks, and that will help tremendously.

heres my car ALL SHOW....NO GO......

woohoo i get to see the Tiesto civic again!

That is really low, how much have u lowered it? i am gueswsing -60mm drop, and how big are those wheels, 17"?

Its quite a smooth car with a Euro look, i think u can make it even smoother by delocking and de-handling it, smoothing the tailgate and then that car would be some smooooooooooooth ride!

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Originally posted by dj_mdma woohoo i get to see the Tiesto civic again! That is really low, how much have u lowered it? i am gueswsing -60mm drop, and how big are those wheels, 17"? Its quite a smooth car with a Euro look, i think u can make it even smoother by delocking and de-handling it, smoothing the tailgate and then that car would be some smooooooooooooth ride!

LOL....the wheels are 18's and it is lowered 5" in the front 51/4 in the rear....

i was going to take the door handles off but i am selling the car now...so i didnt wanna bother.....and the tailgate is smoothed....i shaved the lock, symbols, an the license plate holder is custom.,,.,.that is not what the back of a civic realy looks like stock..,..so it is a custom trunk.....just a suttle change.


thanks for likeing it

125mm drop OMG!!!! the car must have had some big arch work done to it!!!!!

if only i could persuade my parents to customise THEIR civic... that would be sweet! BTW i have lotsa good pics, so if anyone wants to host them, tell me!!!

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Originally posted by XxremedyxX For traction, why don't you just run slicks? My RX-7 ran 13's bc i couldn't catch traction til almost 4th gear. With slicks i ran 11's

Why dont I run slicks, well there's a big problem with running slicks, big traction equals breakage. I still have the stock 10 bolt rear in my car. And well, lets say it won't last but a few launches with really good traction. I've heard of many people blowing their rears on a stock car running slicks. If I get anything I'll just get some DR, maybe Nittos. I'm kind of thinking of selling the car too, because I want to buy a nice speed boat. We'll see what happens though.
I think that with slicks I could run a very low 13. I'm not the best driver, but I know how to launch my car pretty well. I know I could drop my car to a 2.0 60 ft with street tires, because I've seen it happen before. And I've ran a 2.1 before, so I know it's possible. We'll see what I can do if I don't sell it.

i figuered id post this here....

i want to upgrade my car's sound system...
I don't want really fancy stuff and huge speakers.....
i just want a good system that offers clear and sharp sound...and ofcourse good bass.... and maybe some new features here and there..

Can you recomend a certain brand? like Kenwood or Jensen....????

i currently have kenwood.

My current project is a Mk2 Seat Ibiza, i;ve nearly finished the audio system, as my car is red i opted for a Sony Xplod system. I've got the ACtive Black Panel MD played, Xplod Front Speakers, Xplod COmponents, Xplod 6x9's on the back shelf and in the boot I put wood in there to cover the wheel arches, put a 6x9 in each one. I've got 2 XM-444 amps running the 6x9's, an XM-222 neatly tucked beneath the passenger seat running the mid's and the head unit powers the tweeters and fronts. For Bass I've got an ALpine SWR-1241D (1000W peak, 300 RMS) and that will be running off an XM-1502 amp, if io could find a place that stocks it!!!!!!

That is my audio system, and it is fine for clarity and loudness. I'm not one for entering Db drag races yet tho

Good Audio brands are Rockford Fosgate (THe RF series V. Expensive!) Focal Top end stuff (some tweeters cost 900 Pounds!!!) and JL Audio.

look at fast & the furious and place laughing gas in your car

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