Don't take anything seriously on a honda forum. Those people have the mentality of their cars actually being fast when they do stuff to them. They are of the mentality that a cold air intake gives them more hp and shit, when it really does nothing
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I had one. '06 2 door.
Yep, awesome fuel mileage.
It couldn't get out of its own way, and was a devil too see out of. Peripheral vison was real bad.
Just learn to drive it. I had to. If you're merging on a freeway, as soon as it looks clear, floor it, keep it in your acceleration lane and make sure you're clear.
It'll stop on a dime.
A turbo doesn't have to be obnoxious. Most of the Honda queers just want them obnoxiousI don't want this car to sound or look some something that drove out of a cracker jack box.
yeah, FWD... whats the point of doing anything to it... Better to just enjoy the increased MPG and save pennies for something more fun.If it were rear wheel drive, I would be having MORE fun... but it'll do.
I run high octane in this car...
A turbo doesn't have to be obnoxious. Most of the Honda queers just want them obnoxious
yeah, FWD... whats the point of doing anything to it... Better to just enjoy the increased MPG and save pennies for something more fun.
Without it being high compression (especially forced induction, ie turbo/super charger), then you are actually losing power if the vehicle is designed to run on regular 87 octane pump gas. The higher the octane, the less energetic the fuel is (which is the reason it resists pre-detination). While it probably would only be noticed on a dyno, it's still a loss. The only way it doesn't is if you can advance timing far enough to take advantage of the higher octane, which the stock computer won't go far enough.
"feels"... but that may all be in my head...
If you have the injectors for e85, you can get a custom tune for e85 and see a bit more hp. E85 is the equivalent of 106 octane. Your economy will decrease a tad bit though as a result
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Being an old racer from the 60's and still enjoying the go pedal there are a few things you can do to help. Not much unless you want to shell out serious bucks.
1) Start with the intake: Get a good free breathing filter or even for a few bucks more a more effective air cleaner assembly. This is all cheap. If they do a cold air induction you grab some ponies there, but note they can sometimes get pricey. You can build your own. In fact I built one called 'Trash Aire". I used a cheap small plastic trash can from Wal mart and had seat of the pants improvement. So did a lot of folks that tried my build. Also got a 1 mpg out of it. I contacted one of the major mags and told them I would pay my way anywhere anytime and do a heads up dyno test to compare my system against anything out there. They turned me down...
2) Dig around and find a guy who tunes these things and tell him you want some improved performance and want to keep your good mpg but are willing to take a small hit on it, very small. He will most likely want to bump up the advance. A couple of degrees can give some good extra boost. Fresh HiPerf plugs, properly gapped are also good for a few extra ponies.
3) Exhaust. You can pick up a cheap muffler that breathes a bit better for a few bucks. Spend the extra and get the alum or SS one if you plan on keeping the rig
You can tweak and do some add onsl, spend a couple of hundred and gain somewhere around <10% of the advertised HP rating. May not sound like much, but a few extra HP and also lead to to some improved mpg at the same time.
The CAI is what throws me.. Some people praise it, others say it is useless.
TRUE cold air intake can have gains. Problem is that most CAI are NOT real. They're simply an open filter, which, while providing less restricted air flow, it draws hot air from under the hood. Hot air is less dense than cold air. The denser the air, the more oxygen content, which provides for a more complete burn, and that means better power. So, even though the air flow is less restricted, the hot air negates that and can even worsen it.
If you want to modify your car, that's cool, go ahead. But please do not sit here and tell us that your 2001 model Honda Civic can only get up to 40 mph on the entrance ramp. That's just a load of crap.
Another idea, which I plan on doing on my truck, is a "poor man's ram air". Run a hose to down from the air box to just under the bumper or the air opening for the radiator and put a collector to "focus" the air intake. I know somebody that has done this, among other mods, and has brought their mileage up ~5mpg ... which is HUGE in a v8 truck. This is all due to a more efficient burn = more power, less load on the engine. Another one that they did was to line the air box and intake tube with insulation to keep the air intake as cool as possible.