bomberman Posted October 15, 2005 Posted October 15, 2005 I am relatively new to set up engine, though I know pretty much about the engine itself, Problem is I would like to set up my engine, but I wouldn't know how to start, and I have a limited budget and a lot of this engine set ups shoud be bought the whole set up.... need help on how to start???
Humphries Posted October 15, 2005 Posted October 15, 2005 you want to rebuild or just do some boltons p.s. you said the words setup like 4 times haha
xxscaxx Posted October 15, 2005 Posted October 15, 2005 what kind of engine do you have? since your limited on funds, you should probably stick to bolt ons or just save for a swap (depending on what motor you have).
Humphries Posted October 15, 2005 Posted October 15, 2005 yeah it kinda didnt make sense when you just kept saying set up and didnt say what kinda engine or even what kinda car you have. do that and then even afterwards.. i still say stick to boltons: aem,injen,k&n,bomz Cold Air Intakes are good. DC sport headers are good. skunk 2 intake manifold. fidanza lightweight flywheel (7-8lbs) apex'i, greddy, number 1, hks dragger exhausts are good. others you should search for.
SolLesHonda Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 +1 to those brands .. other than bomz racing, i would go with somehting a little bit better quality myself, but to each his own, i would recommend tanabe racing exhaust as well, sounds great ... no rice sound at all
Humphries Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 just some stuff that came into mind.. just popular brands and i dont think bomz is bad.. all it is is metal piping with a filter on the end.. no differences just filter on aem is k&n. i think thats the differences..
SolLesHonda Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 yeah, but then of course, you have the proven performance gains with aem and injen ... reason being, they have a little bit more money for research and development, and they sound good too !!! ... spend the extra couple bucks ... when you get boost you get rid of it anyway
xxscaxx Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 intakes will add barely any horsepower. that proven hp crap is exactly that-crap (although for my STi some intakes like the K&N Typhoon show gains of up to 12WHP.. pretty sweet). headerback exhaust is where you'll feel something if that. if you plan to boost, dont even bother with intake and header. its just a waste since youll be ridding of your header, but you could use the intake if its cold air for ic piping like i did.
SolLesHonda Posted October 17, 2005 Posted October 17, 2005 right, but i honestly felt a difference in throttle response with my aem intake ... itscai and it sounds great ... not saying it added massive power amounts .. but i probly got a good 3-6 whp from it ... yeah sti's react well with them i noticed .. and s2000s
xxscaxx Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 yeah well you can definitly here it. i really didnt tell anything when i had mine (maybe b/c i had the crapty s engine so it just felt slow all the time). when i put the b16 in it i never had the stock airbox in so i cant really judge from that. just in other peoples car ive been in you here it, not feel it really. the only reason ill probably get one for my sti is that it increases the bpv noise a lot. you gotta be careful with certain intakes with STi's because some screw with the maf's and cause to run lean. same with aftermarket blow off valves. the stock bpv recirculates, and most of the aftermarket bovs are atmospheric. the ecu still acounts for the air being blown in the atmosphere as being recirculated, therefore making the car run rich between shifts and usually hurts performance. so you need a recirc kit, or i think its worx that has a dual stage bov, which recirculates and only blows out atmospheric over like 5krpm or something. anyways, enough with STi 101.
bomberman Posted October 18, 2005 Author Posted October 18, 2005 I'm driving only a 1.5 honda city, It's good for the pockets coz with the way the gas price is almost impossible, and I am guessing that putting this bolt ons will definetly affect my gas consumption, but hey I'm only using my car during weekends now and most of the time I commute to work..... another question, so this bolt ons I can just buy one today and maybe next month I'll buy the other, does that work that way??
CleanGSR Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 Yes, that's how it works. I noticed the biggest difference when I added my header, and that was with stock exhaust. By the way, what exactly is a 1.5 Honda City. Never heard of a Honda City, but I'd like to go.
bomberman Posted October 18, 2005 Author Posted October 18, 2005 you can see a sample of Honda city here...... My Webpage
bomberman Posted October 19, 2005 Author Posted October 19, 2005 nope... not in US.... I am in th Phils......
airjordan223 Posted October 19, 2005 Posted October 19, 2005 i noticed a slight power gain from my AEM cai, but you could deffinatley hear the sound change. i agree with b16vtec about the headers, and i also added a full exhaust which was noticeable to power gain. nice sig btw b16vtec car looks sweeeet
CleanGSR Posted October 19, 2005 Posted October 19, 2005 Thanks. On a slightly different note. I finally got my hands on a stock cat and put it back on. (Had a straight throw high flow cat on). Previsouly my exhaust sounded horrible, imbarassing, and sad. Putting my stock cat back on helped 100%. My car sounds awesome now, by far my favorite sounding import aside from my dad's S2000. I also didn't really notice a decrease in power. So learn from my mistake, leave you cat where it's at.
xxscaxx Posted October 19, 2005 Posted October 19, 2005 unless you turbo. i think this new updated forum is DEFINITLY not mac user friendly.
SolLesHonda Posted October 21, 2005 Posted October 21, 2005 this is like the third post we have talked about your mac ...
CleanGSR Posted October 21, 2005 Posted October 21, 2005 LOL, he loves Macs, hates the new layout. Wouldn't it just be easier to hate the Mac....just kidding.
SolLesHonda Posted October 21, 2005 Posted October 21, 2005 LOL, he loves Macs, hates the new layout. Wouldn't it just be easier to hate the Mac....just kidding. agreed haha
xxscaxx Posted October 21, 2005 Posted October 21, 2005 second actually. its cuz i go to add something or quote somethin in a post n i cant so i just get pissed and write it. so let me live.
SolLesHonda Posted October 21, 2005 Posted October 21, 2005 haha ok damn .... im pretty sure we can find one more time you placed MAC in a thread ... but its straight .. i was just kidding ...
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