Just bought a 97 Accord...

I just bought a 97 accord second hand a few days ago and am planning to put away the R1 for a while. It's completely stock, nothing added. It's not the V-6 version, but its not a 4 door either. 5-speed, and milage is fair. It has a few options, ac, power-doorlock, power-window, and power-mirror.

Anyway, I was wondering what you guys recommend to modify it so that I can get a good balanced and stable run when I go off to a track or try running it through a few neighbourhoods with winding roads. Just think of like this...help me supe up my car. I am planning to add a cold air intake, tanabe exhaust, maybe drop it a few inches, some big rims, and maybe new headers. All the body kits and shit like that can wait until I win a few track meets with some friends.

Right now, I have a set of NGK spark plugs and a set of rims off a 99 accord to put on it. As a dress-up, I was planning to get the agressor kit, with JDM head lights and HID lights to light it up.

I wanted to know what you guys recommend to get the maximum horsepower out of the car, and which brands are good. If I can get this car running good and stable, maybe in the future I may even get a GReddy turbo kit to bolt on, but thats later.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Originally posted by XenoKryst
Anyway, I was wondering what you guys recommend to modify it so that I can get a good balanced and stable run when I go off to a track or try running it through a few neighbourhoods with winding roads.

Just go bolt ons, since they're the easiest. Intake, header, exhaust. The "good" brands for these are:
Intake - AEM, Injen, Iceman, CP
Header - DC Sports (heard it was the best for 5th gen. accords), GReddy
Exhaust - Apex'i, Tanabe, 5Zigen, etc... it really depends on what you're looking for.

Hope that helps a bit. :)

Nische

Originally posted by XenoKryst
Anyway, I was wondering what you guys recommend to modify it so that I can get a good balanced and stable run when I go off to a track or try running it through a few neighbourhoods with winding roads.

Just go bolt ons, since they're the easiest. Intake, header, exhaust. The "good" brands for these are:
Intake - AEM, Injen, Iceman, CP
Header - DC Sports (heard it was the best for 5th gen. accords), GReddy
Exhaust - Apex'i, Tanabe, 5Zigen, etc... it really depends on what you're looking for.

Hope that helps a bit. :)

Nische

Yes, great! I always thought AEM was a good brand to buy cold air intake from.

I've made a list of the following:

AEM Cold Air Intake w/ K&N Filter
GReddy Headers
Apexi exhaust set
vtec timer
front and rear struts
adjustable fuel pressure regulator
short shifter

I have placed some of them on order from various nearby places already, i am not sure about an ECU to buy. What will it change if I bought a Mugen ECU chip? Any horsepower difference? Would I have to change tachometer and speedometer as well?

Thanks UCIntegra1 for the help.