Opinions..

I want somethin with power, so I was thinkin tha JET chip for my 98 lude, but I also want an exhaust like the N-1 or EVO. What would you all rather have? I'm havin such a hard time deciding and I need someone to make a smart statement so I can figure this out....

A chip won´t do anything on a stock engine. You´ll need to do a lot of other mods if you want to see a gain out of it.

I can´t really help you with the exhaust because most US and japanese brands aren´t available over here in germany. But I know that a lot of people like the Thermal R&D systems for the 5th gens.

Hope it helped a bit!

get some of the basics before u add a chip. rite now, u don't have any extra air/fuel going through ur motor, so u really don't have any need to upgrade ur ecu. u'll jus end up running rich an seeing a great puff of black smoke between hard shifts. i mean its pretty cliche to start w/ an i/h/e set-up, but its a proven way to start. an u gotta start somewhere don't u? :D

I think it´s not even possible to chip the OBD2 ECU of a 5th gen Prelude. You´d need to do an OBD1 ECU swap first and that´s really not worth it for you in the moment. Get all the basic stuff first and then maybe an Apexi VAFC or anything like that.