[kashi]

First off, I know all you guys that have been coming here forever hate these questions, but I am a total newbie, and am very uneducated when it comes to cars and their abilities.

I have a 96 Integra LS that I recently bought from my sister. I love the car, it looks good and runs great. I don't like how slow it is though!

What can I do, inexpensively...as inexpensively as possible...to increase the hp the car puts out? I read around the forum and ppl seem to be replacing mufflers to get more hp, but i don't want a loud muffler, plus i just bought the pipe that conects the catalytic converter to the muffler because it had a hole in it and am in the process of getting it replaced. If i buy a new muffler, wouldn't I have to buy that pipe again too? I just dished out $150 bucks for that thing...so that would suck!

Other options have been to replace the engine, again too costly and not really planning on keeping the car long enough to invest that much money into it. I would just like to improve a few things on my own in order to make some money off the car when I sell it next year.

Any advice is greatly appreciated guys! I know I came to the right place because you all rock!!

Thanks again, and sorry to you pro's!!