acceleration

[Darkwing]

Since I have almost no place to race around here, I tend to like acceleration more than top end. What kind of mods do you reccommend to get the best 0-60 time on a civic? Cheaper the better. y'all know my civic by now:

[twidge]

well, heads, overboring it, or a turbo are pretty much the only thing that will increase speed and acceleration while keeping streetability. you could get a racing cam, but then the idle would be unbareable.

[Dezoris]

Picking up 0-60 mtimes will be tough w/o major cash, you can do I/H/E which will get you 15.7 1/4 times. Other than that you are look ing at some kind of F/I

[Darkwing]

Originally posted by Dezoris
Picking up 0-60 mtimes will be tough w/o major cash, you can do I/H/E which will get you 15.7 1/4 times. Other than that you are look ing at some kind of F/I

sorry, I am Kinda new to the auto slang/inits. can you please explain "I/H/E" and "F/I" also what is "overboring"

thanks. and I got a few bucks to spend, just not thousands.

[Dezoris]

F/I is forced induction, like Turbos, Nitrous, superchargers.
I/H/E, intake headers exaust. overboring, pertains to the motor's bore and stroke, over boreing means increasing the bore and stroke, which usually ups the displacement. Like your motor is 1.6L/1598cc it can up it to 1.7L/1700cc, depending.

[Jay!]

Originally posted by Dezoris
F/I is forced induction, like Turbos, Nitrous, superchargers.

Why is nitrous included in forced induction?

[Dezoris]

You are forcing nitrous via a bottle under pressure into the intake and manifold. not much different than the others.

[Jay!]

I thought "forced induction" refered to the forced induction of air. It is different in that regard, but that may have just been an assumption on my part.

[Dezoris]

Well nitrous is a gas, and it is pressurized, like the others, only the motor is not involved in the presurization process, the heavy ass bottle is. I really don't look at nitrous as being a true F/I option believe me, it just can't be left out, so may people love it. not me.

[92BlackLT-1]

With all due respect you have a car made for economical purchase and operation. If you modify it it will still be a honda.

Consider selling it and buying a performance car.

Cars that have 350 cu in engines in them have been the standard now for 40 years.

I really think that's the way to go.

[Dezoris]

Originally posted by 92BlackLT-1
With all due respect you have a car made for economical purchase and operation. If you modify it it will still be a honda.

Consider selling it and buying a performance car.

Cars that have 350 cu in engines in them have been the standard now for 40 years.

I really think that's the way to go.

Yes, The domestics will always be faster, but it is a question of getting the most out of what you have

[Darkwing]

Originally posted by Dezoris
F/I is forced induction, like Turbos, Nitrous, superchargers.
I/H/E, intake headers exaust. overboring, pertains to the motor's bore and stroke, over boreing means increasing the bore and stroke, which usually ups the displacement. Like your motor is 1.6L/1598cc it can up it to 1.7L/1700cc, depending.

thanx!

how much would that stuff cost? forget turbo and nitro and all that bs, just the other stuff like overboring and I/H/E.

[flylwsi]

HMM... NITROUS ISNT ON ANY F/I LIST I HAVE EVER SEEN... AH WELL...
ALSO...

SPORTS CAR W/350S HAVE NOT BEEN THE NORM.
THE NORM HAS BEEN SMALL LIGHT CARS. LOTUS. FERRARI. JAGUAR. CARS LIKE THAT ARE THE NORM. YOU ARE LOOKIN AT AMERICA. GREAT. LOOK AT THE NORM AROUND THE WORLD.
NOT TO SAY A 350 IS A BAD MOTOR. BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF LITTLE MOTOR CARS THAT WILL KILL A 350 POWERED CAR, TRUCK, OR WHATEVER. PLEASE DONT BE AN IGNORANT DOMESTIC OWNER.
OH, YEAH. IM NOT SAYING YOU ARE. SO DONT FLAME ME. IM JUST ASKING THAT YOU OPEN YOUR EYES TO MOTORS THAT ARE HALF YOUR SIZE. WHICH ARE MUCH MORE ABUNDANT THAN WHATCHA GOT.

AND ONE MORE THING.
SIZE AND POWER DONT MATTER.
POWER TO WEIGHT IS IT MAN. I DONT CARE HOW BIG YOUR MOTOR IS.

[TheMan5952]

Yea, Becareful with yoru exhaust pipe size, going with to large of a pipe size would cause a decrease in Low End power, which what you need for acceleration.


That is tha reason why Black LT-1 suggested a small car with a 350, good low end power in a small package.

And, flywsi: Here in the US most sports cars have a engine with about 305's-350's, Fords have 302's-351's and Chrysler's mainly have 318's-360's. The new Mustangs have 4.6 liter's which is about 289 cid or so.

[flylwsi]

being an owner of a domestic as well(94 s10 xcab 4.3 w/a stick in it, modded a bit), i am really put off by that.
america doesnt have sports cars per se. that is what i meant. mustangs etc are muscle cars. there have been enough big motor mustangs through my garage to know that.
if you have seen my posts anywhere on this site you will note that i am not biased. but the simple post was that sports cars are not generally 350 cars. maybe here, and then those arent sports cars. they tie into the pony car/muscle car image. and the vette... that is a bit above a sports car. if anything, though, it is the closest.
to me a sports car is something along the lines of an old lotus or a small light weight car with a motor to match the car.this means that power to weight is the key. but that doesnt mean i dont know what a 5.7 is.and the corvette, which is actually smaller than 350, and has been for a while, weighs in at 5.3 liters.
also... find me a sports car made right now that is from chrysler with a 318 in it... the closest thing is a dakota r/t. which is not a bad option.
this is not a knock, just stating that i know my shiet and i dont post things like that w/o knowing both sides.

thus stated...
the sports car here is a muscle car. the rest of the world, however, runs around in smaller motor cars that have great power to weight ratios or turbos that kick all sortsa power. or in amazing little motors with some wild infinitely variable cams. like the porsche the ferrari and the bmw, not to mention vtec.
we americans are stuck on bigger is better.
until we get beat by a civic and scratch heads...