tips needed to mod 1st car(CRX)

[jeev07]

I just bought my very first car...1990 CRX Si, black ext. 180,000 kms, got a lil rust on the rear fenders but overall its in pretty good shape. I picked up the car for just $1000 canadian dollars which i dont think is that bad. Now i wanna invest in some aftermarket mods to up the performance and the exterior as well. Some 17" Enkei rims with Falken Ziex rubber was offered to me for $550 Cdn and im thinkin bout pickin those up along with maybe some lowering spring so the rims wont make my ride look too high. It still feels like im lacking hp and tq though so you guys have any ideas on any mods for a low budget? Im only 17 so my pockets arent too deep haha. Any tips and suggestions welcome, thanxxxxxx

[crv-tec]

Intake, header, and exhaust is usually the first place to start....

[civickiller]

save up for a swap

[jeev07]

should i bother with shit for my stock engine or wait til i can do a swap, and if i do swap, which engine...and i know this is a dumb question but what kind of engine is mine? wow i ask a lot of questions haha sorry guys im new to this deal but what do u think

[crv-tec]

It should say on the black what engine it is, but if its stock its a d16a6. Honestly save up for a swap is a good idea. I'd reccomend either a GSR (b18c1) or a 2nd gen b16. You can get a engine with more horse (b18c5 from the Type R) but for the price you can probally get a second gen b16 to make as much power...

[crv-tec]

Or you can do a single cam swap, but I don't know shit on them and don't really care to...

[Mike88LX]

http://www.canuckmotorsports.com/catalogue_ca_otr.html

check this site out for springs, i dont know if they're good or not, never tried, but heard a few good things about them

[jeev07]

what are the approx. prices (in cdn) on those engines and how hard are they to find. Im not mechanically inclined so how i dont really know how i'd do the swap haha

[jeev07]

well i can get some lowering springs for 150 bucks that are adjustable 1"-4" think that'll be better?

[civickiller]

if your gonna lower it, you need struts too, and i would recommend a camber kit.

also, you know its all depends on you and how fast you want to go, as to which motor you should get, and also possibel future mods like turbo or anything and future hp wants

[jeev07]

well i wanna get it putting out about 150 hp or more by the time im done with it. think i'll be able to do that with a stock motor? i dont know if a turbo on stock engine would work too well. whats an approx price on camber kits and strut and how difficult is it to install them?

[Hilikus Funkin]

my advice is to search these forums for info and to search ebay for an intake which should be everyones first performance mod. I recommend getting a 2 piece cold air intake for like $50 shipped which is easy to find on ebay. This is the same one i have on my car.

[kingpinn]

save for a swap and if you dont want to save for that long then just save for a zc you can have one of them in for around a G ...U.S

and a 90si for a G ... rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr if i ever come to canada im finding you and wipping your ass !!!!!



j/k







kinda

[jeev07]

sorry i dont know the engines too well but whats a zc??, haha it must be a dumb question to you guys

[Hybrid1990crx]

Originally Posted by crv-tec

Or you can do a single cam swap, but I don't know shit on them and don't really care to...

thats rather ignorant, there are plenty of SOHC cars that would walk your b16 rex all day, why dont you show the B in your engine code, anyway?

anyway.

you could build your a6 to be a rather nice first car. intake, exhaust, header, cam, and intake manifold and it'd be beating up on z6's.

I say keep your motor you have now and learn off it, you could build it into a pretty mean machine if you really wanted to work the internals. I had fun with my a6's before i did a swap.

Oh and the zc. Two motors acutally share that code. One is sohc and makes about 120hp and the other is dohc and makes around 140ish. the dohc would probably be fun to place with, but the sohc is basically the same thing you have now just with higher compression.