someone please tell me the only real problem with 01 civics is tha f#$king ecu it has

[bluesteelrock]

[fiberglasscivic]

OK, on behalf of AF honda lovers everywhere, I welcome you to the forums. I've done a lot of reasearch on the D17 and most of what I've found shows that the ECU fuel maps are made to increase the gas mileage and that they aren't really set up for performance. With a few mods and a piggy back or AFC you could easily gain a few hp and get better acceleration. The info is out there you just need to keep looking. I've noticed that you've been looking up a lot of info already on the D17 in the tech forums. That's great. I'm sorry my thread wasn't much more help. Natural aspiration is going to be costly at the moment simply because there aren't a lot of performance upgrades for your engine. Stick to the basics for now and you should find that you can unlock a lot of potential in your car.

[BrodyP]

Originally Posted by fiberglasscivic

OK, on behalf of AF honda lovers everywhere, I welcome you to the forums. I've done a lot of reasearch on the D17 and most of what I've found shows that the ECU fuel maps are made to increase the gas mileage and that they aren't really set up for performance. With a few mods and a piggy back or AFC you could easily gain a few hp and get better acceleration. The info is out there you just need to keep looking. I've noticed that you've been looking up a lot of info already on the D17 in the tech forums. That's great. I'm sorry my thread wasn't much more help. Natural aspiration is going to be costly at the moment simply because there aren't a lot of performance upgrades for your engine. Stick to the basics for now and you should find that you can unlock a lot of potential in your car.

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The D17 was not made with the intent of race that would be the job of the SI. Having an EX, LX or what have you will yield good gas milage, reliability and resale value 3 very important things. If you had purchase this car with intentions of racing then you should have done more research in the field called "Honda". You can make your car fast yes there are many of threads here I have helped people with ideas on how to do so. Ultimilty what is comes down is how deep your pocket is.....