Faster top speed???

Hondaflyer · #1 11-11-2002, 12:40 AM

Hello, I have a 97 Civic DX with a header and cold air intake. My car is quick off the line, but when I hit about 3rd gear, it drags like crazy and on the highway, I hardly have any acceleration. Can anyone tell me some of the best ways to increase my speed at high speeds

I'm getting tired of smoken people off the line, then they just fly by me. PLEASE help!!!!

Neutrino · #2 11-11-2002, 03:19 AM

well a cat back will help your top end especially if you have a new header.

TatII · #3 11-11-2002, 10:37 AM

i know how you feel. i have very good low end torque and i'm rear wheel drive. so i destroy them off the line, and then finally when i hit third gear, they pass me. i think its cuase my gearing is alittle tall on 3rd gear. but not that tall. well i don't have the problem anymore. becuase i've done whatever i can in my budget to improve my mid to top end. but i'm surprised that your civic can take cars off the line. i mean your engine isn't exactly a torque monster and i know for a fact that civics got some pretty tall gears. are you racing automatics? just curious. but what you can do to improve your 3rd gear is to buy a cat back exhaust. since your engine size is only 1.6 liters i would suggest having piping around 1.7 inches across. this way you don't lose any torque. and get a cam gear and retardt he timeing. then you'll shift yoru whole power band closer towards the bottom and your power comes on almost instantly.

Hondaflyer · #4 11-11-2002, 11:31 AM

Thanks, I really want to swap engines but I don't have that kind of money. I'll probably just end up getting cat-back eventually.

YellowMaranello · #5 11-11-2002, 04:32 PM

I dunno about you, but a good, old fashoined rocket engine has always worked for me.

-The Stig- · #6 11-11-2002, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by YellowMaranello
I dunno about you, but a good, old fashoined rocket engine has always worked for me.

I've always had good performance with NOS...

I need NOS... two of the big ones... and i need them by tonight harry.

Neutrino · #7 11-11-2002, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RedNeck383

I've always had good performance with NOS...

I need NOS... two of the big ones... and i need them by tonight harry.

Amateurs don't use NOS. I've seen the way you drive you have a heavy foot.You'll blow yourself to pices redneck.

So is that what you did to your bike put NOS?

Cbass · #8 11-11-2002, 08:34 PM

STOP NOW!!

I thought GReddy exhaust would mean a catback sytstem... so you have a GReddy muffler?

I think the problem is you have a 1.6 liter naturally aspirated engine, and it just doesn't make enough power to really pull at higher speeds. A turbo rebuild or an engine swap are really your only options, aside from nitrous... Then again, start putting nitrous through a stock engine and you're asking for trouble.

fatninja19 · #9 11-11-2002, 11:47 PM

H22A swap!!!

kris · #10 11-12-2002, 01:23 PM

Cant anyone ask a legitimate question, without being told to get a different car?

S Brake · #11 11-12-2002, 01:31 PM

Count your blessings, my truck stops pulling at about 25

RoBoDEATH · #12 11-13-2002, 12:35 PM

i'm not sure about this so let the tech heads break it down, but wouldn't a civic ex tranny help him?

FREED0MFiST · #13 11-13-2002, 02:01 PM

same exact thread going right now... "top speed"

anyways your an idiot for getting a dx civic. your engine is trash, thow it away. it sucks you need a b18 bad, this unimpressive engine is weak and will never be fast. your car sucks, why didnt you get a mustang 5.0?
j/k j/k...
forget all the people who tell you to get a swap. im a firm believer in forced induction after driving in a sohc 1.6 litre civic. i say get an exaust since i think your on a budget.some kid with a 1.5 litre non vtec pulls on me at the top of 3rd when he got his exaust, and he had nothin before. sure it wont be amazing power, but best/easiest/most reliable thing you can do for $500 id say. and it looks better + sound. you could get nitrous, but its not like your going to spray everytime you need to accelerate in 3rd. Oh and theres no probs with running a small shot on a stock engine. if you generally want to make your car faster, get FI, but if you want your car the fastest itll possibly go, youll need a new engine. A new engine is not neccesary to make you car faster...

jcrx · #14 11-14-2002, 01:07 AM

Is this your second or third thread about this same thing?Fact:a civic dx will never be fast end of story.You can use nitrous,supercharger,turbo ,whatever,and a swap is still going to blow it away this is a proven fact so swap your motor or swap your car.

FREED0MFiST · #15 11-14-2002, 06:25 PM

fact: jcrx doesnt know what he's talking about

it might be in this thread, it might be in anotherdamn, it might not even be on this board but i was just reading a post about an n/a dx running 10's... any car can be fast with enough money, and besides hes notr asking how to make his car the fastest it could possibly go, just more speed. hed be stupid to spend 3k doin a swap when he could go FI and make more power.

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