Honda Civc 1.6 Sport Help

[dbuckley08]

Hi All,

Just bought a Honda Civic sport 1.6 .

What can i do too it to increase bhp ?

 

[pgarner]

welcome

change the engine.
Honda are quite expensive to tune
what series engine is in it ?
if you dont know what age is it ? do you know the current power ?

 

[dbuckley08]

It is a 54 plate just wanna get a bit more unnfff lol

 

[dbuckley08]

I mean I will get a straight through exhaust and knN but what else can I do ?

 

[pgarner]

how deep are your pockets ?

cams
bigger valves
gas flowed head
higher compression pistons
nitrous
forced induction - turbo or super charged

 

[dbuckley08]

Maximum of 1000. What would u recommend just to make it nippy

 

[pgarner]

if thats including the full exhaust then just the cams and a map
exhaust manifold 4-1 (sure prince will be along shortly hes the honda man on here)
sports cat - decat if you can be bothered to change it every year for the mot and they dont do random roadside tests
centre pipe
back box

 

[dbuckley08]

Cool , do u no of any companies that do remapping

 

[dbuckley08]

any 1 else got any gd ideas ............

 

[zeekan]

TDI or Hond-R do remapping. Has your honda got a VTEC? I'd say lose weight mate, if its not a family car get rid of the seats and everything that u dont really need that much it will increase your power to weight ratio u will b surprised about the outcome i stripped mine last w/end. like pgarner mentioned, cams is a good idea, get a set of brian crower's stage 2 they are brilliant and only £300, making a beautiful idle noise

 

[dbuckley08]

Yea it is a vtec , mate with a sraight through exhaust and knN and the cams done what bhp am I lookin at ?

 

[zeekan]

Something under 140bhp, i think your model is the 110bhp SOHC right? those brian crower cams are really something im not sure if they make them for this model though, one of the cheapest ways of upgrading 1.6vtec is getting parts from a bigger displacement, for example most b16a owners get stuff from integra dc2 or ek9 civic type r, including cams etc. looks like the k20a would be your donour although it is a DOHC therefore research before you buy anything

 

[dbuckley08]

Dude your far to technical lol , yea its 110 bhp . With a KnN and striaght through , what would I be looking at

 

[pgarner]

k&n (and theres alot better variates out there than them, but they do cost £££) and a straight through exhaust including the manifold (which most people dont bother with) id take a guess at around 120-125bhp

 

[dbuckley08]

What air filter would you suggest . I was lookin at the typhoon short ram

 

[pgarner]

if youve got the money gruppe m set up
problem with the short arm is it keeps it in the engine bay with all the nice hot air, which isnt very good as it has less oxygen and on a 1.6 you may find that it feels like it doesnt gain anything.

look towards the CAI kits that sit down in the wing away from the engine.


or a cheaper option is remove your airbox and inspect the inside of it. if theres any ribs in the box remove them with a dremmal to make the box smooth as possible, drill out a large hole 2-4" if possible and add a pipe form the wing or front bumper to supply more cold air. and fit a panel filter.

i have done something similer on the bora (however i used a bigger intake pipe off another model ) and see similer airflow gains as induction kits add

 

[dbuckley08]

Otherwise for 500 wot can I do

 

[pgarner]

cheap suspension.
or semi decent tyres for better handling

 

[dbuckley08]

Well what can I do that's easy ands some power for 500 ?

 

[pgarner]

for 500 cat back exhaust ~£300
AEM V2 CAI ~£200
Decat ~£50

power increase maybe 15bhp

 

[dbuckley08]

anything else guys

 

[Prince]

anything else guys

Strip it. It's free and the weight loss will increase speed. If I only had £500 to spend, I would get a cat-back exhaust. Otherwise I would just keep saving.