2008 Honda Accord with 190HP L4
Any ideas on how to get more horsepower under my hood? The L4 is good
on mileage and it is good once it revs above 3000RPM but the torque is low and I would like more punch. What have others on here done to up their horsepower. Supercharge? Turbocharge? Chip change? Ideas are welcome. |
Re: 2008 Honda Accord with 190HP L4
kr wrote:
> Any ideas on how to get more horsepower under my hood? The L4 is good > on mileage and it is good once it revs above 3000RPM but the torque is > low and I would like more punch. What have others on here done to up > their horsepower. Supercharge? Turbocharge? Chip change? > > Ideas are welcome. it's a honda. learn to drive on rpm's. that's why honda go to all that expense of giving you have a high red line. |
Re: 2008 Honda Accord with 190HP L4
In article <6sqsd417tcb6lr3ve2gc21hb1ruunj6fuv@4ax.com>,
kr <kjr107@yahoo.com> wrote: > Any ideas on how to get more horsepower under my hood? The L4 is good > on mileage and it is good once it revs above 3000RPM but the torque is > low and I would like more punch. So DRIVE the ing thing. Rev it up! It's a Honda sedan, not a Chevy truck; push on the gas pedal, for God's sake. A 4 cylinder Honda engine is an absolute jewel of design. There's not much more you can do to it that Honda hasn't already considered and discarded. Oh, sure, you can do some things short term--but long term you won't be happy. If you really wanted more grunt down at the low end, you shoulda gotten the V6. Life is all about compromises. Honda has tweaked the compromises to the Nth degree on their engines, and you've gotten the best compromise there is. Go ahead--get a new chip, supercharge it, whatever. You'll be back here bitching about "I supercharged it and put a new chip in, but now it bucks and gas mileage is shitty and my transmission fluid is dark brown" or some such thing. Somehow, you'll want it to be Honda's fault that you took steps to ruin, long term, a carefully crafted and HIGHLY engineered system that was designed to do family duty over a long period of time. Drag racers rebuild their engines every quarter mile. Are you willing to rebuild or replace your engine as if it were a '59 Chevy? Just push the pedal and get the revs up. IT IS DESIGNED FOR JUST THAT. It's not a Corvette, which can shift from first directly to fourth gear and never go above 1500rpm. It is a Honda, which means it is designed to rev. Hondas get started right about where the 'Vette engine runs out of revs. |
Re: 2008 Honda Accord with 190HP L4
On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:22:44 -0500, kr <kjr107@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Any ideas on how to get more horsepower under my hood? The L4 is good >on mileage and it is good once it revs above 3000RPM but the torque is >low and I would like more punch. What have others on here done to up >their horsepower. Supercharge? Turbocharge? Chip change? > >Ideas are welcome. Are you, like, in a hurry, or something? Geez Louise, these things stock have twice the horsepower at speed, and four times the torque low down, of anything comparable you could buy at any price, up to about 1990. Let me introduce you to my 1981 Alfa! You want it to jump like a frog in a dynamite pond, get something with five liters and/or a turbo, or get a motorcycle, just an engine and a seat, get you where you're going way too fast. J. |
Re: 2008 Honda Accord with 190HP L4
In article <7ivee4d4j0d5ge1svr7o7rk2jveods75b9@4ax.com>,
JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:22:44 -0500, kr <kjr107@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >Any ideas on how to get more horsepower under my hood? The L4 is good > >on mileage and it is good once it revs above 3000RPM but the torque is > >low and I would like more punch. What have others on here done to up > >their horsepower. Supercharge? Turbocharge? Chip change? > > > >Ideas are welcome. > > Are you, like, in a hurry, or something? > > Geez Louise, these things stock have twice the horsepower at speed, > and four times the torque low down, of anything comparable you could > buy at any price, up to about 1990. Let me introduce you to my 1981 > Alfa! No kidding. He needs to drive a nice 84 or 88 Accord. After a few months of that, he'll get into a new Civic and be astounded at the room and power. |
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