Re: Who Will Mod My 2001 Civic?
 

well who knowes, each particualar car is different. He'd have to get his
car dyno'd before and after and see what it does for him.
But I agree, CAI, usually followed by exhaust, and race header are the
basics. The 3 work well together
"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov.> wrote in message
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> "Jamco" <Homer@jamco.com> wrote in
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>> If you go to clubrsx.com you will see that usually adding a cold air
>> intake really only adds about 6HP(when adding to the 210HP type s), so
>> adding on to a civic(127HP), would probably be around 2-4HP
>
> IIRC,the Honda Tuning(HTM) article was on a standard RSX.
> The -S model may already have a less-restrictive intake.(as part of
> gaining
> that extra HP)
> HTM well-documented their findings.It was quite a good article.
> I suspect that a Civic would gain a useful amount of power.
> After all,that is one of the most BASIC of mods that racers use to get
> more
> HP.I believe its the FIRST thing they do.
>
>
>> "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov.> wrote in message
>> news:Xns96D0C2B161A66jyanikkuanet@129.250.170.83.. .
>>> "Jamco" <Homer@jamco.com> wrote in
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>>>> the headers will do NOTHING on their own, so that is a waste of
>>>> money. And the cold air intake, will probably get you like 2-4hp,
>>>> unless you combine it with other mods. You would be better off
>>>> giving your money to me, because what your planning will acheive
>>>> nothing
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Honda Tuning Magazine did dyno tests on several short rams,two cold
>>> air intakes (CAI) and the K&N filter alone,on an RSX;the short rams
>>> got 5-7 HP,both CAIs made 20 HP,and the K&N filter got zero.That was
>>> on a 2.0? liter motor,OEM rated at 185 HP,IIRC.
>>>
>>> If his motor is 1.6 liters,then HP gains would be proportionally
>>> less. Still worthwhile,IMO.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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