dont get a chip. the stock internals cant handle the extreamly high RPM's. also have you looked at a h22a dyno? the max HP is when vtec kicks in, then it goes down. so if you redline at 9500, you'll mess stuff up and lose power.

on the intake: depending upon where you live (rain?), get a short ram and build a cold air box. with cold air you always have the chance of hydrolock. (sucking water into the engine/ about $1800 fix) some people get a bypass valve so they dont hydrolock, but you lose HP with a bypass valve. if it never rains then your fine.