i'm a noob to this forum and a noob to cars.

but i was wondering i have a accord lx f22a1 i wanna make it fast without blowing it up.

it has a coupple problems.

doesn't go past 3rd gear its an automatic ok ,thats a big problem.
it also gets really hot when idling and when it starts to drive goes down really fast.

any way i was wondering how i could fix those problems and get a liltle bit more performance.

please help