Originally Posted by
Buck1982
So I just got a 98 Prelude, after the 93 I really liked them. First off whats the deal with the SH as far as performance goes? I am getting ready to do the cold air, but to tell the truth there are allot more vacum lines and really stock preludes use cold are intakes, just the factory filter sucks. I just don't want to loss power off this deal. I have the H22 with five speed. What advice can you give a newby to the four cylinder perfomance world?
Congrats on the Prelude purchase!
I have a 97 SH and all I have done to it is a CAI that was installed when I bought it used.
IMO, don't do anything other than a filter change as the driveability is great from the factory already.
If you start messing with headers, you will most likely lose low-end torque in the interest of Horsepower.
Unless of course you spend upwards of $1200 on a custom header.
Turbo is pretty much outta the question with the FRM cylinder walls... Unless you wanna do major engine work, which equals $$$$...
The only other worth-while upgrade I would do is the Type-S conversion. Just bigger cams, higher compression pistons and the JDM ECU...