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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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Hello everyone,
I recently purchase a 98 honda civic hatchback and I am really intersted in making it as fast and perform as well as possible. The first thing I did was put on a high performance exhaust. From the catback back, with a Raven muffler. I,ve got a AEM V2 on order and some ground control coilovers. I would greatly appreciate anyones advice and wisdom on tuning this car for optimum performance. My engine is a D16Y7 1.6L. Please help! Thanks.
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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cant really do much with the d16y7
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 11:39 AM
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i have a 97 hb and all i did was buy a y8 head port and polished with 3 angle valve job
it was good for almost 30 hp. its not that hard to do a mini me swap
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 12:04 PM
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Cool. Was the y8 head port expensive and where did you get it?
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 12:06 PM
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And teg92 do you have any suggestions? Swaps or anything? Thanks.
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 12:18 PM
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i got the head from a junk yard 98 civic ex
the cost me 50 buck and the machine shop cost me 250
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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swap the sucker out. what you swap with depends on how much you want to spend, what you're looking to get out of the car, blah blah blah.
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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Whats a good swap if I want good solid fast all motor engine? Im totally new to this. And where might I find them?
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 01:16 PM
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whats your budget?
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Old Dec 17, 2004 | 01:42 PM
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Well, I just bought the Civic about a week ago. I guess I picked one with a crappy engine. Anyway I guess 2 maybe 3k.
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