I have a D16Y8 in my 99 civic EX that I want to build. The engine has 102k miles on it, so I'm worried that F/I would be a bad idea am I right? I'm hoping to get around 200HP roughly. My budget=not very big. If I were to stay N/A, what setup do you recommend for me? I know theres a bunch of mods out there, but what would be a good setup that could give me numbers close to these. I know your gonna tell me to get an engine swap first and BELIEVE ME I would LOVE to, it's just that it's too expensive for me to do a swap, and then build on it. Please just give me some suggestions on what you think is best for my car.

 

getting 200hp out of a d16y8 NA is going to be expensive and probably not very street driveable. 102kmi is not a whole lot on a honda engine. do compression and leakdown tests to see if the engine is still healthy. if it is, boost away!

 

this may sound stupid but where would I go to get that done..any idea how much that will cost? If my engine is "healthy" and I wanted to boost, would I be able to JUST boost it and not have to worry about upgrading a whole bunch of other things? If not, what else would I have to modify? (This car is a daily driver so I would need to be able to pass emissions still).

 

you can do this on your own

leakdown test: http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/l...n/leakdown.php

compression test: http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/c...t/comptest.php