Donwjk6122
Newbie
I WAN to tune my car civic 1.8 for better performance.. plz advise...
Civic tuning advice needed
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How much were you looking to spend on your car?
Will it be used as a daily car or are you just saving it for the weekends?
How important is it that the car retain it's reliability and economy?
It would be helpful to know a bit more about the car, do you know the engine code?
Will it be used as a daily car or are you just saving it for the weekends?
How important is it that the car retain it's reliability and economy?
It would be helpful to know a bit more about the car, do you know the engine code?
The best mods for a car engine are as follows.
Internal work yields the biggest gains, head work like porting polishing and 3 angle valve jobs will maximise the airflow and raise the power.
If you want to go to the max then cryo treat the block, get it rebored and look into blueprinting and balancing as well.
Bigger valves are an obvious addon but not all engines are suitable as it depends how close together the OEM valves are.
A fast road cam will yield good power gains, especially in the top end of the rev range. Don't go mad though a profile of up to 270 degrees will give the best gains without the engine becoming cammy.
The most popular power mods are induction kits (which are questionable as power mods but they can sound nice if that is your sort of thing) and sports exhausts with sports catalysts or decats.
To keep the car legal I'd recommend a sports catalyst rather than a decat.
The last mod should always be a remap as this will allow you to fully realise the power gains on offer from your mods. Turbo cars respond very well to remaps.
It's worth having a read of the articles on www.torquecars.com/tuning/ for more information on these mods and what the terms mean.
Internal work yields the biggest gains, head work like porting polishing and 3 angle valve jobs will maximise the airflow and raise the power.
If you want to go to the max then cryo treat the block, get it rebored and look into blueprinting and balancing as well.
Bigger valves are an obvious addon but not all engines are suitable as it depends how close together the OEM valves are.
A fast road cam will yield good power gains, especially in the top end of the rev range. Don't go mad though a profile of up to 270 degrees will give the best gains without the engine becoming cammy.
The most popular power mods are induction kits (which are questionable as power mods but they can sound nice if that is your sort of thing) and sports exhausts with sports catalysts or decats.
To keep the car legal I'd recommend a sports catalyst rather than a decat.
The last mod should always be a remap as this will allow you to fully realise the power gains on offer from your mods. Turbo cars respond very well to remaps.
It's worth having a read of the articles on www.torquecars.com/tuning/ for more information on these mods and what the terms mean.
Donwjk6122
Newbie
less than thousand or around 1k. JUst want to upgrade the speed for better driving.. I use daily to work.. Honda civic 1.8 year 06.
I just want to modify minor things so that I can feel the car like 2.0
It's that possible... WAt is the cost and location...
I just want to modify minor things so that I can feel the car like 2.0
It's that possible... WAt is the cost and location...
Prince
Torque King
1/ For 1k you won't get much. A decent exhaust will cost around half that.
2/ Speed does not equal 'better driving'. Suspension does.
If it was my car, and my £1000 I would get a set of coilovers. However, I'd also save up more money.
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