hey guys! just picked up a Habanero Red Pearl sedan the other day... loving it so far but wondering where to start with it!

anyone have any tips on minor mods? I'm thinking wheels and intake for now.. but some nice Mugen parts later!

pics to come.

oh yeah, if you followed my other threads and you're wondering, I didn't sell my del sol or AE86...still got em both!

Well, lots of people are sticking with the stockies these days for 07-08. But if you want after market wheels it tends to carry many styles very well, the main issue is color selection. I would also recommend a bit of a drop. HFP will get you down about an inch, have almost no effect on the ride and cure that glaring wheel gap 17" wheels have on our car. Granted this is all simple cheap solutions.

I would also suggest that you go for the whole I/H/E. For intake I highly recommend the Fujita, I'm using this until I finish the boost set-up and have no complaints. Just get a P2R throttle body and IM gasket and heat soak won't be too much of an issue. Header is a bit tricky for you Cali guys, a nice shorty with the stock downpipe and cat will add a few ponies and help free up the exhaust a touch while staying legal. If you don't care then I say Skunk2 or Vibrant if you don't want to spend the 750-800 for the Skunk2. The cat back, I would suggest staying away from the Skunk2 or any N1 style muffler cat-back, they sound like hell IMO. Apexi WS2, Greddy and a couple others make a nice sounding exhaust with no drone, rasp or riceyness. If you are willing to drop some bucks then you can look at the Hytech (850ish) or Mugen Si (1,400ish new, 850 or so used) exhaust.

I/H/E like rileyrat said. I was going to say get the Comptech intake, shorty header, and cat back exhaust, but Idk if Comptech makes them for the Z3's...The Rsx I'm looking at has a Z3 swap with those mods, but maybe they were for an A2 and they just happened to fit...Idk I need to do some research. Lol

Thanks for the input guys! I'm just getting used to the whole k20 thing. Big difference going from a d16 to k20, so I'm still lost as to what people are doing with them

Google, man. Just like any other honda engine, the K20 has tons of options.

Well you can do anything from a 275-300whp NA street beast (with out without a 100-120 shot of nitrous on top), a 400+whp boosted on stock internals or a 600whp built turbo Vette killer...all with DD status. The list is endless, parts for a K20 are about where parts for a JDM B18 outta a type R where before the K series price wise. Maybe a little higher but it's close enough.

Visuals is what really sets you apart in a 8th gen. Notice how drastically different my car looks compared to a stock Si. All I've done is Gunmetal wheels, tint, drop, debadge and Mugen window vents...that's it. Soon I'll get those projectors in and that will set it off just a touch more. That's like $2,400 in visual mods with the largest chunk being $1,600 for the wheels. Granted my projectors will up the total to $3,800 but damn are they worth it.

k series FTW man, if you arnt planning on making huge numbers you can do a good 3in intake, descent header (not DC, OBX etc) something like the new skunk2 header looks nice a performs nicely, and a simple exhaust setup 2.5in + to twin loop or ws2 style. i have an invidia n1 on my ep3 with a Jackson Racing RH and my shit is loud enough for me. add some flash pro and you have a pretty quick civic.

styling, like riley said, is the best part about 8th gen. there is sooo much stuff to chose from


good luck man and keep us posted.

I/H/E. Cams. Flash pro. Tuning. Bam!

(03-08-2010 03:04 PM)B serious Wrote:  I/H/E. Cams. Flash pro. Tuning. Bam!

Most everyone that goes with I/H/E, cams and Flashpro sees 220+whp (couple of freaks have reached 240whp but it really depends on the dyno, the day, quality of parts and blah blah blah). Now matter how you spin it, this will rocket you well into 200+whp range.

does anyone know about how much it would cost to get a JRSC for it? I'm not on my compy so can't do much research from my phone. heh.

sorry for no updates, been working and dealing with family issues. nothing new yet though. want to go with windows and moonroof visors and thats it for now.

It's about $3,400 for the JRSC, with a proper header and cams I've seen them pull 300-330whp on the stage two...so all in all it would cost you the same as a fully built NA K24...parts wise. Now if you considered possibly building the motor later on you could easily break 350whp...couple guys were running nitrous with the JRSC and were dropping some very respectable 1/4 mile times.