honda ballade/4door civic
I am wanting to beef the performance up on my honda ballade
which is a 4 door civic for americans and others who dont get the ballade model
its a 2000 model with an 1800 motor
besides the k&n racing filter and wildcat free flow exhaust system what else can I do to the motor with out hurting my pocket?
the reason why I only want bolt on mods
is because:
Im keeping all the original parts eg (exhaust, springs, plastics.)
So when it comes time to sell it all I do is slap on the original stuff and sell to someones mom.
I not looking to get amazing performance just knock its 0-100kph time down to about 7secs flat. (its 8.6 standard)
and make it handle like a bitch 17 inch rims(smith max) and a 50mm drop.
Engines do not really have "unlockable power"
The hidden power term was a bit meatphoric. Basically you want to optimise the motors volumetric efficiency. Its not about dumping more fuel. That just makes it run rich. Not always the desired result. Tooling aroung with flywheels and the like requires major surgery, is difficult to reverse in a hurry when you want to sell and can make idling a little rough unless you up the rpm which increases the fuel consumptoin. But we are talking about increasing power so you will always have to pay at the pump.