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Sedans Honda Civic Honda Civic Si / SiR 2005 and earlier
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Does anyone know how much HP will be gained by installing say a AEM CAI, DC Sports Header, and a Tanabe exhaust?
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Replying to: tr20 (Nov 02, 2005 10:57 am) Type ("2003 Honda Civic SI", intake, header, horsepower) into Google or some other search engine and look for an article in Import tuner. The primary disadvantage is the potential of flooding your engine if you ride through a deep puddle since the air intake system is very low to the ground relative to the stock intake system. Inspection (emissions) and the factory warranty will not be compromised.
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Learned Friends, Here's something right up youze guyze's alley. 1991 Civic Si from CA; last two years in MI, 209k miles and engine has a little valve chatter but otherwise sounds good and runs strong. Tranny rebuilt 1 year ago and actually works really well. Clutch is good. Electric sunroof works, and so do the crank windows. I should mention that the car is owned by a friend of mine who used it for his 100-mile roundtrip commute in the SF bay area for some years. The good news is that he's honest about the car, so I don't have to worry about hidden defects. The bad news is that the entire suspension appears to be shot. It clunks something fierce going over potholes, so I'm thinking every strut, bushing, and spring has to be replaced. The air blows warm, the car is filthy, and the driver's side door lock and handle should be replaced soon.... left seat bolster is worn down to the foam. The steering has a few more degrees of slop than it should.. and sloppy steering kinda defeats the purpose of an Si, no? Tires are plenty worn. Other than that, it's a nice little car with NO RUST -- a rarity here in Michigan -- and when I declined it for $1k, he let slip to a mutual friend that $500 would probably buy it, too. I mean, seriously, these puppies fetch $800 on ebay with blown engines! But the rub is the suspension; I don't have the time to do it myself, so what would I be looking at? What should my buddy do with this thing? I've told him ebay is his friend, but he's got no experience and very little time... Any advice? Cheers, -Mathias |
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| 209,000 miles is a bit high. However, for $500 it could be a project car. | |
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Replying to: john500 (Nov 02, 2005 12:29 pm) |
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| i am currently running 15" performance tires, (205/50/15)i would like to know if i should go down an inch for winter? what would be the optimal size? any suggestions as to which tire i should get? | |
I'm looking at buying a used Civic Si, but a couple of things on the one I'm looking at strike me as weird. The cover for the spare tire in the trunk is a really thin piece of processed wood which has left a bunch of little slivers of wood in the spare tire area. The seller told me it came like that when they bought it new. What the heck? I've never seen a car in which that piece isn't plastic. The thing that's in there is so weak that it flexes when you push on it. Also, it has no floormats, and the seller claimed that it came without floormats. Were those an option on the Si? I'd have thought those were standard.
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I am planning to sell my 2004 Civic Si. I am not sure which car to get. The New 2006 Civic Si or the 2006 RSX Type S Or should i wait for the 2007 rsx type s?
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Ahh; I suppose all the other cars I've looked at are wagons, so that's probably why they've had a more rugged "trunk". Thanks for the info. If you're in Austin I'd consider it 
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