stock HP

[staticpat]

i know LXs and DXs are listed as having 98 HP. but how much do you think a pure stock one really has. i mean with dirty air/fuel filters, without tune-up, old plugs and wires, old distibutor cap etc....

because as i do little stuff to it, i can feel it getting faster, but i see people who have major mods like intakes, cat back systems, headers, mufflers and the like and aren't even getting 130 HP. so how much HP do you think a stock accord has now. and how much do you think ill gain with little stuff, like adjusting the timing belt, performance plugs and wires, dist. cap, accel coil, new filters, muffler etc.

[shepherd79]

well,
with everything dirty(not tuned up for a while, dirty filtes) i would say you will be missing like 10 horses.
so if the stock was making 98 at the flywheel or with average 15% lost around 83 at the wheels. so at your case it is like 74 at the wheels.

[staticpat]

[ACCORD EX]

a tune up sure makes a different ! don't expect 98 HP from our old accords !

i change my wires and filters and i felt a diffference ! but that's called restoring power !

MIKE

[staticpat]

now i want to replace my plugs and wires with performance ones. can i get them at a local auto store, or can i only get them online. what are some good brands, the only ones i know are NGK and Bosche. thanksss

[ACCORD EX]

NGK are the best for plugs and wires !

check this site

www.clubplug.net


MIKE

[staticpat]

thanks, what size?

[ACCORD EX]

Originally posted by staticpat
thanks, what size?

here are tha part numbers you need from the ngk site !

Wires > HE39

SPark plugs

V-Power > BPR5EY-11
Platinum > BPR5EVX-11

hope this helps !

MIKE

[staticpat]

do you know the sizes? if i have to get them online, id like to get them from the same place as i order my muffler (dynomax).

[ACCORD EX]

these things are just not measure you buy them as a set ! just look at any site for the part number below ! don't you choose you car model and year at the begining of a purschase !

MIKE