Got a Car from Parents

[BKKloppenborg]

I am 17 almost 18 and my parents got a brand new 04 Honda Accord LX 2.4 Liter, vtec 160 hp. So i got their old 89 Honda Accord Lx 2.0 liter engine 120 hp. I want to make it a little faster maybye at least 160 hp so another 40 hp. Were can i get 40 more hp to put under the hood besides a new moter? In about another year it will die anyways 200,000 miles then i will get new one. So please any advise on how to get from 120 ---> to 160 or a little more. So what kind of engine can go in this older car or bost it up to 160 hp?
Thanks,
Brian

[Dennis]

Welcome to this website. You can use the search function to find out about your car. It won't die next year if you take care of it. 200,000 miles isn't that much for a Honda.

[MrBen]

If your car is an LX, it does not have 120 hp. It has 98.

[BKKloppenborg]

If your car is an LX, it does not have 120 hp. It has 98.

Damn your right, man thats lower then i thought. Once my engine dies soon what engine do you think i can put in it to make it faster or is that possible?

[johndej]

SEARCH makes anything you want for our cars.





well, if you take care of it, it can go up to 300K miles (not uncommon for out cars). talk to sean about a turbo kit if you like. and there arn't any other engines that will swap right in for under about $3 or 4000 unless you get a rare as shit JDM B20 imported (no, its not the prelude's motor or the CRV, it only came in 3 gee EURO and JDM accords).

['89AccordLX(Rus)]

For a carbed 3G there are several performance options:
1.) Get a Weber carburator, only if you don't have emissions testing.
2.) Get a better exhaust system, either with a high-flow catalytic converter (for emissions) or without one altogether.
3.) Install a reground camshaft for a more agressive valve timing.

There are more power opportunities, but these are the most common.

[HondaBoy]

nice to hear you got a nice honda. sorry to tell you that the motor in that car is hard to kill. so they usually last what seems forever. anyway, you can always get the cylinder head worked on. either send it off or get it done at a local machine shop. i'm thinking of getting the head on mine worked. i can also get my cam ground to a higher performance spec. that is, here in my city. Gude makes some pretty good stuff, you do have to send parts off. many people will say not to go with them, but the cars ive seen their stuff in is great. CRXs and other civics mostly. there are headers made for this engine and you can fab up intakes for it. or you could just go with a newer engine.

[XxDark_AccordxX]

If your car is an LX, it does not have 120 hp. It has 98.

wow LX only has 98 hp? no one could ever tell me how much it had.. how embarrasing lol

[lightbulblxi]

hahahahahahahaha. 200k mi?! that aint shit for it.

[XxDark_AccordxX]

so many ppl have 3rd gens over 200K.

[shepherd79]

the best thing for carb is to use Sean's GM ecu conversion. it is a lot better than stock 3G ecu. and it should give you easy 30hp. add bigger exhaust, air intake and you should be pushing easy 130-140hp.

[BKKloppenborg]

wow LX only has 98 hp? no one could ever tell me how much it had.. how embarrasing lol

Ya its embarrasing for me 2 all my friends have brand new cars that are twice as fast as mine, so i cant race any of them ):

wned: when i try to race

[sporkHSP]

the best thing for carb is to use Sean's GM ecu conversion. it is a lot better than stock 3G ecu. and it should give you easy 30hp. add bigger exhaust, air intake and you should be pushing easy 130-140hp.

i have half a mind to raise aBS flag on this, becasue i have never heard this mentioned before, and if it is that nice, i would think it would be talked about more often...are you serious about that??? and if you are, how much is that gunna cost me...

...i even remember asking about an ecu for my car and noone said anything...

[shepherd79]

it is not a BS. Sean has been running that setup for a loong time. Sean has a few diff versions of the setup. the one was talking about distributorless. it uses GM direct ignition setup.
Contact sean about that.

[Elijah]

Just look at his site he has I think 2or3 different versions.www.accordcentral.com

[BKKloppenborg]

How much HP would i get from a Turbo, cold air intake, flowmaster, a K&M filter, and my uncle says to get the plus 20 to horsepower chip because it works. So what am i up 2 now a rough guess?

[BensAccordLxi]

For the money you're gonna spend doing that, why not save it and get a different car if you want speed? I would have the Accord as a daily driver and get some thing else for the speed. Granted, you can make your Accord peppy but you're not gonna see the horse power numbers like you would a car that is aleady up there in the hp range. My 95 Talon TSi turbo was $5K. I have seen 90-94 AWD Turbo Talons and Eclipses for $2K-$3K, late 80's Supra Turbos for $3K-$5K, and there are alot of other cars too. You could get a non running Civic hatch and drop a B series motor in it for $3K-$4K.
You could Turbo your Accord and do all that stuff.

[XxDark_AccordxX]

Ya its embarrasing for me 2 all my friends have brand new cars that are twice as fast as mine, so i cant race any of them ):

wned: when i try to race

oh yeah i know that feeling. all my friends have these brand spanking new "mustangs" and shit. thats okay tho, id like to see their car look and run as good as mine at 16 years old

[sporkHSP]

it is not a BS. Sean has been running that setup for a loong time. Sean has a few diff versions of the setup. the one was talking about distributorless. it uses GM direct ignition setup.
Contact sean about that.

maybe im missing something, but im not seeing the distributoerless package on the website, just the EFI ones...

[BKKloppenborg]

oh yeah i know that feeling. all my friends have these brand spanking new "mustangs" and shit. thats okay tho, id like to see their car look and run as good as mine at 16 years old

Man like everyone i know have either mustangs, Hondas, or Acuras which can all smoke my ass with no effect i could probaly be in 5 th gear and they probaly could beat me in 3 or 4 gear lol. wned:

[XxDark_AccordxX]

Man like everyone i know have either mustangs, Hondas, or Acuras which can all smoke my ass with no effect i could probaly be in 5 th gear and they probaly could beat me in 3 or 4 gear lol. wned:

lmao. yeah but i can say i payed for mine. mommy and daddy didnt help me with this one

[86AccordLxi]

Yeah, I was under the impression the the GM ECU was for Fuel Injected models, not carbed models.

Alex

[BKKloppenborg]

lmao. yeah but i can say i payed for mine. mommy and daddy didnt help me with this one

my mom and dad are probaly gonna sell it to me for 1 grand or maybye around there, I already know what mods i am gonna put on it as soon as i get it, boot that 98 hp up up and hella away...

[BKKloppenborg]

my mom and dad are probaly gonna sell it to me for 1 grand or maybye around there, I already know what mods i am gonna put on it as soon as i get it, boot that 98 hp up up and hella away...

Performance upgrades
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Vtec Header, K&M filter, cold air intake, mufflers (flowmasters or magnaflow) have not decided yet, new sparks plugs, wires, cap, rotater, ignition, speedchip.
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Possible Performance upgrades
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All that but insteed of a 98 hp engine when it dies a B16 moter 160/hp with Vtec.
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Look upgrades
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New gagdes, spolier, paint job, neon lights, cd player, new speakers (mine are blown), and other small things.
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