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    Question Making my Car Better

    :bh: Well I own a 89' Honda Accord LXi, Standard Two Door. And Everything is stock.
    So what can I do to make it run smoother and faster and improve gas mileages If even possible to make it any better....


    Im bout to buy a 88' Honda Accord Lxi Automatic 4 door.
    Any thing I can do to either of these would be nice..
    Thanks in advance .

    Of one more thing Not to expansive now on the upgrades I am
    A POOR white boy from texas now... ok
    YES OFFICER I DiD AIM FOR THAT SMALL DOG.... SOOO SORRY!!!!



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    I/H/E = intake, headers, exhaust.

    Intake - Custom cold air intake piping or modify a 92 Civic intake. Relocate the battery to the trunk so the CAI filter can go up kind of in the fender behind the headlight.

    Headers - DC Sports or Pacesetter headers from nopionline.com for a couple hundred bucks tops.

    Exhaust - Performance muffler with 2.25" inlet, then go to a muffler shop and have them do custom 2.25" cat-back piping.

    Ignition - MSD 6AL ignition system, superconductor wires, coils, and performance plugs like NGK or Denso Iridium.

    Maybe some other little stuff like a slight timing advance or a fuel pressure regulator...

    All of these are modular bolt-ons, meaning you can do them at your own pace by just getting one thing at a time as it is not necessary to have them all done at once to benefit from the effects.
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    trade your cars in for a faster car or spend money
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    get a tune up
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    Start with a tune up NGK plugs and wires new PCV valve oil change new filter fuel filter Dist. cap and rotor. Also new air filter and possiable an accel coil.

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    Originally posted by 1988starter
    Start with a tune up NGK plugs and wires new PCV valve oil change new filter fuel filter Dist. cap and rotor. Also new air filter and possiable an accel coil.
    Yeah certainly a good start. If you do find you can afford headers, intake and exhaust, I can tell you from experience they really do improve the power. BTW, the DC Sports headers are next to impossible to find, pacesetter headers are easy to find.
    H&R springs revalved Bilstein front struts, koni struts in the rear 195/55-15 Dunlop W-10's Dc Sports header custom cat-back with Dynomax super turbo w/3" Brembo slotted & dimpled rotor's EBC pads
    Well, that's what I used to have, wrecked, 7/3/02.

    Now I d

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    Well a lot of people hat pacesetter because no true flex section. Well get the ceramic one and have a flex section put in. A muffler shop near me quoted me 30 bucks for a stainless one

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    For some better peformance you could also clean your throttle body

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