My buddy has a 1995 EJ Civic (DX) 5-speed. His car is painfully slow...he has an intake and exhaust. He doesn't have the money to buy a new motor for a swap. Plus, his current motor only has 17,000 miles on it (chassis 186K). His last motor hydrolocked due to a CAI.

What performance options are there for him that would give him reasonable performance for the dollar? He doesn't want to run nitrous either.

 

To be perfectly honest... there is no hope in a D15B7. The only thing worth doing to it is pulling it out and replacing it with at least a D16Z6.

 

MY buddys got a 1.5L and it whales just as good as the d16z6 till about 13okm and then I whale past him , but of the line the 1992 d15 lx 4 door 5-spd is fast. but not that fast.

 

Turbo or SC is the only way to get reasonable performance out of a D-series.

 

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The EX kits will work on the DX motors with a little modification. I believe the charge pipe placing is a bit different.

 

thers also head swaps for vtec if you dont have it already. and ignition upgrades, grounding kits, better plug wires. all kinds of small things you can do for a few extra ponies. but alot of people will tell ya that a DOHC swap is your best option if you wanna run with the DOHC HP range. But yes TURBO or SC is a great way to increase the HP on single cam. im currently having a Y8 head ported and polished honed and bored. and plan on forced induction when taxes come back then ill post my E.T's so everyone has an idea of what some SOHC mods and a turbo at 8lbs. daily driver can do.

 

I have a D16Z6 complete head for sale. h: :naughty:

 

I will have more horsepower and less weight than a b18b swap or a b16 swap this week. SOHC BOOST owns you!

 

how much, and how many miles on it westcoast? and where you at?