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How much money will it take to make my stock v6 as fast as my roommate's civic?

Old Sep 3, 2005 | 12:59 AM
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Default How much money will it take to make my stock v6 as fast as my roommate's civic?

Here's his car:

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1342674

Mine is just a stock 01 v6.

He claims he ****s on v6s and GTs. He also claims he can keep neck and neck with Cobras. Is he full of it or could it be true?
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 01:17 AM
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Did he get it tuned? In that post he said he needs to get it tuned. If he didn't you could win now, cause his car will run like **** with boost applied.
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 02:12 AM
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Hard to say how much because know one knows any idea what brand of parts and if used/new? But I would start with gears, if its auto get 4.10's if manual I would say 3.73's and def. a T-lok while ur at it. Next a CAI like from MAC or BBK. Then Underdrive pulley's and finally true duals to finish it up. Thats some stuff thats not way out there in $$ like s/c and turbos that will def. help you.
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 03:06 AM
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I am no pro at ricer **** but the fact that he says he can keep neck to neck with a cobra is prolly bull****. It would take ALOT of doings on a popcorner to make that much hp and or tq.
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 04:10 AM
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Just make your V6 quicker and you'll beat him. V6 Stangs are commuter cars. Designed for freeway driving. Keep in mind you have a 3.8 ltr engine. It's all in the way it's set up.
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 04:34 AM
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Get a turbo at tmaturbo. He has a new kit that u dont need any fuel upgrades.
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 05:03 AM
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Get a turbo at tmaturbo. He has a new kit that u dont need any fuel upgrades.
Nice vert! I just dropped mine 2" too. I'm waiting for my rear wheel spacers so it will look right in the back.

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Get a turbo at tmaturbo. He has a new kit that u dont need any fuel upgrades.
Nice vert! I just dropped mine 2" too. I'm waiting for my rear wheel spacers so it will look right in the back.

Thanks for the compliment. You have a nice vert as well!
Old Sep 3, 2005 | 04:26 PM
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where's 2000si when you need him?
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I am no pro at ricer **** but the fact that he says he can keep neck to neck with a cobra is prolly bull****. It would take ALOT of doings on a popcorner to make that much hp and or tq.
Crikey. No, you aren't a pro when it comes to IMPORT knowledge, yet you make a statement like that anyway. When you say things like "to make that much hp and tq" A 2300 lb Civic Sedan doesn't need 600 hp to be in the tens or elevens like a Cobra does. If he says he kept with a Cobra, the Cobra owner was either pacing him or sucked at slamming gears. Either way, no... he's not really going to beat a Cobra.

Ok. A D16z6 swap which is from a 92-95 Civic EX/Si, 125 hp to start. I really need to know what other corresponding modifications he's done to it along with that t3/to4e & FMIC and how much boost he's pushing through. I'd say 6-7 psi; With that said, I'd venture to say he's somewhere in the low 14s putting down about 160-170 to the wheels. I don't know why he didn't hold out for a B series swap and start with at least 160 horses.

Oops... to answer your original question:

Intake, plenum, throttle body, full exhaust and headers along with 3.73, 3.90, or 4.10 gears would probably give you a good boost down to the times he's probably getting.

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