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Old Feb 10, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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Default so whats the most you can do..?

lets see,

-cold air intake
-perrin pulley
-header
-catback
-coils / plugs

and i guess a fly wheel if your standard. what else options do we have to make these cars faster?
Old Feb 10, 2005 | 06:23 PM
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Weapon R engine dampener
TRD motor mounts
header wraps
SAFC II
Ground wires
Optima Battery or light weight batter(Hawker Genesis)
Carbon Fiber hood
Port&Polish our plastic intake manifold
Coolant bypass at the throttle body
light rims
light lug nuts
LEDs for all bulbs, HID for headlight

and ofcourse BOOST
Nitrous
Supercharger
Turbo

and if you have $$$
custom engine swap
Old Feb 10, 2005 | 06:24 PM
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cheapest and fastest way? carmax.
Old Feb 10, 2005 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cseika
Weapon R engine dampener
TRD motor mounts
header wraps
SAFC II
Ground wires
Optima Battery or light weight batter(Hawker Genesis)
Carbon Fiber hood
Port&Polish our plastic intake manifold
Coolant bypass at the throttle body
light rims
light lug nuts
LEDs for all bulbs, HID for headlight

and ofcourse BOOST
Nitrous
Supercharger
Turbo

and if you have $$$
custom engine swap
i already have REALLY light wheels (8 lbs per wheel). jdm lugs, HID and light bulbs will not make your car any faster or any lighter. port and polish a plastic part? ground wires dont make your car any faster either.

so basiclly i listed everything its all a matter of weight now? that or spending over $1,500 for forced induction (unless you get nitrous then you have no motor)
Old Feb 10, 2005 | 07:04 PM
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You got any pics of your wheels? lightened pulley , flywheel , remove interior , high flow cat. correct exhaust piping size, , the safcII wont do much on a non f.i. motor. and the plastic intake manifold is damned close and you would be hard pressed to make it better. Oh
Do not forget a head job , that will really help. You could also spring big money and stroke the motor.
Old Feb 11, 2005 | 03:43 AM
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Agree LEDs and HID won't give power but perhaps it i will take some load off the alternator! Your car is alittle faster with lights off than lights on! Not really noticable but its there. Every little helps, considering we dont have much power to begin with. LEDs uses not only 1/10 of a regular bulb, and the 2 HIDs uses 35w each instead of 55w each. Theoretically it should take a lot of the loads off the alternator!

only prob is that i can't justify the cost if its for performance. FOr pimping points maybe!
Old Feb 11, 2005 | 04:45 AM
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with all the money you going to spend to make this car faster it's better you all buy a fast car.................
Old Feb 11, 2005 | 06:03 AM
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XBs were not meant for speed....
thats why they came out with the TC...
trade it in!!
Old Feb 11, 2005 | 06:09 AM
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Does no one think of having an awesomely styled car and make it fast? If people wanted a tC they probably would have bought one. I love the style of the xB now Whats wrong with me dumping less than a 5th of the value to make it an awesomely fast uniquely styled car?
Old Feb 11, 2005 | 06:13 AM
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if you have the funds ...more power to ya...
i would if the funds were available to me ...

i guess its back to that reason why fix up a civic ..??
but its so sweet when a civic can out run a corvette....
a viper .....
a ferrari....
just beautiful!!
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If I have lots of money to spend, I would do an engine swap
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