Well so as the title states I am new to the whole tuning scene, well that is the actual working on tuning my car part. I am an avid mechanic who has taken 3 years of auto tech, the only reason I state that is to prove I am not completely clueless. SO here is my real question though, I just picked up a 99 Integra LS(although) auto it only had 58k miles on it so I figured it was a good deal. Anyways being automatic I know there isn't too much I can do to improve the performance of my car, but I was wondering is there anything I can add to it i.e. cold air intake,catback,etc. that would increase performance without being too expensive considering I am only in high school. Thanks to everyone who reads this and responds. :-D
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so what are your goals for your car? as in...what are you planning to do with the car (daily driver, auto x, strip, ect...) and what would be your budget for the car? me personally i would look into a auto to manual swap. that would benefit you alot since auto transmissions cant take the beating that an auto would. for something small to add, you could always do a short ram intake, one of the cheaper mods out there. take a look around the forums, youll learn alot
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you said it pretty much you can add intake a short ram or cold air a header nothing crazy and a exhust and if you wanted to do a lil more you could add pullies intake manifold or even cams you could get a good set for around $400 or even a small shot of nos if you wanted to those are all small things that you could do to your daily driver integra and it be fine
Yea I think I am going the intake routew firstly, just case that seems like it would be the easiet to do. For the auto to Manual swap, how much does that go for(like a ballpark) casue I wanna see if it is even feasible in my situation.
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I just got an automatic L.S To by force. I Wont to know if its a good idea to set it up 4 auto x or a little local touge action what kind of mods should I start out with need lots of info u guys are the best just tring to work with what I got
Yea I think I am going the intake routew firstly, just case that seems like it would be the easiet to do. For the auto to Manual swap, how much does that go for(like a ballpark) casue I wanna see if it is even feasible in my situation.
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Welcome to SHO.
We still need to know what you are planning to do with the car before we can make a worthwhile recommendation.
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I just got an automatic L.S To by force. I Wont to know if its a good idea to set it up 4 auto x or a little local touge action what kind of mods should I start out with need lots of info u guys are the best just tring to work with what I got
For autocross, it's best to start out stock, then modify as you think necessary after you get some good seat time and decide on what class you want to run in.
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'98 Integra LS - non-VTEC autocross / daily driver (aka Track-Tested / Mother Approved) Daily-driven 87 octane Porsche destroyer
Latest Auto-X: 5th overall in class (7th/12 Day 1, 2nd Day 2). 10th/92 overall Day 2.
Complete mod list and updated race results here: http://www.freewebs.com/white98ls - don't forget to sign the guestbook! Autocrossing for a day is the best $25 you can spend
Sorry, I should have specified I want it to be a daily driver, but one that packs a little buit of a punch ya know. How hard on like a 1-10 scale would it be to put in a short ram, cause I found a good deal on an AEM one from an onlie site and was wondering if I should try to get it in before school is over so I can use there shop.
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Originally Posted by Collicchio
Sorry, I should have specified I want it to be a daily driver, but one that packs a little buit of a punch ya know. How hard on like a 1-10 scale would it be to put in a short ram, cause I found a good deal on an AEM one from an onlie site and was wondering if I should try to get it in before school is over so I can use there shop.
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It is a 1 on ascale of 10. An intake is the easiest thing to do to a car. Start looking around froums and junkyard for manual parts. The easiest way to get a manual swap is to sell your car and then buy one that has a stick to begin with....
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Originally Posted by Collicchio
Sorry, I should have specified I want it to be a daily driver, but one that packs a little buit of a punch ya know. How hard on like a 1-10 scale would it be to put in a short ram, cause I found a good deal on an AEM one from an onlie site and was wondering if I should try to get it in before school is over so I can use there shop.
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on that scale, a 1.
personally, it's the same difference as putting a drop in filter into your air box.
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