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im low on cash (actually i have no money lol...) and want to know what are some simple cost effective steps in making my car run faster? i have a 1991 Acura Integra Ls and it has 200k miles on it; it is a 5 speed stick shift (i don't know if that helps)well i heard changing some simple parts if your engine will make your car run faster like a cold air intake? or some other simple stuff like filters and things like that.

Removing weight is cheap and it always works. Crap in your car adds weight - remove any uneccesary junk you're carrying around (if any).Don't use the back seats much? Take them out. Spare tire and jack? Take them out and bring along a can of fix-a-flat instead (and hope you never get a flat tire or just get AAA...).Still want more weight loss - Floormats, carpeting and sound deadening material aren't completely necessary to drive the car either (but they are nice to have if you drive any amount of distance...) so if you're looking to go fast on the cheap, rip 'em all out too.Do as little or as much of the above as you can tolerate and with most of it you can just put it back in the car if you get sick of not having it.

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dont get cold air intake if you live where it rains and snows a lot! The cold air will sucked the water/snow and fudge your engine up!!!!I say just get a short ram intake, 4-1 Header, and Exhaust.. oh and better tires! You wont beat stock GSR but can stay with them in high speed.

sorry to say this but the b18a is just plain slow...plus you got alot of miles on it...so id would say to just drive it like it is until you got enough for a better engine to swap in....

ok, so basically, everyone above me except for the first guy are stupid. you have a manual B18A1 not a B18A (big difference) and plus, having a manual helps a TON. if you want a cold air intake, its about $200 and adds about 10-15 hp and you can easily install it yourself. and as for the douche talking about water getting in there and locking up your engine, its true but you just need to install an air bypass valve halfway to the manifold and if you get the filter wet, the water won't get in your engine. you can also do the exhaust. You can enlarge the pipe diameter, or you could replace the catalytic converter with a high flow catalytic converter or even a test pipe. an exhaust mod could add 10-20hp. you could also buy a hondata ecu chip for your car, but that's about $500 for the s300. Simple maintenance things like spark plugs and fuel injectors will help and will keep you running longer with better gas mileage. also, dont forget to replace the timing belt, if it brakes, you could ruin your engine. and check your head gasket while you're at it. if you want to get serious buy parts individually for a turbo system. it will take a while but it could get you from 135hp to 300hp easily. lots of parts to buy and takes a while to install, but if you want power, you have to pay for it. sucks, but everyone's looking for a cheap 20+ hp boost.

" if you want a cold air intake, its about $200 and adds about 10-15 hp, an exhaust mod could add 10-20hp. you could also buy a hondata ecu chip for your car, but that's about $500 for the s300. "where the hell do you get these numbers from? I just installed an ARC intake on my K20 and didnt even get close to 10 hp and an exhaust adding 10-20hp? gtfohonestly, save your money, buy a hatch shell for $500, buy a blown GSR, rebuild it, run mid 13's all day. the honda scene is ridicuosly expensive right now, i bought my cold air intake for a little under $560!

Cheapest mod would be an intake. Short ram intakes suck because they just suck the warm air in your engine bay back into the engine.Then headers and catback exhaust. The gains will be minimal. I would say 10HP if you're lucky from intake, exhaust and headers.