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how are you i just had one ?. I have a honda civic 98 ex { single cam Vtec}. I dont want to swap the motor bc then i will always have problems. I would like to build it up, but i would like to know exacly what to exchange, what to put in electronicly and motor parts. If you can help me i would greatly appriciate it.

The EX engine is not that good for a base engine to start with, the limit of that engine is low. In term of NA power you will not get much out of it. But, if you want some fun, you can put a turbo in it. my friend have the same car with some cut-and-paste turbo bart from ebay and it is fast. RUN LOW BOOST

go to a honda civic forum and ask this, you will get better answers, but a turbo or nitrous is the best hp bang for the buck

Find a really high cliff(or bridge), and push the car over the edge. It should go pretty fast on the way down.P.S.I owned a '98 Ford ZX2 2.0 w/ a 5spd manuel tranny, K&N air filter, and a duel chamber Flowmaster muffler and I never lost to honda.

The D16Y8 engine dies pretty fast if you drive it hard. My last two have lasted only about 40 000 miles. This is red-line shifting about 10% of time. Not a good hot-rod engine. You need to beef up the connecting rods if you are going to stress this engine. I got a JDM B18C to go back in, but I don't know if I'll go that route.

Fill it with cement and drop it off a cliff.

go to turbo d16.com they will help alotother wise build the motor(pistons, rods, valves, valve springs, titanium retainers, cam,arp headstuds, thicker head gasket, get the head ported .40 over, get a CAI and a proformance intake mani,header, high flo cat, full catback exaust with all that done and it in time the motor will easily push 180hp+ if you want more hp then build the motor above and boost the hell outta it ive personally owned a turbo SOHC and it's fun my set up wasBuilt d16z6 (like above) and a home made turbo kit with the proper tuning the motor pumped out 395hp and 301lbs of tq at 19psi i would run 12's all day long in it and it was funny to be able to race and beat DOHC's (B16+B18+H22, ect......)with a sohc youll be suprised what a little boost can do to any engine