in search of better acceleration

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in search of better acceleration

By lip_vtec
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:29 pm #25601 im not a big fan of top speed i prefer quicker acceleration so would a gearbox from a smaller engined civic fit and would it make any difference to my acceleration which can chuck out a 8 second 0-60 sprint as it is now?
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By Greasedmonkey
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:12 pm #25622 Well, we need to know what motor and tranny you currently have.
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By asianrob
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:53 pm #25635 cheapest thing you can make your car faster is stripped interior
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By lip_vtec
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:06 pm #25637 to be honest im quite new to this i think its the d16z6 engine i know its the 1.6 sohc 16v 125 bhp engine and its all standard its a 1994 not sure on the box though. my interior is going to be stripped im going for sharp handling and acceleration as the main objectives.
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By Graham
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:37 am #25802 Your gears are already among the shorter ones, mines has really long gears as its not built for speed, the esi has shorter gears

Stripping it bare will help a lot
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By Greasedmonkey
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:45 am #25808 your only hope to gain speed quickly wiht that motor is to hybrid your tranny. Search for Transex tranny page and find out what gears to grab from various D series trannies to get a closer ratio.
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By lip_vtec
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:22 pm #25894 swell its more thna likely gonna be stripped this weekend so theres one down cheers guys
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By chnzgoofball
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:15 pm #25904 if u want it to be even shorter then a custom tranny is in need :D
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By Graham
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:11 pm #25933 Tiny wheels will help too!

Might mess up your speedo but small wheels with as low a profile as possible is another way of cheating and getting faster acceleration
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By Greasedmonkey
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:01 am #25961 Here are some tranny bits that can help.

http://www.knology.net/~jediklc/gearratiosdseries.htm

http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/tranny.html

http://www.d-series.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15997

and the best bet for that is D-series.org. then go to th tranny section.
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By Ej2-B16a
- Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:58 pm #27488
eg8ferio wrote:cheapest thing you can make your car faster is stripped interior


x2


gut EVERYTHING. spare tire and everything. youl hella notice..

door panels.. etc..
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By hondajunkee
- Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:43 pm #27499
Greasedmonkey wrote:Here are some tranny bits that can help.

http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/tranny.html



good old mista bone, hes from here in ohio, and a big fan of the d15b7, knows everything about them, cool guy if you have tech questions
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By lip_vtec
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:11 pm #27628 well i ditched the spare tyre all the carpets mats spare tyre panels seatbelts seat out of the back and theres a little difference just wibdering wether to take the door cards out the carpets and anything else i dont need cus i still want sum comfort
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By Greasedmonkey
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:20 pm #27687 I personally would not drive arround in a stripped hatch for any reason again. I did for a while and it was supremely crappy. th weight savings isnt worth it to me. Ill keep my carpet, door panels, front and rear seats and rear panels. Ive never had a spare so I dont have that. But its just flat annoying driving arround in my car with no interior. Didnt help me with the speed either. just gave me more headaches.
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