My Plans...

[JLw7123]

no problem how many miles on the engine.

[jospadal]

I am going to do anything I can to make my car faster, and more powerful. Top swap, turbo, CAI, etc... ANYTHING.

[JLw7123]

ok but how many miles on the engine because the 3400 engines are known to have headgasket and intake gasket issues.

[bdyman]

ok so give me 10k, and ill give you award winning paint and body work

[03Sleepr]

with the 3500 LIM you will need 3500 heads too, you can use a 3500 plenum with a 3400 lower and heads though.

[JLw7123]

ya but it is all worth the money if you are going to turbo.

[JLw7123]

if you want to build the engine and mod the exterior. You are going to be spending a good amount of money.

[Chris2000]

I always come in and seem like an a-hole I realize..I guess im just straight forward. This kid is not going to do anything to his car except maybe an intake. "I just got my license" and "i don't think my parents would be too happy about be emptying my bank account to buy the osv kit" should be enough to laugh to yourself and not post anything serious.

Judging by his questions about basically everything I can guarantee he will not be installing anything himself including his "turbo" which means he is going to get raped if he does manage to somehow gather everything he needs and finds a shop patient enough to not send him home when he walks in.

Anyways... going back to the thing about him emptying his bank account, he mentioned he has 575-600$

Turbo parts and shop labor and tune ~$2000
Intake ~$50-75
Exhaust and shop labor... ~$500+
Ebay chip ~$1-$100
OSV Kit $650. + install, I'll leave that one up to your imagination.

I figured I'd throw the ebay chip on there since i'm an ass and I'm predicting a thread already asking about them in the future.

[JLw7123]

you forgot the engine build and that is another 2000 bucks or more.

[Redog]

Originally Posted by jospadal

That is also on my list. Just need to get the money and/or sponsors to get them.

Sponsors, not gonna happen, and don't fall for the "car Sponsors" web site

Kiddo, we are not trying to sound mean on here, but what you are talking about is a ton of money. You can save some cash by doing things yourself, but you have to learn. Aleromod is a great learning tool. Most of us have been there one way or another with the car enough to know what a problem is right off the bat. Some guys took months to figure out why the 2 lowest setting on the HVAC system didn't work, but by the time it happened to me on a Friday night going to work, it was a trip to Pep Boys on Saturday.

Let's face it. You just got you license and I feel that you want a "fast" car so you can go out and "stomp" Civics all night long and think that the "Po-Po" can't catch you. It's good to think big, but at this rate, you're going to be throwing a bunch of parts at your car and nothing is going to work together.

Let's start small. Go on eBay and pick up an intake, then go to Summit and buy a K&N filter for said intake. The eBay tubing is fine, but the filters are crap and could and probably will damage your engine in the long run. In all will shipping you're looking at about $100- $125 Then pick out a muffler and get your exhasut done and that's about $400 at least, if you pick out a DECENT muffler and not some eBay crap. After that sticker shock sets in, post your plans again

Originally Posted by JLw7123

The 3500 intakes have better air flow than the 3400 intake manifolds.

Only when ported.

And the other thing, you're so ready to mod the crap out of your car, but don't know what a 3500 top end swap is. I just find this very very ---->

[Shiwnath]

Honestly dude...you're way too ambitious... your only setting yourself up to knock yourself down. Don't get me wrong, everything you want is possible. BUT before you start talking about turboing, you have a lot of research to do.

The 3.5 shortstar engine is going to be too much of a hassle to swap in. You're better off either swapping in the LX9 3.5L engine or doing the top swap and mentioned in the other posts.

It's cool that you want to do all this stuff, but you have a lot of learning to do and you might find that doing such an extensive build like you planned may not be what you want because of all the hard work and money that is involved.

At this stage think small and as you start climbing the ladder thing a little bigger each step. If you think too big and end up with something small, you're only going to end up with disappointment. Best of luck!

[JLw7123]

Originally Posted by Redog

Sponsors, not gonna happen, and don't fall for the "car Sponsors" web site

Kiddo, we are not trying to sound mean on here, but what you are talking about is a ton of money. You can save some cash by doing things yourself, but you have to learn. Aleromod is a great learning tool. Most of us have been there one way or another with the car enough to know what a problem is right off the bat. Some guys took months to figure out why the 2 lowest setting on the HVAC system didn't work, but by the time it happened to me on a Friday night going to work, it was a trip to Pep Boys on Saturday.

Let's face it. You just got you license and I feel that you want a "fast" car so you can go out and "stomp" Civics all night long and think that the "Po-Po" can't catch you. It's good to think big, but at this rate, you're going to be throwing a bunch of parts at your car and nothing is going to work together.

Let's start small. Go on eBay and pick up an intake, then go to Summit and buy a K&N filter for said intake. The eBay tubing is fine, but the filters are crap and could and probably will damage your engine in the long run. In all will shipping you're looking at about $100- $125 Then pick out a muffler and get your exhasut done and that's about $400 at least, if you pick out a DECENT muffler and not some eBay crap. After that sticker shock sets in, post your plans again



Only when ported.

And the other thing, you're so ready to mod the crap out of your car, but don't know what a 3500 top end swap is. I just find this very very ---->

well I do not think that he is even going to build his engine. he does not even have a job and you need a job to modify your car.

[heineck]

i think this is the kid that got an alero at like 13. start small man, then work your way up

[JLw7123]

well he just needs to start out with the simple mods and the ones that do not cost much. Then build from there. I like his motivation but he has a lot to learn.

[kwhauck]

Best place to start would probably be to buy my OSV kit....

[MMGT1]

Looking back, Id go this route:

1) Springs and Struts
2) Exhaust. Honestly the biggest diffence I noticed with my 3400 was the header install.
3) Upgrade Trans Mount. Ive had many people say this one is not necessary, I stand firm on doing this one. DO IT! Milzy makes one that is the cat's ass imo. Have one on both my GA's and put one in my brother-in-laws before I tuned it.
4) Tune it
Stay away form the heavy modding unless you have no life and would like to disapear into "engine world" for the next 10 years... hahahahaha If you just got your ticket to ride dude, enjoy the ride for a few years then get serious if you like. Serious builds equate to a lot of down time to most people that dont shit money if you catch my drift

[clutch1]

Shrug, sometimes big plans happen. I started my Park Ave when I was 17 and look at it now.. (21).

Shoot, it was bagged when I was 18 only.

A modded car in high school is do-able... you just need to be willing to not buy things like movies/video games/ going out to eat/etc.

And having full coverage and getting a hit n run really boosts the finances