Starting from scratch

[newCB7owner]

hey yall, i am a brand new cb7 owner and i see all of the modifications that one can make to the car. I am just wondering about the common mistakes that people make so i dont have to! also, my buddies tell me to swap the motor with an h22. what do yall think about all of this?

[cvc7chris]

hell yeah swap that bitch! over!

you won't regret it

got any pics of your car?

[newCB7owner]

not yet, they will prolly come next week or so.

[Bcozzi71]

post some pics....h22 is a smart move but you can still make a nasty f22 motor with some $$..........

[93accordlx_jt]

sweet welcome, and the h22 is a very good idea

[newCB7owner]

i will, yeah, i bought the car for a grand. so i will have about 1500 to play with.

[Camurai]

I'd recommend a good suspension as a better first modification. Make it handle, then make it faster. More power does you no good if you can't get it to the ground.

[ExCoupe92]

uhh, I'm no h22 enthusiast but I think the swap costs a little more than $1500, so if you want to save up you can but personally I wanted to jump right in. If I were you I would upgrade the suspension first, then maybe throw on a cat back of your choice. Welcome to the club

[newCB7owner]

what brand suspension and catback should i use? i have a buddy who as a 94 integra with header back megan racing.

[90LXCB7Newbie]

. . . go with tein suspension, thats not a bad choice, on the exhaust i say get a custom mandrel bent a try one of the titanium mufflers that are burnt and the end, i havent seen one with that . . .

[bluecb7]

Well the h22 is going to cost you about $1700+shipping. Honestly the first thing I'd do as far as overall performance goes is to replace the bushings with a kit from either Energy Suspension or Prothane. Then look at your suspension, as said before there's no point to power if you can't connect. And then work on making the engine better. That's my opinion, as the above posts are the opinions of the posters, what you do with your car is your choice.

[newCB7owner]

the bushings that you are talking about are polyurethane correct? i had a buddy with a 88 rx7 that the kit on his car and it handled amazingly. so thats a good start, i appreciate the comments. i should have pictures up within the next week or so. do yall have a good website for the bushing kit and other suspension upgrades?

[bluecb7]

Yeah they are polyurethane. I haven't done it to my car yet, but I'm doing it this winter. Also one of my friends did it and he says you can definitely tell the difference, as does everybody on here that's done it.

[newCB7owner]

i have heard some guys talking about the h23 im. why do you use one of these? i am sorry for all of the questions, i just want to understand some of this, i know its the intake mani from the h23 motor,

[bluecb7]

Generally they use just the plenum, which is has a bigger volume, on the a6 runners, which are shorter than the h23 runners. They do this because the bigger plenum and the longer runners give you more top end power, the smaller plenum and shorter runner give you more low end power, and the bigger plenum and shorter runners give you a good balance of the two.

Not to be rude or anything but try searching next time, there's a thread maybe two or three threads below this one on the same topic.