197hp isnt enough and torque is dull. i bought the civic instead of a mazdaspeed3 2009), now i live in canada so i want to know-can i produce 280+bhp on my civic si? its stock right now and i love it so far. but now i want to spend about 3000 on it. what can i get to improve horsepower? i want at least 280 but want 300+ to be exact. now how much does it take to install lets say an ingen turbo kit? randomly i picked ingen. but would the honda dealer be qualified to install it?, do i need air intakes etc? help me out.
If I were looking at spending that much to increase
the horsepower, I would look for another engine
at salvage yards that would do it. You can find good,
fairly new engines for a lot less money than what
you are considering, and whatever you find that
would do the trick for you will allow you more than
enough money left to get a good mechanic to
change it for you.