97cl2.2motegiM7's

I have a 97 cl 2.2 and I was wondering what the best bolt ons were for my car. I am getting a cool air intake and an exhaust soon and didnt know what some more cheap bolt ons were good for my car.

herbalist

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179727

97cl2.2motegiM7's

I have looked at that but I wanted to hear from other people who have done some bolt ons and see what they had to say about the things they have done.

Shoshinsha_KiDs_CL

headers and cold air intake.. exhaust you dont need. no gains only sounds cooler

SwervinCL

Wrong........

If you get headers, you better have a little bit bigger pipe with a more free flowing muffler. It would be like you blowing air through a regular straw like from Mcdonalds then reducing that straw down to a cocktail size straw.
If your gonna do headers dont half ass it. Just do the rest as well.. Your not gonna get much, but you would be taking full advantage of your headers.

The most common are headers, exhaust, intake. After than you are looking into more expense. Pulleys, ignition systems.........

suremang

h22's are pretty much bolt on also

97BlackAckCL

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This is all in the n00b guide, and has been covered if you search, but since you asked the question i'll answer.

Best bolt ons are Cold Air Intake, Headers, Exhaust, Crank Pulley, Throttle Body Spacer, Ground Wires, Cam Gear, h22 heads, or full h22 should get ya goin

Or you could go mad jdm and put honda emblems on your car, a turbo and a bottle of nitrous

asianspec

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haha or you could just pimp slap and call it a day.

97BlackAckCL

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Nah, he's a nice kid he pm'd me and complimented my car

732xghost

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lol the straws at mcdonalds for the morbid obese are about the size of our exhaust piping.

Blenz

If are looking to make the 2.2 quicker, I don't think you'll be too impressed by the gains you get from the basic bolt-ons. I'd suggest doing some reseach and peicing together a budget turbo kit instead. From what I've learned, forced induction is the only way to get good power out of the f22b1.

lnsyone

apr double deck wing

suprachica79

I'm gunna agree with blenz, you can do the basic intake/exhaust/header maybe pullies, cam gears, and lightened flywheel, but to get this fat car fast, forced induction really the only way to go. You can piece together a half used/half new turbo kit for under $2k and that kit can probably push you to 250whp, if you want more, I suggest redoing some of the internals on our block before pushing any more psi. Even though our block is sleeved, it can only hold down so much power before it takes too much of a beating. Luckily, if you do blow it, you can grab another block for $400 or so.

SwervinCL

You cant get 200hp+ without going FI... And thats not even getting into pistons and what not.
You can get decent power out of the F series without going FI.

teh CL

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unfortunately

thats y u move onto bigger things

SwervinCL

http://www.f22parts.com/
For all your F series modding needs.

Palayah8ta

didnt ayougo get upto the 200 range with upgrading his internals

97BlackAckCL

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I think he stroked his motor too

97cl2.2motegiM7's

Hey thanks a lot for the posts. I have an auto and im only 17 so its an everyday driver so I dont want to put too much on the engine. But I think I might do a few things after the simple exhaust and CAI.

Palayah8ta

5 speed = more fun

suprachica79

werd

97BlackAckCL

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Oh, you have an auto.... Start a savings account for your next tranny

AznX TL

2.2 and tranny break........nooo
2.2 doesnt make enough power to break the tranny

97BlackAckCL

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Very true, but they're still autotragic and people on here still get them replaced

Blazin Si

I'd like to see someone do a serious build to an F22.

I say go full out, build the block, get some big cams, do some headwork and all the apropriate bolt-ons and maybe you could get the heavy CL into the 14's.

97BlackAckCL

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ayougo/fullrace did it, but he had to strip the entire car down, and build the entire motor, plus use NAWWWWWWS

Blenz

A built all-motor F22b1 seems like a waste of money IMO. It would probably cost upwards of $5000 to get the thing anywhere near 200whp which is what you'd need to get the CL into the 14's. Boost is the logical choice for this low compression motor with cast iron sleeves. That's the route I've chosen to take anyway...

SwervinCL

You are completely right. The sky is the limit if you have the money, but when you look at cost, the H22 swap is more economical when it comes to power to money ratio.

Blenz

If you're comparing the H22 swap to building the F series then I'd have to agree with you, but if you're comparing the swap to boosting the F then I think you're mistaken. For power goals between 200 and 300whp it's much cheaper to piece together a turbo kit to put on the f22 than it is to swap in an H22 and then go to work on that. The f22b1 can handle that kind of power on the stock block as long as it's got good fuel and engine management as part of the turbo set-up. It will also put out higher torque numbers than the H22 at the same power level which is what the CL needs to drag it's heavy ass around.

732xghost

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no i dont think he stroked it, basically everything was rebuilt. i was talking to him on honda-tech.com and i think he boosted his F22 now. he told me he'll be back here sometime soon.

SwervinCL

Yeah, you are right. FI is def. the way to go if you don't want to do a swap and want a lot of power. I was comparing building the motor as opposed to the H22.

97BlackAckCL

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Course he will, cuz we all know he sold his car

732xghost

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on his location for honda tech it says boulder colorado lol

CL Platano

Buy Insyone's turbo

zguy95135

Kind of a stupid question, but how much lower would after market headers hang over stock? I've been thinking of getting an aftermarket exhaust but I don't have very much ground clearance in the front.

732xghost

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your stock exhaust manifold is banged up now?

zguy95135

Ummm not really, I've been careful with it. But it does scrape over any speedbump/some driveways.

732xghost

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well then you should be alright with an aftermarket one to. it depends on what type of roads you got in so cal. my roads are old and full of potholes, so my header got a nice big dent in it.