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Not really looking for a fast and furious car. I like the Si in stock form…. I live in the Ozarks… So having a good handelling car is a good thing. It also helps that the Si is also one of the most uncomplicated cars made in 1999-00. Also the one that I found has leather interior that was installed by the dealership.
I personally use an application called Torque. I find it to be useful… Would look forward to reading a review on other applications/hardware.
The D17 really doesnt respond all that well to mods. The first thing I would look at would be to remove restrictions. The intake manifolds are known weak spots for flow. Replacement of the manifold with one from the D16 would be a good start. Next would be the head which is the next item in line that has some pretty serious restrictions.
Honestly it would probably be easier to find a wrecked Si, and pull the engine from it.
A good friend of mine has a 1999 Acura CL 2.3.. .This has a single cam F series VTEC engine. He bought it with 103k miles on it, and the owner stated that the timing belt had just been changed.
Fast forward three years and nearly 50k miles. Buddy is late for a class at the University, and is driving his car much harder than he usually does. And the old timing belt broke with the engine at about 3000rpm. Surprisingly the only damage was a very slightly bent valve in the #4 cylinder.
The pictures of the little RIO engine makes me a bit sick to my stomach…
Owned a 2nd year model SHO for a while. My mother owned a 91 w/ a 3.8 liter, and a 2004 with the old Vulcan 3.0 liter… My experiance is the 3.0 liter Vulcan engine is just complete junk… the 3.8 liter is a beast, and the SHO engine has one of the most complicated intake manifold systems I have ever messed with. Overall they are a decent car… But I have no love for the 3.0 liter Vulcan.