2003 Honda Civic ES


1. The Civic ES is pretty much unloved by the tuning world. With big Japanese names ignoring the platform, Nitrous is a very economical way of gaining big power.

 

2. Our ES already came with a metal intake, which makes it easy to screw in the Piranha Nozzle.

 


3. An aircraft switch was chosen for its intimidating car show value since this car was due to be shown.

4. The nitrous lines were run through the passenger side.

 

5. Both fuel and nitrous solenoids were mounted near the firewall.

6. The tank integrates nicely with the sound setup for a clean look and install.

7. Here's the bolted Piranha nozzle.

8. We had to splice the fuel line to feed fuel into the fuel solenoid.

9. Here's the switch for the remote bottle opener for those inpromtu street challenges.

 

10. Two blank panels beside the side mirror adjust are an excellent place to put the aircraft switches and bottle opener switch.

 

11. We chose to put a K&N breather to prevent oil from going back into the intake.

12. Here's the final bracket and the solenoids. Polished and ready for show.

13. Now that is a pretty engine bay. If you don't look closely enough, you'll miss the solenoids.

14. Carbon fiber is extremely sexy and this interior is filled with it.

15. A very clean and still functional trunk for hauling groceries with an instant 60hp on tap.

 

16. While we jetted it for only 50hp, dyno numbers showed a 60hp increase. We can attribute this additional gain tot he engine's excellent state of tune and supporting modifications.