Quote Originally Posted by Peachy View Post
Hey there everyone ,

Just new to the forums, joined a few days ago and have been overwhelmed by the amount of information on this site, it's fantastic!

A little about myself, the names Ben, I'm 23, I'm in Victoria, based in Brunswick and have just got myself a 1992 Civic EG Breeze. Obviously being a 1.3litre engine its slow as dogs balls, but being my first car I'm still happy as larry to drive the little bastard around.

So here comes the n00b questions ........ I've done a few searches and couldn't find the proper answers, they've more than probably been asked 1000's of times before, but being a n00b on here I can't seem to find what I'm after so please go easy on me.

Firstly, I've come across the phrase b16, b18 on this site and assume that the number after B represents the capacity of the engine, ie: b16 is a 1.6 litre engine. Does this mean that since I own a 1.3litre Civic EG Breeze that the engine name is B13? If not, what kind of engine do I have?

Also, being in Victoria I understand the legality between modifying your car is different across states. I'm still on my P-Plates (Green) and was wondering what kind of modifications are legal in Victoria for my car. It says on the vicroads site that "Any engine modification that increases the power of the engine" or something, but it's so ambiguous, what exactly is excluded and included within that clause? Am I allowed to install:
- Cold Air Intake
- K&N Filter
- New exhaust
What other modifications can you suggest that will give my 1.3 litre pooper a little more pow?

Also, this question is most probably gonna make a few people *facepalm* but what the hell... In my civic, near the handbrake there is a switch thats just "on/off" - I can't for the life of me figure out what the hell it's for. I've looked in the manual and theres nothing there. Apart from current modifications on the car, it's just had its windows tinted and alloy wheels put on. Any ideas?

Found out that at one point in its life the car must have had neons installed and it was the on/off switch for it. Neons for me.... no thanks :P

The civic also doesn't have the rev display, can you suggest any aftermarket products that can show this? Please link me And if theres anyone in the Brunswick, Melbourne area that can suggest a good mechanic that would be great thanks a buncharino

I posted a wanted add on this forum, and literally 4 hours after posting the wanted ad, I had a new cluster installed. Thankyou OZHONDA and SuiJin for the cluster

So thanks a bunch for having a read and helping a n00b out, very much appreciated!!! Also, if anyone is willing to be a civic mentor for me and help me out with n00bish questions please add me on msn, my address is: benjamin_peach@hotmail.com

Much love all, thanks again
Hey Ben. i'm a noob too but i've had a eg breeze before as well and gone through 3 egs all different .. haha fun little cars..

my eg3 (breeze) had everything setup for track was just missing the engine , but i sold it off for $4000 to get my b series swap eg4.

as for your question about b series - that is a variant of the series of engines which Honda has made, they come in d series, b series, j series, f series, k series and maybe more thats all i can think off from the top of my head . they come in sohc (single overhead camshaft) and dohc (double overhead camshaft) as well as vtec and non vtec . your eg breeze is a d series, d13b2 (same engine as my old breeze) carby 1.3 L Non vtec. yeah i agree with you this engine is hella slow , but got me from point a to point b. Also from my experienced Honda have very reliable engines, my breeze engine never failed on me.

modifcations: yes modifications are usually illegal in most states .. but many people still do it. i myself have never been asked to pop the bonnet of my any of my cars (well any of my hondas) my old toyota cynos got its hood popped and it had a pod filter sticking out (not secured) cops didn't say a thing , just waned to make sure i wasn't running a turbo ( as i'm on provisionals) . You have 2 choices for better air flow , either short ram intake (short pipe to pod filter - go k&n filters my recommendation) , or CAI (cold air intake) - longer pipe which connects to pod filter , but pod filter is tucked behind the tyre out of sight. Advantages of the CAI are that it gives always cold air , however disadvantages would be water getting in and harming your engine. For my breeze i just had a pod filter mushroom pod connected to the carby. When attaching the pod filter onto your carby you can take the clips of your carby and removing the stock filter then clip back on your carby. As for exhaust, i wouldn't really bother , however better flow is always sufficient. You could get a straight through 2 " exhaust (any more and you'd be losing power). or a proper exhaust system made up running a high fly catalytic converter. My breeze was running standard exhaust piping with a x-force twinloop muffler attached, was very quite , but didn't sound stock. For my breeze i didn't really have any engine mods besides the mushroom pod filter. However my car had a nice set of coilovers which made the car grip really well and was just awesome for playing on mountains and stuff. I also had a c-pilar bar, blox lower control arms (polished) , function 7 lower control arm (polished) and beaks bar (polished underneath) .. kinda made a disco . I mainly did my car for looks seeing as i wasn't going to be racing due to no speed. Added a spoon duckbill wing (replica) on , front OEM eg6 lip, civic type r rear lip, wings west style side skirts, debadged, eg6 foglights (not wired up) , amber corners from jdm yard, 15" racinghart wheels in DIY green, headunit and 4 speakers (good sound was just missing the sub), blue led parker lights and installed remote central and alarm for easy of mind, as well as type r gear knob and type r style door trims. My car always got looks and was mistaken for a eg6 many times. Hope this helps, but those are the simple mods i had on my breeze which made it look nice and clean while a simple looking eg6 to others.

Hope this helps !
goodluck with your car