well of you take a vtec head to the machine shop and swap it it would help, then an intake, I Manifold, a 4-1 header and a decent exhauet, port matching some of thhe parts that bolt on, then bu a cam!! or just go b-series like me but in a honda asanother poster put it gratly, high revving motor equals less torque, but there are things to make to make torque on a honda but you gotta spend some money.