Introducing...

I just wanted to introduce myself. I've been lurking around these forums for a week or so, and decided to register because I know I'm gonna need some advice on installing a bunch of stuff on my Civic since I know absolutely nothing about cars. The people on these boards seem to be very nice and willing to help. I have a 94 Civic EX Sedan. My only mod so far is an exhaust tip

I'm about to be a junior in highschool, and I'm just now getting my liscense. I want to do some stuff to speed my civic up a little bit, but I don't want it to be a racing machine or anything. 10-20 hp is more than enough to satisfy me. Any more than that and I'm bound to get myself into some trouble, heh. The first thing I plan on getting is a cold air intake. I know this is probably a really dumb question, but I've seen some cold air intakes on ebay for like 50 bucks. I believe the brand was ProSpeed or something. I've also seen AEM filters on ebay, and they're around 150 - 180 dollars. As far as I can tell, everyone gets AEM cold air intakes because they are supposedly the best, but I was wondering if there was really that big of a difference? Like I said, I'm only in highschool so I'm pretty poor

Anyway, I guess that's enough of my rambling for now. Thanks in advance for answering my question.

Oh yea, I have some (crappy) pics of my car at http://www.cardomain.com/id/prophcy0