Need Help With D15y7 Engine
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Need Help With D16y7 Engine
Well i have wrecked my other car and now back in my 97 honda civic dx... i want to get some performance out of this and have heard about doing a mini swap with the heads from a d16y8 engine and am wondering if there is any extra wiring orthe difficulty of this and what all i would gain out of this procedure or if i would be better off just doing other ad ons. as i am not familiar with v-tech.. i can not do a whole engine swap as i do not have the time or money but please tell me about and good bolt on performance add ons i can do as well...any help is deaply apperciated
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Drix
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Drix
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Please Help
Still no answere from anyone... why does it seem that all these other threads get answers but not mine i have a 97 honda civic dx... PLEASE HELP ME i am new to tuning a civic but really want too.............just need some help
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Will try
I have done searching and all i have found is the sujestions of engine swap. Most of the time they are saying because the rods and other parts in this engine are thin. Like I said though I don't have the time really for doing an engine swap. But if i could what would you sujest and about what would it cost? I think most people sujest the b18 block. And yes i know my grammer and punctuation suck but i don't see why that would stop people from trying to help me out. And i have stated that i don't know that much about it so far but am tring to learn. I also found that i typed in my engine wrong and it is actualy a d16y7. Sorry about that
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If you're new to this, like myself, then I would suggest what others have told me - get cat-back exhaust, headers and CAI. Relatively not that expensive if you search a bit. Changing heads can be a difficult task for a newb, I'd imagine. If you want to do everything by yourself, then you're better off doing what I have written above. If you have someone who knows Civics quite well and can do the head swap for you then I cannot help you there 
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Originally Posted by Seruy
If you're new to this, like myself, then I would suggest what others have told me - get cat-back exhaust, headers and CAI. Relatively not that expensive if you search a bit. Changing heads can be a difficult task for a newb, I'd imagine. If you want to do everything by yourself, then you're better off doing what I have written above. If you have someone who knows Civics quite well and can do the head swap for you then I cannot help you there
with the mini me head swap, ull need the VTEC head, ECU, and wiring.... VTEC lines, etc....
im at work, ill go more in depth when i get home....but bolt ons on a SOHC is useless.... search around till then, ill be back later if u havent been helped...
its relatively easy head swap, even if u are a beginner.... however itll go to shits if u dont have the right tools to put everything to the right specs
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Doing a motor swap isn't that hard at all. The first time I ever touched under the hood of my Civic was doing a motor swap. Before that I never even changed my own oil. All you really need is a breaker bar and 17,14,19, 32, 10, and 12mm sockets.
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Yes i have been a mechanic for a while i can do all the work on my own.... have done a head and engine swap in a honda before but just replacments... i am a desiel mechanic have been for years....i am looking to have this car as my daily driving car it is now and could do the engine swap but would have to have it and all the wiring done in 2 days which is cutting it close unless i had experianced help.... so i am hoping to get some more power out of it and it still be a daily driving car and dependable....thnx for the help so far guys all i know is desiel and basic gas not performance...so any "good" info helps thnx
Chris
everything i am reading about d series engines is to pull them out though....could you give me the resona why and possible pro's/con's
Chris
everything i am reading about d series engines is to pull them out though....could you give me the resona why and possible pro's/con's
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Yes i have been a mechanic for a while i can do all the work on my own.... have done a head and engine swap in a honda before but just replacments... i am a desiel mechanic have been for years....i am looking to have this car as my daily driving car it is now and could do the engine swap but would have to have it and all the wiring done in 2 days which is cutting it close unless i had experianced help.... so i am hoping to get some more power out of it and it still be a daily driving car and dependable....thnx for the help so far guys all i know is desiel and basic gas not performance...so any "good" info helps thnx
Chris
everything i am reading about d series engines is to pull them out though....could you give me the resona why and possible pro's/con's
Chris
everything i am reading about d series engines is to pull them out though....could you give me the resona why and possible pro's/con's
