This is what is in 90 CRX Si. I bought it and had absoloutely no clue about cars at all. The price for the car was $1000. Is also has the d16y8 tranny and a fuel injection from a 95 civic. there was clutch problem and practically no exhaust when i bought the car along with some bad paint. was it a good or bad price to pay?

 

1,000 dollars for a 90 Si that's rust free and running well and strong is a GREAT price. You got a great deal if those three things are true.

First of all, it's VTEC, not V-tech, not vtech, just VTEC. k? k.
And yes, you can put a D16Y8 engine into a CRX with little to no hassle, depending on how much you want to pay to get the right parts.

The engine itself will bolt right in, no custom parts necessary. The wiring is a bit tricky if you go the inexpensive route, because you need to wire in the VTEC equipment. But, there's a company that makes a computer that plugs in with no wire changes.

www.zdyne.com check them out, if you're willing to spend some extra money, that D16Y8 swap can be done really easily.

There are lots of options for engine swaps into the CRX, but most of the larger engines (out of the Acura Integra, CRV, and combinations thereof) require a different transmission and engine mounts than what you have, so those are larger more complex swaps.

 

$1000 bux for a crx is a good deal...especially when it has a working engine

to me it sounds like it needs work and the owner doesn't want to finish the job

 

yeah, thats pretty much how it is. the VTEC (is that good) is already installed and the car runs great, just the outside cosmetics need work and that's probably what the owner didn't want to hassle with.

 

don't kill yourself over the cosmetics. Get it looking nice, and race it

 

How fast will the CRX be with the D16Y8? I have a full D16Y8 swap outta my civic lying around since i got a swap and i was thinking id be fun to swap it into a CRX.

 

low 15's with full interior and mid-high 14's gutted...but with times it all depends on so many other factors such as weather, elevation, tire condition, clutch...etc

 

a lil bit ago i put the y8 in my car and the wiring is tricky but, i got it done, i wired the v-tec to a button, works good, i got the head ported and polished and a 5 angle valve job, also put zc tranny. i dont't recommend this swap, i'd rather have a z6 than a y8 because of wiring purposes. But it's all good

 

you wired the vtec to a... button? wtf?

 

yeah it makes wireing easier if you dont mind pressing a button for vtec(lol). sounds funny to be but my friend just did it with his.