D15B2 + D16A9 Head Swap Question
#1
D15B2 + D16A9 Head Swap Question
I am looking for an inexpensive way to boost my little honda's power with out spending to much money. And I figured that swapping on a better head is just what I need, I wanted to use a DOHC head (D16A9/Z5) because I was told you can tune those a little bit more power from those then a SOHC head. But I am not sure if the head will bolt on to my D15B2 block without modification, like if I have to tap the block so that head can bolt on properly. And I already know that I should get a new ECU, upgrade from DPFI to MPFI, which would mean a new intake manifold. I'll be doing thins on my 1990 Civic Wagon.
I been posting this question on all the credable Honda forums, better to get more information from as many places as possible.
I been posting this question on all the credable Honda forums, better to get more information from as many places as possible.
#6
The D16A1 is DOHC, and that was used in the 1st gen Integra's. So I figured the D16A1 head should bolt on to the D15B2 block with little difficulty, because they are both of the D-series, and you would assume that they would try to keep the number of different engine blocks to a minimum to keep production costs down. And going from that, I would think the only difference is where the hole for the bolts are located, but I could be wrong. So before I buy the D16A1 head, I am going to take a head gasket from a D16A1 and see how it lines up with a D15B2 block, and then make my dicision from there.
#7
I found out through hondacivicwagon.com, that I can use a DOHC head from a D16A8 with out any modifications to the engine block. To bad none of those where brought over here to the States.