i was drivin home from the gas station today and a sparkplug shot out of the head of my car. i currently have the d16y7 motor and head in, but i have all the parts needed for a mini-me swap. i also have a jackson racing supercharger on the way, so i was thinkin of just pulling the whole motor and rebuilding it from the ground up for the supercharger... what do you guys think?... any ideas on what internals? pistons, cam shafts, etc.?... thanks!

 

oh... forgot to say that at the end im lookin for anywhere from 270 HP-300. right now i have about a grand to blow on the project, but im going to be doing most of the work myself and i just got a great paying job so the money will be rollin in

 

the supercharger will get you to about 160-170whp. if you want those power levels i would go turbo

 

Yeah you probably wont get past 200-215whp with a supercharger on the dseries but that would be plenty quick plus you could add some spray later on to reach your goal. But if you havent already bought the supercharger look into to going the turbo route. Do the mini me swap put in vitara pistons forged rods arp head studs and your block should be ready for some boost.

 

yeah... thanks guys... i been doin alot of readin since i blew my head yesterday... i will go the turbo route after i get the engine built... ive decided on 75mm vitara pistons, eagle H beam rods, cometic HG, zex 105300 camshaft, and the arp Headbolts. now as far as the head, its a Y8 head, and ive been doing alot of reading on valves, springs and retainers, but not sure what setup would be best with the Y8 head, any info on that would be appreciated.

 

if your looking at going after market look into supertech, JGE, skunk2, crower, zex, kms etc

 

thanks man... just checked em out im gonna go with the zex 912-16 springs

 

Crower makes good cams, valve springs, and retainers.

 

i decided on my turbo!!!... im gonna go with the garret T3 turbo! im pickin it up on sunday!! pics will be up as soon as i get it!

 

is it a straight t3? or a t3/t4 hybrid?