D16Y7 Need Some Help/Advice
#1
07-22-2010, 09:39 PM
D16Y7 Need Some Help/Advice
ok i have a 1997 Honda civic and the 1st d16y7 was shot over 300kmiles on it so i got another off a kid for cheap only 150k on it this past week i got the time to rip the old motor out and when i did i started thinking about upgrading this new d16y7 and I'm in no rush to do it i already got another car i use for daily driving.
now i don't want 300hp I'm happy with keeping it low and i know from what i read that the d16y7 is a low hp motor but i wouldn't mind upgrading the internals and slapping on a turbo 6-8psi from what i read... i know its a waste but i miss the sound of my turbo wrx i had years ago and want a little toy to play with but not something that will kill me. now i hate wiring and all that bs that comes with that main reason i wanna stick with the d16y7 what would you guys suggest to get for internals that arnt $$$$$$$ but more like $$$ stuff that will last and put down a little hp and with stand a turbo.
any help/advice would be great, thank you for your time
now i don't want 300hp I'm happy with keeping it low and i know from what i read that the d16y7 is a low hp motor but i wouldn't mind upgrading the internals and slapping on a turbo 6-8psi from what i read... i know its a waste but i miss the sound of my turbo wrx i had years ago and want a little toy to play with but not something that will kill me. now i hate wiring and all that bs that comes with that main reason i wanna stick with the d16y7 what would you guys suggest to get for internals that arnt $$$$$$$ but more like $$$ stuff that will last and put down a little hp and with stand a turbo.
any help/advice would be great, thank you for your time
Last edited by NoFear1911; 07-22-2010 at 09:50 PM.
#2
07-23-2010, 12:50 AM
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somthings that would help out is you could do a mini me swap....find a d16y8 head and put it on your d16y7 block. i dont know much about it. i had both a y7 and a y8
they are both pretty different i liked somthings more about the y7 tho.. i am not sure why. and if you put a y8 head on wwith the y8 intake manifold, you get vtec plus the better air flow with that intake mani.
i dont think that turboing it would be waste of money, but i think it would be a waste of time. the time you spent into turboing the y8/y7 you could have a b16 and be just as happy. not to mentions spend about the same amount of money
they are both pretty different i liked somthings more about the y7 tho.. i am not sure why. and if you put a y8 head on wwith the y8 intake manifold, you get vtec plus the better air flow with that intake mani.
i dont think that turboing it would be waste of money, but i think it would be a waste of time. the time you spent into turboing the y8/y7 you could have a b16 and be just as happy. not to mentions spend about the same amount of money
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07-23-2010, 05:14 AM
yea i sall the mini me swap I'm looking into it as for the b16 swap doesn't that mean i would have to get a whole other wiring harness? and how much does a b16 run about ? i kinda figured if i did a mini me swap off ebay its around 600 bucks just for that alone. i don't know much about Honda and how the tranny's work as far a switching them around would the stock one work on a b16?
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