I have a 99 1.6l 4 cylinder non v-tec engine. Would a 96 D16y8 V-tech engine be better than the one I have now?

 

Awww you had it right the first time vtec........

And yes, but luckily you don't need the hole thing. Just the head. Its called a mini-me swap.

If you would like to find out every possible thing about this swap there is a search feature at the top of the page that I find very useful

 

Thanks much, I wont lie and will admit I dont know too much about engines which is why I am have decided to come to a place where I can learn :]

 

I was in the same position 2 years ago. I joined here and learned everything I know, after a year I built my first motor. Its getting tuned tmmr. LOL this forum works magic!

 

Yeah, as long as you're willing to learn, this forum can teach you a lot. When I joined here I had a '94 civic EX... body kit, neons, etc. Two years later when I sold the civic, it had built suspension and mild bolt-ons and was generally a sexy car (the body kit and neons were taken off lol). Now I'm working on organizing a twin-turbo and supercharger build for my mustang. I'd say about 90% of what I've learned about cars was learned on these very forums.

Stick around, I promise you'll like it here

Oh, and welcome to the forums

 

The VTEC engine has more horsepower when revved up near redline than the non-VTEC, so if you drive like that, you'll want to swap. It's a straightforward bolt-in replacement. You can swap either the head or the whole engine. You will also need to replace the ECU (engine computer) with one designed for the VTEC engine and add a couple of wires from it to the VTEC solenoid.

 

Would I have to change the ECU if i just changed the head? and any idea how much extra HorsePower it would give me?

 

----To answer your question, yes, you would need a vtec ECU for everything to run properly. I am not sure about how much extra hp you'll gain... but I am guessing ~15-20hp.

 

You COULD run it with the original ECU, and no Vtec.


But why would you want to? That's major lame sauce.

 

^yea it is i tried it on my old car and it sucked just swap the ecu and wire up VTEC it only took me like 10 mins and i didn't know what i was doing besides what i learned online