i had a purple acura symbol for a while lol. like a day.

 

Ugh, that cylinder head had better be better than new when it gets back. Its been 16 days...

 

ARGH, the dude sold the longblock. I waited too long.

 

What? that sucks...and why the f*ck does that bastard STILL have ur cylinder head? id be super pissed and make him finish it or whatever right in front of me idc how long it takes. thats wayyy too long!

that guy i kno with the cobalt (talked about him in one of my threads) had his body kit painted by a guy he new and didnt hear anything back from him for like 4months we all thought that the dude sold it and i was telling him to go over there and when he did the dude hadnt even touched em WTF? haha need-less-to-say he was pissed. I think that was the fastest that that guy ever properly installed a body kit hahaha

 

it only takes 4 hrs to redo a head.......not 16 days i know cause i have worked at a engine machine shop for 2 yrs.

 

Reading for comprehension owns me. So do chemical fumes.

Yeah, it's a husband and wife shop and there were a few big block v8s in front of me.

 

im trying to boost my y7 as well.. but after reading this it seems to be to much of a project for me.. whats the reason for you swapping the intake manifold?

 

It seems that way for me too, but don't give up. As long as you have all the stuff you don't understand (head rebuilding, block rebuilding) outsourced to a reputable shop, you'll be fine.

You swap over to the y8 intake manifold because of the truly staggering difference in air flow from an OEM intake to an OEM intake. The y8 intake manifold is designed for the higher air needs of a vtec engine, but on a non-vtec engine it will STILL improve air flow. Just look at the two pics I posted earlier. The y8 one is huge and open compared to the tiny and... really, pitiful y7 intake.

Don't give up hope. Read read read!

 

ya well you ahve to convert to a 5 speed.. mines already a 5 speed.. alright well now i gotta add the y8 intake on to the list. and i dont know anything about these obd1 stuff... what is it?

 

OBD1 is on board diagnostics. There's an OBD0, OBD1, OBD2a, and OBD2b that I know of so far. OBD1 is MUCH easier to work with for boost so everyone converts. Hence, use an OBD1 computer and (for me) an OBD2b (1999-2000 Civic is OBD2b, 1996-1998 is OBD2a) conversion harness.

You can use the y7 intake manifold if you want. But you can squeeze a little more power out of the engine using a y8.