D16y8 Head On My D15b7 Del Sol S, Possible?

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vpSPOONsol

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I recently got a d16y8 head to do a mini-me swap on my d15b7 del sol. im wondering if i shoulda got the d16z6 head instead? which one is an easier swap? which one will give me more power? also, would i have to change to an obd 2 if i use the y8?
 
Z6 head.

I have a spare w/o valve cover/dizzy/vtec solenoid. But it has the intake mani if you want to name a price. Only 50k on it, came out of a wrecked EX. :sleep:
 
thanks, but what would it take for me to run an obd2? cant i just use the 96 ex ecu?
 
oops! forgot to mention in the photos to use your stock D15b7 Distributor. Y8 Dist has different harness= extra step to hardwire!

good luck! :)
 
BARELY any more power, just because the quench areas are larger or something. Not enough to bother with the y8 head and having the extra headache.
 
heres a dseries engine build calculator.
http://www.knology.net/~jediklc/D.htm

with only a y8 head + y8 headgasket i got a compression of 11.04 using the d15b7 complete block. i wonder how THAT would do with an oil cooler system and better water cooling system for the engine, + i/h/e + tuning and a 7500 rpm redline and 9 tops. i wonder how long the d15b7 block would last in this build.. switiching to obd2 ? doesnt that involve just switching the injectors if your going to run an external vtec conroller and use the stock ecu? i wonder how poerful this would be, sure would run hot. they already run hot as hell. i just found out that a jdm d15 vtec block doesnt have oil squirters. i thought they did, and the z6 block had them as well. now im thinking if im going to go with this build after i do the a6 cam, its prolly more practical to just stick with the b7 blocks and have a few prebuilt. ive hear you have to use special plug wires, which doesnt make any sense...correct me if im wrong here.. only looking for 150-ish HP and around 120-ish TQ
 
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5 years and still ppl are doing mini me's
 
haha... another 3 years later and here i am wondering pretty much the same things this guy was for my exact same swap
 
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