First off, 96 civic EX D16, spun rod bearing and since motor is pulled might as well build motor up for turbo. Gonna run better pistons and rods and lower compression to about 8.6:1. I plan on driving the car for a couple months til I save up and get the whole turbo kit(non-eBay). I know with...
My d16y8 went bad in my 96 EX and just doing a direct swap with good one and want to replace the oem mounts. I'm not plannin on turboing just keepin close to stock. Any suggests and direction?
K just picked up y8 with a bad head for $170. Came with EX tranny. The cuase of the bad head is the guy i bought from had bought early 90s civic with y8 from kid and kid put dif cam in and didn't "lash" it so exhuast valves stuck open on cylinder two and guy said motor ran alright just strong...
Can't find a y8 but was talking to local honda shop they said I could take the head from my y8 and stick it on the y5 so I wouldn't be down grading but have pretty much the same engine. Would it really be as easy as it sounds? Should I worry about possible metal shaving from the spun rod...
k my 96 ex d16y8 completely stock spun bearing and now i'm just wanting to swap in a good motor. Having a hard time finding a y8 around but found a good y5 for $450. From what i've researched this is the economy version vtech. Anyways if i swapped this y5, will it just be a direct swap? And...
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