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ok got a 93 civic lx swaped out the 1.5 for a 1.6 vtec "d16y8" after the swap my speedo only works about 1/2 of the time. i had to use alot of things from the 1.5 due to the fact i didnt get the ecu for the d16y8 i reused the throttle body, intake manafold, injectors, and fuel rail. i have...

ok i did notice this morning when i started my car it no longer revs back and forth between 1400 to 2000 rpms while warming up and it did take longer for the check engine light to come on.

ok i followed the https://hondaswap.com/~pills/autotomanual.html how to on my ecu i removed RP17 and put a jumper in place of RP18. do i just leave RP17 blank??? check engine light is still on... i might just need to take the car in somewhere and get the code cleared i dont know but i figured...

wow thats an awesome thread thanks for the link blanco :D that healped alot now just need that overtime at work and everything will be set in place and ill be running with the best of them :D

ok as far as power goes noticed a major difference today "first time ive takin it over 4000 rpm since rebuild" quit different as far as power and sound goes souds really mean now... not like a pissed off lawn mower. but still not happy going to go get another head for it soon and send it off to...

ok what happened... got the pistons in gotta run 108 octain fuel now to keep it from spark knockin... cost me $75 to fill my 10 gallon tank up. as far as power increase goes dont notice a difference at all!!! :angry: only thing i can think of is im still running stock injectors and...

:D ok got the pistons, rings, a new rod and rod bearings today at napa :D also found a place that has a wheel dyno close to me :D decided to pick up a 2nd job to fund this project and go ahead and do it right this guy that builds race engins said he would give me a discount if he did all the...

friend of mine did a 100 shot on a stock 2000 prelude snaped a rod after the second shot i wouldnt do it...

accel make some nice injecters that would work at a resable price $50 - $75 each.

I use moble one synthetic 15w50 in summer and 5w30 in winter if i drive it at all in the winter. I also add 1/2 qt of Lucas oil adative to slow leaks and quite the motor down a little.

under the hood of your car should be a catalyst it will tell you what your idle should be mine is 570 + or - 50 rpm.

ok so rebuild the head, have somebody from a machine shop look over the block, and add a cam from zex for the increase of CR... sounds easy and cheap enough and the blocks are cheap so as long as it dont destroy the head ill b happy. what stage cam should i get cause i was reading up on the 3...

I recently got a d16y8 motor and put it in my 93 civic lx. Was a very easy install and the HP gain over the 1.5 ltr was outstanding. since then ive put a cat back exauhst and a cold air intake system on it and converted it to a 5 speed. well I was comming home from work one stormy night and ran...

simply take your current hp divide it by the current CR. that will give you the hp per CR. multiply that by the new CR to get the new hp give or take 10 hp. dont know if it works on hondas and such but i was 8 hp off when i put 10.5:1 CR pistons in my 350 based off of its previous CR and HP.

so your saying if i put pistons from a d16a1 into my d16y8 using my curent connecting rods it will give me a 12.8:1 CR?? a d16a1 is the stock motor out of a 89 integra "USA version" right?? and if my math is correct that will take me from the stock 127 hp to 173 hp "give or take" what other...