Lucky Strike

Hey fellas, all basic bolt-ons aside, what can i look into to tweak my whimpering D16y7 engine? I know that substantial gains are hard to acheive with this platform, but i'm looking into any/all possiblities. Problem is, I don't know too much about engines... I'd like to know what you guys think!

imported_~ILLEST CIV~

Turbo the hell outta it? maybe. . .. .

punkindrublic

you could throw on a d16z6 or d16y8 head... it would bump you up to 125-130 ish hp

dingus88

well basically there is no real "free tweak" mods adn any bolton's will gain minimal hp gains (barely noticeable)...the only way to make any real hp for a decent price is to

slap a sohc vtec head on it and add i/h/e (thats liek 130 hp )

then there are nitrious (only good for short burst's of hp liek 50)

then a custom turbo kit or a naem brand liek greddy kit (the best option but expensive..like 4-5000 for a greddy and about 2-3 for a custom peiced together by you with good fuel control mods)

basically all these mods will make the reliability go away....I'd say jsut get rid of that motor and swap in a d15b (130hp stock) and a si tranny for better gearing (1-2000 for that setup installed) then go from there...yoru platform now only has a hope of turbo charging to wake it up

markpa

ANother good reason to do a mini me swap, is you get a full tune up done at the same time, change timing belt water pump etc....

d15bvtec

pm me.. ill tell u what to do
cause i install motors

imported_Vato_Loco

What's the mini-me swap?

rosenberg84

buy a nice cam and have the head flowed

zeeman

iTrader: (1)

mini me is a d16z6 or d16y8 (vtec) head on ur non vtec block

imported_Vato_Loco

How much? How many HP? What's the difficulty on this swap?

markpa

Well your taking the head off the block, so it depends....theres a ****load off info on the net though about this swap, so pretty much anyone should be able to do it....heres the best info ive found. Im more then likely doing this swap and turbooing at the end off the month when im on my vacation.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=554053

and heres a great one about timing belt replacement.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=649277

CRXlover

Your wasting ur time with bolt ons, just throw a vtec head on

spracingsports

removing the resignator/resonator from the intake is free and easy...... but questionable

bbarbulo

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the D16Y7 is a hella fun motor to play with. boost or N/A, it loves it all! but you already admitted you don't know much, so the first area of 'modification' should be your knowledge base.

punkindrublic

do any companies actually make high lift/ duration cams for sohc non vtec engines?

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

yes punk

punkindrublic

what are some examples? i did a quick look a while ago and came up emtpier then my gas tank right now

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

I should slap you for your question

gude, bullfrog, zex, and crower come to mind immediately. I wouldn't be shocked if Edelbrock/JG had an application as well. Leitner also has a supplier.

mourad

Often overlooked. P&P your head will help greatly.
That's assuming you want to keep that motor and run no boost.

imported_PRoCiVic

if you do a mini me swap then you might have too go obd1 since d16y7 don't have knock sensors... i did it on my d16y7 its worth it...