Done with SOHC turbo....
 

I'm just fucking sick of this SOHC turbo bullshit now.

For those of you who dont know, my stock boosted Y8 finally gave up. Out of desperation to get my daily driver back up, I was able to scavenge a Y7 block from a friend.... for free. I was gonna pair this with my Y8 head (mini-me style). But the whole valve train got fucked since the chunk that came out of my Y8 piston penetrated the #4 cylinder valves and bent a couple of them.... and God knows what else could be wrong with the head.

Diggin through my garage, I found an old Z6 head I had laying around. I cleaned it all up, relapped the valves and bought a VTEC solenoid for it. As I was going through the torque specs, one of the head bolts stripped off the block...it was the last bolt too. I also failed to realize that I will need an OBD1 distributor and a Z6 timing belt.

I will give it one more chance to heli-coil the block... of course I will have to remove the head again to do this shit. If this fucker doesnt work, i will go ahead drop an all-motor B-series instead. I found a complete 95 GSR swap (tranny, mounts, axle, blah blah) for $1700 shipped. I also found an almost complete swap JDM B16A with LSD tranny for $1500.

I'm gonna sell my SOHC turbo kit to my friend to come up with some cash for this shit. I'm just really fed up trying to get my boost SOHC back. I think an unmodified B swap will be a more reliable daily driver anyway....

Do the GSR man. Hey wana find me a cheap B16 or type r tranny please lol.......

I found a GSR tranny with Phantom Grip LSD for $700 shipped. If I dont buy it, I'll let you know.

that sucks man....are u EVER going to turbo it again?

KEEP THE SOHC!!!!!! go get another y8 engine for like 100 bux

;( come on arnel, keep the y8 faith man

I'll give it another try since I already have most of the shiznit to restore this D-turbo. If not, bye bye D-turbo and just get a stock B-series....

Man talk about bad luck...

For the price though, you know the 18c is the way to go

Damn not what i am looking to spend lol

Those are average deals... actually they are great deals for having an LSD already. An average GSR/Si Tranny is about $600.... no LSD

what do you think caused the d to let go? It was reliable for like 3 years right?

Ya well i could really careless about LSD. I just want a tranny that works lol

Therm' sorry to here man. My boyfriend eventually gave up on his mini me n2o car too, now he just sticks with B and does D swaps for friends. Did you ever read that post I made abut the b20 block I need with Darton sleeves? I forgot where it was..

nope, I havent read that thread yet....

I can't seem to find it. Sooo, I'm looking for a b20 block with sleeves installed already. Don't have a preference on any other mods. I don't have much time to go get my block sleeved [9hour drive from my school] and if I go in state, they'll charge me 1600 to sleeve it. Anyway, I don't need pistons or anything, just an effin b20 sleeved! You seem to always have good prices on your end of the world, even with shipping it's cheaper than what it goes for in my area. Let me know. :)

where did ya find that?

5 yrs on stock internals and 10 psi for 4 yrs.....:o :yes: :cool:. it was time for it to "go"...

I cant say the source of my cheap swap. They are not stolen or anything but I just dont want anybody jumping on this deal until I get this D-turbo assesed... sorry man. nothing against you. if you really want to know, PM me. :bandit:

I just know its the magical source in Va. Man I just wish I had 2grand right now.
All day I've been saying "speed or sex...just give me one dammit"

:yes:

I found another one too:
JDM B16A motor: $800
ITR tranny (no grinds, Exedy clutch): $700

:D DOn't really have much to say on that.

Therm' You didn't answer my question on the b20, dude!

No...not really. I'm frustrated today:banghead:

I did... I just didnt quote you... sorry... but here's what's up.

My buddy and I have been looking for one for a while now. We cant even find a bone stock one locally, let alone a sleeved one. There are tons of B18A/B, B18C1, and B16A all over here, but very rare to see a B20. I actually havent seen one at all... Since we dropped the B20 idea, if I ever come across one, you are definietly first in line.....:yes:

Good luck whatever way you decide to go dude, just keep us posted.:)

well, let me see:
-Y7 block
-Z6 head
-Y8 intake manifold
-Y8 distributor
-P28 ECU

Shit wont start. I'm gonna try an OBD1 DX dizzy and see what happens. If it still doesnt work, time to get a swap.... which BTW, I found a complete JDM B16A XSi swap for $1100.......

sorry about your problems man! your turboD was my inspiration from the get go and its sad to hear you about to "retire" it.... for now my turbo D is goin' strong, i can't wait what 8psi will give me.... best of luck wit whatever crosses ur path.

I'm should be pickin up a USDM 00' B16A swap this week for $800. No tranny and dizzy. But I'm not in a hurry. I'm gonna sell my whole D-series kit and every D-series parts that I have including A/C and all that shit to get a tranny.

dayum. I remember you used to be the one preaching about d-series motors. But, its all good. B-series will work wonders too.

Are you still planning to sell the kit to a friend? If not how much were you looking to get for it? Just curious.

ummmm...... I emphasized the potential of the D-series but never really said that it was better than B-series....lol. I did admit that whenever this D blows up, it will surely be a B swap.

Pdiggs... pm'd ya mang

damnit thermal, i might have to come up to VA and find this for myself. spring break is coming up soon for me...

Sivik, if you ever come up here, give me a list of what you want. I can get pretty much anything around here. I know a few ricers here who are known on the streets.

UPDATE:
- I decided to do a 96' B20 swap instead. I bought a complete swap from a friend for $1500... 2 installment pay... ha ha. It's a complete swap. It has a GSR tranny, 185 psi compression all the way across, LS ECU, mounts, shift linkage, stock LS header, LS intake manifold, 00' B16 axles .... everything and it's already put together. I just have to cut and splice the alternator and dizzy wires. Pulling the D16 out tomorrow (Sunday) and swapping the B20 in. I have 3 prospective buyers on my D-turbo set-up already. One of them is pretty solid. I just need to quit bullshittin and pull the turbo kit apart for shipping....

are you going to run stock b20? or beef it up at all? my spring break is in a week (Feb 28th) so you might be hearing from me about a little vacation.

I'm keeping the B20 bone stock, except of course the thermal exhaust that's already in my car. Since I dont have the stock intake, i'm gonna go pick a cheap short ram from autozone... lol. I will also fabricate a driver side torque mount. I need power steering and A/C as well. It wont be a "truly" daily driver without those. :cool:

D is out and B20 is in. Almost done. It's been a long day. I just have to rewire a couple of things like my injectors. I have to remove the resistor box and use OBD1 clips. I also have to extend a couple of wires and rewire the alternator clip with OBD1. About another 2 hours of so and the civic should be back on the road. i will take pics of the once i get my digicam back from my buddy

turbo's gone? nOooooooooooooo lol...good luck with this set up though :):yes:

man you work pretty quick

good move on the b20 therm, i was hoping you'd go that route. I bet it'll do some nice burnouts, around like 2k:yes: and will be nice around town.

It's alive!!!!! B20 civic is up and running. I just have to clean it up and make the wiring look professional. I also need to fabricate a 2 inch extension on my exhaust pipe since I cut some off when the D-turbo was in.

It was a busy 3 day. Between me and my buddy, we pulled the B20 off an EG, drop his fully built LSVTEC turbo in it, then the next day we pulled out the D-turbo and dropped the B20 in. The third day was just getting both cars up and rewiring. We even had time to fuk around in the junkyard and grabbed a few connectors. Tomorrow will be the day when I pull all the turbo related electronics and gauges off my civic. I will also make an attempt to fix the exhaust pipe cuz this B20 is loud as hell.

This weekend I'm gonna put my built JDM motor together and get it ready for boost. Once the civic starts driving fine, I will recommence putting my turbo Teg together. I'd like to race this season......:bandit:

dang.. I gotta change my sig.

tell us how the civic is with the B20, i was always to see how a civic would be with displacemet.

nice job thermal... my B18 turbo build is soon to commence, working on a few sponsorship deals right now...