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02-22-2004, 01:05 AM

I have a 95 civic 1.6l vtec and sumone told me that if i changed my vtec cam into like a skunk torque cam and thats its able to have a very fast low end and have a 97 or so 1.7 head put on it to increase the compression. Can anyone answer that?

*pdiggitydogg* · 02-22-2004, 01:50 AM

huh?
....ok I think I've figured it out...
Yes, putting a skunk2 cam in will increase power.
1.7L came out in '01 and theyre not good motors...the heads are not interchangeable either. Your z6 head is fine.
The 96-00 vtec head is a y8 and is just as comparable as the z6 head. It has smaller combustion chambers so compression is higher, yes, but the ports on the z6 are a little better.

If you want more compression you can either mill the head, get a thin-ass headgasket, change the pistons.

(turbo and lower compression is better

)

IALuder · 02-22-2004, 02:56 PM

^agreed.

keep the Z6 head and get the skunk2 cam.

02-22-2004, 03:22 PM

Z6 head flows so much better than a y8. Definately stay with the Z6 head and go with the skunk2 or crower camshafts.

02-24-2004, 03:07 PM

yeah definitly the skunk2 or crower for the cam and unless you want to loose the flow for that compression stay w/ the Z6.....Let us know how it comes out...

*pdiggitydogg* · 02-24-2004, 09:37 PM

it'd be nice if the people that asked questions came back and said "Ok" or "interesting" or "I never knew that" or "you guys know your stuff" or at least something

Shaved &/or Laid · 02-25-2004, 03:54 PM

i do !.

03-04-2004, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pdiggitydogg
it'd be nice if the people that asked questions came back and said "Ok" or "interesting" or "I never knew that" or "you guys know your stuff" or at least something

pdiggs u know your stuff man!

*pdiggitydogg* · 03-04-2004, 12:34 PM

aw thanks

02-22-2004, 01:05 AM	#1
Smalls Posts: n/a	Changing The Head I have a 95 civic 1.6l vtec and sumone told me that if i changed my vtec cam into like a skunk torque cam and thats its able to have a very fast low end and have a 97 or so 1.7 head put on it to increase the compression. Can anyone answer that?

02-22-2004, 02:56 PM	#3
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 39 Posts: 7,908	^agreed. keep the Z6 head and get the skunk2 cam. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

02-25-2004, 03:54 PM	#7
Shaved &/or Laid 4th Gear Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nashville Age: 38 Posts: 853	i do !. __________________ Doody Ej1 Yse.

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02-22-2004, 01:50 AM	#2
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	huh? ....ok I think I've figured it out... Yes, putting a skunk2 cam in will increase power. 1.7L came out in '01 and theyre not good motors...the heads are not interchangeable either. Your z6 head is fine. The 96-00 vtec head is a y8 and is just as comparable as the z6 head. It has smaller combustion chambers so compression is higher, yes, but the ports on the z6 are a little better. If you want more compression you can either mill the head, get a thin-ass headgasket, change the pistons. (turbo and lower compression is better )

02-22-2004, 03:22 PM	#4
Honda_Tengoku Posts: n/a	Z6 head flows so much better than a y8. Definately stay with the Z6 head and go with the skunk2 or crower camshafts.

02-24-2004, 03:07 PM	#5
4drmadness Posts: n/a	yeah definitly the skunk2 or crower for the cam and unless you want to loose the flow for that compression stay w/ the Z6.....Let us know how it comes out...

02-24-2004, 09:37 PM	#6
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	it'd be nice if the people that asked questions came back and said "Ok" or "interesting" or "I never knew that" or "you guys know your stuff" or at least something

03-04-2004, 12:34 PM	#9
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	aw thanks