Is this motor any good . Im asking this for my brother because he just bought a car and wanted to turbocharger it. Plans for now include a y8 head but Im trying to convince him to go b18 non vtec instead. Stick with it or go with a dohc?

 

SOHC all the way! You're going to at least want to swap on a Y8 IM though.

 

See my sig.. I did that on a Y7 with 100% stock head...

And i have a friend with 315whp on a Y7 motor.

 

d16y7 rocks my world

 

yup you can turbo it.

greddy makes a nice bolt on kit. they list it for the 96-2k EX, but you can have a shop retune the e-mange for the non-vtec engine.

 

I made 273whp/224wtq on a STOCK D16Y7 bottom end.

I have been beating on this setup for 2.5 years now (at first w/ a greddy kit at 10psi) and it hasn't given me any serious problems.

 

I have a boosted Y7 stock engine, those little ******* are torque monsters but get upset when revved past 7000RPM, DO IT! Don't even bother with the head swap unless you already have the head sittin around.

 

Should I swap the head for a y8 or just swap manifolds?

 

just do the Y8 IM, I did and it felt better probably only 2-3hp NA though

 

swap both, its cheap enough

 

Okay guys. Could you guys recommend a cheap turbo to work with.

 

greddy kit, i'm sure you can find a good deal on one from ebay.

 

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or look in the forced induction classifieds.

 

Reading this post gives me hope on what to do on my d16y7.