chrysler kid

You should hoard them. Junkyards in suburban areas are so restricted by anti-pollution laws that these cars will all be crushed. Only large rural junkyards will be the ones with parts left

chrysler kid

going off of 90% of our active "wisemen group"s join date our average member age is in the mid to early 30's now. I'm estimating ronJ @ about 52 with a pony tail driving a 99 green civic dx 2 door automatic coupe listening to npr on i45 in Houston every morning.

But yeah we all run stock exhausts and intakes when possible. Torque > horsepower

DaX

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Damn, you just about nailed me, lol.

tony_2018

--rebuilt d16y8 to add.

chingpo05

mini me swap. get yourself a y8 head for cheap with an ecu that corresponds to your year and call it a day

Joey Mitchell

This was my original plan for the car, I just don't know if the money I would spend would be worth the gains? Ive never drove a y8, and don't know if it's really that much more powerful than my y7. Vtec yes but still sohc. I drove my sister's z6 and it was a slug, but it was an auto so I couldn't get a real feel of the potential of the z6.6
Oh God do me next!!! 😂😂😂 (Insert Michael Scott quote here)

Also, why torque over hp?

Chrisfrom1986

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If I could sell what I had I would but there's no point for me to take up space in my storage with 10 LS transmissions.

I did find some Work Ewing RS-B at the junkyard today though, they got overlooked because of all the knockoff wheels out there 😅

TomCat39

Because it's torque that actually pushes the car, not HP. Usually with these cars when you gain a few HP you lose torque so the speed that you get up to fast is slower. Less push. It's torque that breaks the tires free, not HP.

yeah, the d16z6 engine to tranny rear stiffener for an automatic. most definitely

tony_2018

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tony_2018

weather has been mucky and it doesn't look like there won't be any sunshine today to help dry the ground a bit...will see how it goes tomorrow.

Freedo_Civegra

tony_2018

@TomCat39 heading out, will 'try' get it, gotta find something dry to lay on.

tony_2018

@TomCat39

chrysler kid

If you can find the head swap local from a person or junkyard it will cost you a weekend and a headgasket to gain about 15hp. If youre ordering parts online expenses can add up quickly if youre missing parts or the head is in bad shape. I never bothered, it seemed 50/50 that id get a warped head and double my cost. It was almost just as easy to just swap the whole motor for a y8 vtec motor

Torque is the force of movement, horsepower is the speed of movement.

I rebuilt my y7, my rpm range is low for daily driving. If youre redlining it to get on the freeway or something, the vtec opens the valves more to let more air and fuel in the motor. At about 4500 rpm you would hear the engine get louder and echo back through the intake to hear vtec. Now during normal driving (99% of how I drive) vtec makes zero difference because I shift well below 4500rpm and cruising at 70 on the freeway in 5th the rpm is at 3200. So I found vtec to be essentailly irrelevant for my uses compared to cost

Chrisfrom86 congrats you have a gold mine junkyard in your back yard. I'd be making weekly visits if that was my yard

And yes there is a reason we are all on forums and not Facebook. Were all old farts. Ive noticed international members join forums pretty regularly for advice, shout out to Europeans learning English

Chrisfrom1986

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I would quickly run out of space in my storage if I did that. The wheels, let's just say probably once in a lifetime at this point. In 15 years I've never found real wheels, plenty of oem and cast knockoffs though.

TomCat39

That be the piece.... the manual stiffener cuts into the engine area and misses the bolt hole on the tranny by about 1.5 inches. Just to confirm, that was on the firewall side (intake side) of the engine?

Thank you!!!

Can you PM me what you want for it and we can work out the details?

tony_2018

I believe we're not able to pm mods to justify our comments when we are flagged by some poor trolling noob.

Yes this was under the intake manifold, I wasn't sure if you wanted the other small mount but if you do its still there. Out of 3 eg's in the yard there was only 1 with a z6 auto in it.

I got the steering wheel with audio controls though, plus a second set just in case. This will be for my 1st gen tacoma.

Joey Mitchell

"You're only as old as you feel", is what my grandfather always told me. I'm 28 but just started driving again about 8 months ago, went 7 years without a license or driving. So when I'm behind the wheel I feel kinda like a teenager. I think sohc vtec would serve me well as I drive hard about 40% of the time. Lol having that lil extra umph on the top end would feel nice. I'm going to look at the difference in specs when I get off here just to see if a y8 head will offer any more tourqe as well. If so I know it wouldn't be much, but the top end is more concerning to me right now at the moment. I'm already running the ex tranny and man I'll tell ya, she begs for another gear on the highway. Lol

DaX

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Yeah, I've been daily driving an EF Civic for with an Si transmission in it for over 8 years now, and when I get in my EG Civic EX, I often find myself cruising in 4th just because I'm so used to the revs being so high. It's nice to realize I have another gear and cruise at a lower RPM on the highway, though.

TomCat39

I'm not sure I understand, are you saying the small infraction you are carrying for a short duration prevents you from sending a PM to a moderator?

tony_2018

Usually when i try to pm a mod it doesn't let..I'll pm you later tonight for an address. Need to calculate shipping.