jyacoba2009

If i'm buying a y8 head, would I need the y7 dizzy, wires, sparks, ex. and in. manifolds? or could i just bolt on the y8 head and use my y7 dizzy, sparks, etc etc?

thanks, let me know
-j

solo227

that is a mini me... And you might as well just everything from the Y8

ferio252

^LoL. Mini me it is!

durfeec

and if you put everything from the y7 head on the y8 head it would pretty much be pointless to buy the y8 head.

jyacoba2009

no, i dont want the mini me.. i just cant find y7 heads in my area, but theres a lot of y8 headsa for sale here and on this website

roadsqueegy95

Y wouldnt u want a mini me? just my opinion

Jimster480

Mini-me's are great. And you can use all your Y7 parts on the Y8. I am pretty sure that the dizzy is the same aswell. Just wire in VTEC and get a VTEC ECU and your fine, well you need the Y8 injectors also because the Y7 injectors are 180cc.

Townson

what cc are the y8 injectors? i was just about to make a post. lol.

Jimster480

240cc

Townson

i was thinking about swapping injectors. mine have about had it im thinking.

Jimster480

besides that 180cc injectors are rated for a max of 144HP.

Townson

i dont make near that much anyways, but nice to know. lol.

jyacoba2009

im not concerned of doing a mini me, since its my DD.. i just plan on getting a new head instead of rebuilding my old one

Jimster480

well once you get a Y8 head on there then you have already done basically all the work of a mini-me. All you would have to do is connect VTEC with a VTEC ECU. And with a Y8 head it would definitely make more than the stock power of a Y7.

jyacoba2009

ahh shiet.. ok nvm, i'll just get my old head rebuilt since all you guys are persuading me to do a mini-me, when its not even gonna do much since i don't go on the highway between work/college. lol, but thanks guys anyway.. i'll probably mini-me sooner or later since its that easy

MHDesigns

Why not now? You were all about this until it was called a "mini-me" then you decided to go the harder route..?!?! I don't understand... What does the highway have to do with anything?

DCRB

just get the y8 head. it's cheaper and you don't HAVE to hook up vtec. you can rock the y8 head w/o changing anything. it would perform the exact same way as if you still had your y7 head. then some day if you decide that you want to use vtec the hard part is already done. just be sure to remove the oil jet in your y7 block

fastrxu

Thats totally "NOT" a mini me. ........ Go for it

Its better that way cuz either way you dont get on the highway

Jimster480

The highway has nothing to do with a mini-me. The thing is if you really dont want a mini-me dont put the Y8 head on there. because when you put the head on there it raises the compression to like 10.3 and i dont think it would be wise to run Regular with 10.3 compression. Even if you did run regular your not going to get as good gas mileage because its going to take more fuel to run the higher compression setup, but basically without any of the gain of the mini-me. You will make like 4-5 more HP instead of 25, so its not worth it to change your fuel situation for that.

jyacoba2009

Ok, I guess i'll just send my Y7 in for servicing than.. since Jimster480 made a good point, i'll just save up money later for the mini-me swap.. but +25hp sounds good to me

Jimster480

well all you need is Y8 Head, Manifold, P2P ECU, Y8 Injectors (or any other 240cc Injectors), & a couple of wires to run VTEC.

jyacoba2009

yea i know, i've read it up before, it seems easy n all.. but i dont want to do a project right now since i have no transportation other than my ek :p