dirtySOHC's

how do you guys feel about this motor......??......all comments are welcome....

eg6ajk

good power, good motor, but very weak bottom end, know of few motors which failed due main/rod bearing problems...

also there is no d16y8 cam offered by Zex or Crower yet, most are for d16z6...(even though you can use Zex cam (but a cam gear will be required))

what car is it going on???

spyder

I THINK he's just trying to start an argument

dirtySOHC's

just wondering if i should swap out my d16y8 from my coupe....for the all too popular B series motors(which ever one i choose).....i am saving up for a turbo right now and dont know if i should do a swap first. alot of people tell me about the weak bottom ends they have but if you build up the bottom end cant you get some good power out of it. ....... i am some what satisfied with my motor now so that is why i was asking for everyones comments......

dirtySOHC's

haha nah man.....just asking for peoples opinions.....to help me get an insight on what i plan to do......

eg6ajk

since its a coupe, get a LS or B20B/Z swap and then turbo...why spend the $$$ on building up the weak bottom end...

get non-vtec swap and be done...sell your d16y8 and you be more then satisfied...

DragII

I think it's a great motor thats in the wrong car. the coupe is far to heavy to show off what it's capable of.

Robster

compared to a d16z6, i don't like it, heres why. D16y8 has 9.6:1 CR while z6 has 9.2:1. y8 has a better intake manifold, shorter runners. The head is shaped to combat detonation. The cam lobes are also better, primary and secondary. All of this and the y8 only has 2 more hp. The only reason for this I can think of is obd2, but then again I should also compare stock to stock dyno plots of each motor to see the whole torque curve and hp curve before makng up my mind.
Robster

dirtySOHC's

sounds nice...i just moved out to utah and in my area its kinda hard to sell a motor because there arent many ppl on the whole "swaps" and "turbocharging" aspect of building your car....they just wanna get their intakes and exhausts and be done.

dirtySOHC's

i was thinkin of getting a cx hatch and dropping the d16y8 in that and putting somin else in the coupe......that thought crosses my mind a lot.....im really just saving up untill i find those hard to beat deals...i just want some ideas to use my $$$ on in the future....

eg6ajk

CX + d16y8 =
just don't forget the EX tranny, and P28 ECU

for cheap parts: http://www.car-part.com/

Lil Racer

Isn't this the standard 5th Gen EX engine? Or am I totally losing it?

dirtySOHC's

haha...i know man.....my boy has a cx but he is being difficult about the price. and about those EX trans....this is my second one they kinda suck wat is up with them.... oh and im not too familiar with "P28 ECU"...wat is that..? sorry

eg6ajk

d16y8 is 96-00 EX motor (si in canada)
P28 ECU= obdI (92-5) Civic Si/EX D16z6 ECU

who knows what's with 96+ EX improvements/upgrades over the 92-5 cars but there is almost not a thing that doesn't break ...none seems of usual honda quality...





[Modified by eg6ajk, 7:01 PM 1/14/2002]

dirtySOHC's

i feel you man....... honda quality..thumbdown: .....haha

dirtySOHC's

anybody else got any comments on the y8

Matt B

i abuse mine everyday and its still together with over 110,000 miles on it.

dirtySOHC's

your one of the lucky ones .....lots of people can state otherwise.....

dirtySOHC's

does nebody have a y8 that kicks ***........???????

nwdave

Talk to VTC_CiViC. He's running a '98 EX-T. Low 14s last I heard.

Meth

what do you want to do street or strip? coz the y8 is capable of running good times...peace

J T*

I used to see a guy here at the Pomona Street Legals (when they were still around) with a 97 EX coupe with the D16Y8 turboed, can't tell you exactly what he had done to the motor but he ran consistent high 12's.

That was like 2 years ago, Iv'e seen him around on the streets driving every once in awhile (he has the loudest turbo civic I've ever heard on the streets) but it seems like his car's holding up pretty good. Keep in mind I don't know this guy personaly, just seen his car run, and seen the engine bay.

civicguy

my friend had one on his crx full interior,plus 100 shot of nos did 12.3 ,that engine is good,but like other people says main bearings and rod bearings are no good,it last him like 6 month but that was friday on the aftrnoon to the race track on the night to the streets races,saturday and sunday to the street races too

dirtySOHC's

just your regular street car......

dirtySOHC's

nice numbers....i dont want to be extremely fast....something respectable though for a SOHC