hey, i want to do the mini me setup, do any of you guys have diagrams, or something, to help me through the swap process. would i need to change anything, for example, the ECU?

 

Do a search on this topic, under "mini me" I myself have completed this swap along with a few other on this board. Its fairly easy, and inexpensive, but dont expect a huge power gain, but it is pretty quick. I am satisfied with mine, but its nothing like a good ole B series motor. Everything is pretty easy. drain fluids, unbolt the head, get z6 timing belt, clean off old gasket, bolt on vtec head, put everything back to spec, fill up fluids, and fire up. The distributor was the only thing i had a problem with, dont break any bolts, thats a pain in the ***. you can use you ecu, but you need something to activate vtec.

 

"clean off old gasket"?

ONLY USE NEW GASKETS!!!

 

so the head is basically all bolt on, and i need a z6 timing belt, how long would this whole process take, and approxamitely how much money would i have to spend on the whole project. THANKS

 

Opps, yeah.. what i meant was scrape off the old headgasket material from the block, i doubt that you can even attempt to use the old headgasket because its made from some organic crap. It is basically a bolt in deal. http://www.geocities.com/one6mini_v/home.html http://crx.honda-perf.org/articles/z6swap/z6swap.html
check those links out, that should answer most of your questions. while youre at it change the water pump.

 

Took me over three hours of scraping and sanding with 250 grit sandpaper to get my old gasket off!!

Put clean rags/towles in every hole on the block to keep crap from getting into the block, but it looked very pretty when it was all done!

 

...and make sure you dont gouge it!! its surprisingly fragile....

 

Mmmmmmm, aluminum .........

 

Also, don't forget to remove the oil squirter from the block. You don't need it with the VTEC head. Look at the websites above. They should have a picture of it.
Prices for swap were

Z6 head without valve cover: $125(needed a rebuild)
Z6 valve cover: $50
OEM Honda Z6 head gasket: $28
OEM Honda Z6 timing belt: $38
OEM Honda exhaust and intake manifold gaskets: $35
OEM Honda spark plugs: $10

You will also need a way to activate VTEC. I found a guy online selling a used Fields SFC-VTEC controller for $55. It just needed some rewiring which wasn't too hard. But you can use a rpm activated switch from Summit Racing for about $45.

Hope this helps.

 

And don't forget the head bolts, absolutely must according to the service manual .....

$10 each, you need ten of them .........

 

Good catch TypeR0207!

The head bolts are stretch bolts and should only be used once. Otherwise you could end up with a coolant leak!

 

Just finished the non-VTEC head swap a few weeks ago!

 

Here is some more info....

http://geocities.com/chipman_13/mini-me-parts.html

 

One touchy subject about this swap was activating the vtec soleniod. Personally, i dont recommend using a fields vtec controller. I bought one for $160, it was hard to tell if the soleniod was actuating or not, the fuel settings on it were pretty crappy too, but now mine doesnt work at all. I would suggest using that rpm activated switch. When i tried that, i could actually hear and feel vtec opening up. setting the right rpm is crucial also, best at around 5200.