hey theres a rex si in the junkyard with 89k miles on it. i took off the valve cover and everything inside looks premium. i would like to put this head onto my civic because this si head will save me mad cash instead of buying a cam for my civic. any thoughts on this? what gasket should i use? metal d16y8? or is that a bad idea?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by homeskillet &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey theres a rex si in the junkyard with 89k miles on it. i took off the valve cover and everything inside looks premium. i would like to put this head onto my civic because this si head will save me mad cash instead of buying a cam for my civic. any thoughts on this? what gasket should i use? metal d16y8? or is that a bad idea?</TD></TR></TABLE>


I thought that dx head flows pretty good stock almost as good as z6. I might be wrong though. It doesn't have vtec but flow okay I guess. I think there was someone that ported the **** out of it and put a cam in there and made some good numbers.

 

im thinking about a d16a6 head from a crx/civic si. i can get it for super cheap... so i thik it may be worth a try

 

88-91 CRX Si and 92-95 Civic DX have the same head cast

 

yah they are the same damn head. the cam is a touch different but you arent going to get hardly any gains from it. the A6 makes 2 more HP than your DX from the factory.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lohatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yah they are the same damn head. the cam is a touch different but you arent going to get hardly any gains from it. the A6 makes 2 more HP than your DX from the factory.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you want gains without swapping over to vtec head, buy a reground cam, maybe port and mil the head.

 

damn.. i thought i may be onto sumthing worthwhile. i guess that is like my 5th cost saving idea that has been scratched. damn hondas are expensive as ****.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by homeskillet &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn.. i thought i may be onto sumthing worthwhile. i guess that is like my 5th cost saving idea that has been scratched. damn hondas are expensive as ****.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Or maybe you're just cheap

 

there not that expensive , if you dont make dumb decisions , why not do a z6 head, p-28 ecu, y8 head gasket.......? mini/turd yo!
-then you might be able to pull some stage 3 burn-outs like ME !