I am in the process of doing a mini-me swap on my 89 CRX. So far I started with a shell for $80, and a 91 CRX Si motor for $80 also which I am rebuilding now. I have bought an Apex'i vtec contoller and a Z6 head to do the swap so far. After I get some more money I will be converting it to OBD1 and using the D16Z6 ecu. I would like to know though if anyone has tried going with forced induction on this swap. I have heard it nets a somewhat high compression around 12:1 I believe and I don't really want to lower it and lose power at the same time. This car is not a daily driver as I have another vehicle so downtime is no problem but any help would be appreciated.

 

the compression is not going to be that high on a stock a6 block....not for sure what it will be, but you can run a turbo on it...

 

Once I get the head on I'm going to measure the comprssion to make sure. Hopefully If all goes well I should have it running and painted in about 2-3 weeks. I have some pics but I don't think I can post yet.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BigAnold &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am in the process of doing a mini-me swap on my 89 CRX. So far I started with a shell for $80, and a 91 CRX Si motor for $80 also which I am rebuilding now. I have bought an Apex'i vtec contoller and a Z6 head to do the swap so far. After I get some more money I will be converting it to OBD1 and using the D16Z6 ecu. I would like to know though if anyone has tried going with forced induction on this swap. I have heard it nets a somewhat high compression around 12:1 I believe and I don't really want to lower it and lose power at the same time. This car is not a daily driver as I have another vehicle so downtime is no problem but any help would be appreciated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

here is an idea, TRY DOING A SEARCH

 

Heres an idea, already did, thanks for the update. Now I actually wopuld have liked an answer instead of someone trying to gain posts by repeating what they were told when they first joined.

 

I agree with you, I f*ckin hate when people just post to say "USE THE SEARCH FEATURE", wtf, this is a forum, and you talk to others, if you needed to search something, im sure you already know how to use google or some other sh*t.

try to be helpful, dont post to say RESEARCH, cause it doesnt help.

/end of rant.

good luck with your swap buddy.

-Loz

 

your cr is only gonna be around 10:2:1 to 10:5:1
IMO if you use a thin metal headgasket from the Y8 it should help up the CR... but if you really want to get 12s on it try to swap out the pistons w/ d16a1 (zc pistons) w/ LS rods...
btw good luck wid this project...

and yes people have used turbo on the mini-me setup... but use low CR around 9:5:1

 

d16z6 head with a d16a6 block will get 9.95:1 compression. and all d-series share the same headgasket now (3-layer metal), no difference between Y8 and Z6 or any of them.

 

well, at the dealer maybe. some auto stores still sell the old composite type.

 

Thanks for the info guys, I do appreciate it. I just signed up for a cardomain site and I'll keep posting on progress.