Well guys i want to swap out my 1997 SOHC HX Piece of Sh*t motor with a different SOHC motor and i was wondering what would work and be the best. I would do DOHC but not enough money so if you could give me some ideas.

P.S. I searched but couldn't really find any good solid information regarding swaps with HX's.

Thanks

 

wait and save your money for a b or h series, don't waste it on another d

 

keep that motor, Gas mileage!!!!! yeah, save and get a DOHC or do a dturbo...

 

boost the hx. And get a shorter y8 tranny.

 

I love my y5... sure it doesn't have much for aftermarket support but you gotta love the gas mileage especially with the way gas keeps going up. I just filled up today and it was $26, when I got the car 6 yrs ago it was $13 to fill up. I make more money now than back then but I'm still *** broke. Now as for your question what would probabally be the cheapest would be to stick a y8 head and tranny on there. Also how many miles have you got now and is there anything wrong with it that you wanna swap it out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by brent_G &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">boost the hx. And get a shorter y8 tranny. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I boosted once and it was fun. I was boosting again but said **** it. I know just changing the ECU makes a WORLD of difference. I love my P28

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kista20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Also how many miles have you got now and is there anything wrong with it that you wanna swap it out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I just rolled over 137K miles and no there is not nothing wrong with the car.

 

you can probably get the parts to do the y8 conversion pretty cheap then turbo it. If I remember right the y5 has .2 less compression which is better for boost. But if you want something that will make a difference is to get the y8 tranny, I've got one but I'm waiting on a new clutch and flywheel before I stick it in there.

 

I've never done a boost before but from what i have read you need to buy stronger rods and etc. Am i correct?

 

wait for the DOHC

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skrewdriver88 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've never done a boost before but from what i have read you need to buy stronger rods and etc. Am i correct?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you will be fine if you keep it under 10 lbs.

 

so there is nothing that i need to do to my motor before i install my turbo as long as i keep it under 10 Lbs?