Ive already searched for this and ive come to a conclusion, just need some reassurance. Me and my fiancee got our 92 hatch with a mini me swap going and raced at the track this past friday, its specifically a 1.5b7 bottom with a 1.6z6 head, everything is setup correctly, it runs fine. Our best time was a 16.8 at 80mph, we are still using the DX tranny though, i know i know. We just wanted to make sure its the tranny thats really hurting our time, were lookin for a ex/si tranny locally so that should get the car running good after that am i correct? Thanx

 

accell will be much greater, the gears arent as long. it will be fun!!!

 

thats what we were told, i hear most mini me swaps run low 16s to high 15s which is what im guessing we should be running. I guess our tranny is good for like high speed and what not which explains the 80mph trap speed, our 60ft was a 2.4 i think without spinning tires, weak...i know. It feels fast as far as our 1st gear pull than 2nd just drags...as does 3rd gear, we finish the 1/4 almost finishin 3rd so yah.

 

yea, i feel your pain. i got a mini-me with a dx tranny. im bout to get a ex tranny

 

it also depends on wich head you use the y8 head has a bit higher compression then the z6 but the z6 gets better flow threw the intake side of head i believe
i would go with the y8 manifold also
but a differen trany would be nice

 

yah we got the z6 head off one of our friends, were gonna be lookin for the z6 intake manifold and bottome end and crank down the road, for now the mini me is fine once we get our ex/si tranny. The vtec feels nice, just them long gears are killing us. I read a lot of people have problems with their mini me like smoking, and stuff- why is that? ours turned on right the first time, only problem was a oil leak but got that fixed, than it threw like 2 codes, but it was just bad wiring. Anyways our compression is 220 all across so that seems good. laterz

 

oh heres a pic of our hatch, its mine and my fiancee's lil project mostly her car though. Other than the mini me we have coilovers, ls meshies, and pink primer...yah shes gonna paint it pink by springbreak, kind of the yashio factory color. Dont worry wont be another slow pink thing, our goals are to be turbod and fully built z6 later on. Anyways here she is the way it is now

 

the bumpers and side skirts weren't painted pink cuz her brother did all the body work and we didn't think we'd have it primered for song long hah

 

Im deciding between a mini me and buying a d0hc zc.

How does it feel accelerating in the minime?

 

I bet you didn't pull the oil jet.

 

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isnt that what you did

 

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Yeah...and I was like "why is my car still slow?" It was funny, because as soon as I got the oil jet out the car actually felt like it was pulling in 1st and 2nd gear (high 15 sec car, but it felt quick for what it was).

 

i think im just following in your footsteps because first i did a mini me and now im turboing it (greddy kit) like you

 

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Car is gonna feel like an absolute ROCKET when you first put that kit on. It feels like nothing to me right now, but I remember when I first put it on that thing felt like the fastest car in the world.

 

it has to be the oil jet, because my stock y7 ran a 16.9, just waiting on my y8 intake manifold and then gonna run it again with the z6 head

 

efnewb91- the mini me is a nice lil cheap way to go man, we got the head for 100 and the ecu for 100. I hear they run a high 15 with the right transmission and i really recomend that now. As we have it set now with the dx tranny 1st gear pull is nice, im pretty sure vtec is working properly. but yah were going d16z6 later on

Bauley- what do you mean we didn't pull the oil jet?

97spooncivic- yeah man turbo will be in the works soon, were just gonna throw together some parts, probably run a 14b from a dsm and what not

props_honda- are you still using your dx tranny man? our best time with the dx tranny is a 16.8 so yah. any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated. thanx

 

with a ex tranny you'd probably pull in the mid 15....with a si hatch or delsol tranny, you'll be in the low 15....when i had a mini me swap on my 90hatch si, i ran 15 flats all day at the track, but when i switched to an ex tranny, my car slowed too a 15.4 and 15.6 range....but it will be a whole lot different with any of those trannies....

 

oh bauely ok yah we pulled the oil jet man, i had to talk with my chick about it, i have the worst damn memory- yeah we pulled it out before we put the head on so im pretttty sure we need a ex tranny.

 

so the del sol and si hatch tranny is better than the ex tranny? and by si hatch, do you mean 92-95 si hatch?

 

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I'm confused then man. I ran 15.9@86 w/ a 2.26 60ft and these mods:

1993 Honda Civic LX Sedan (Weighed in at 2320 lbs without driver)
D15B7 Block and Tranny
D16Z6 Head / Intake Manifold / Exhaust Manifold
Full Interior with Spare Tire, Tools
Short Ram Intake w/ removed headlight
Welded-on straight through eBay muffler
Stock Cat/Exhaust Piping
Original Clutch w/ 160,000 miles
No PS belt
175/50/13 All-Season tires on 13" VX Wheels @ 23psi

So...I dunno mang

 

we have a 92 dx, d15b7 block with a d16z6 head only, couldn't find a intake mani or exhaust mani., full interior, short ram but didnt remove headlight...2.5" pipes with a 3" flowmaster, original clutch, and on the 15" meshies so eh. Were gettin our financial aid on tuesday so thats 1300 for new tranny, paint/ body work and shocks we need desperately

 

yea i was still using the dx/cx tranny, just sourced an ex tranny, i was just shifting into 3rd at the end of the track!

 

yah man with the dx, 2nd gear just seems to last forever, i love the 1st gear pull on that lil car though. anyways yah ex will be on soon and back to the track

 

thats good yall didnt forget the oil jet, try to get an ex intake manifold as soon as yall can, that coupled with the ex tranny should do you justice... its cool seeing someone else that has his girl right there with him, its funny seeing my girl put a ricer in there place at the track...good luck with the car, keep us posted on the upcoming times yall put down

 

yah once the tranny is there, we will look for a z6 intake manifold, and probably wont bother lookin for the xhaust manifold since were gonna modify a HF manifold for our turbo, dont know if we should turbo the mini me or not, i think 6psi wont hurt it. but yah man its mostly my chicks car- thus the pinkness lol. We got it from some guys for 600 bux runnin all it needed was a new tranny and weve been modding it with the help of our friends ever since. and thanx for being so kind lol i hear about people gettin chewed up on this site