i would like to know the specifics about anyone who has done a sohc zc mini-me....what head did you use and what compression did you end up with, how does it run, is it worth it for price vs. gains? Im seriously considering doing the swap, but i would like to hear from people who HAVE this swap and what they think about it, not wild speculation about it....thanx in advance!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SIred91 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would like to know the specifics about anyone who has done a sohc zc mini-me....what head did you use and what compression did you end up with, how does it run, is it worth it for price vs. gains? Im seriously considering doing the swap, but i would like to hear from people who HAVE this swap and what they think about it, not wild speculation about it....thanx in advance! </TD></TR></TABLE> For sake of simplicity, lets refer to your SOHC ZC as a D16A6. Bone for bone, thats what you end up with. Now if you use the Z6 head, you end up with ~10:1 C/R. If you use the Y8 head, somewhat more. The only problem with it is that your valves will not match the reliefs in the pistons, so you have to be careful with cam timing.

 

i thought the deck height on the z was a tad different than the u.s. or i could be totaly wrong, idk....how much higher is the cr on the y8

 

Not much higher, maybe 0.3ish, I'm a little tired right now and not feeling like messing with the compression calculator. The deck height is the same 212mm.

 

would useing the y8 pistons solve the problems? i heard it would be at 12;1 cr..
useing 91 gas should work right?

 

Compression ratio for a D16A6 block + D16Y8 head + D16Y8/Z6 Headgasket = 10.334352951485002

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