Im looking to get some more power out of my clean silver 97 dx, d16y8 So far i got intake, plugs, wires, belts, cam gear, dynomax exhaust. I ripped it apart and cleaned it People are telling me to just turbo it, but im not the richest man in the world so its a little difficult for me to blow 3k on a turbo kit, anyone have any recomendations?

 

home made turbos are only like 700ish. adj cam gear is useless without a cam and tuning

 

me personally would start with suspension. good shocks and springs and a sway bar.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Civicse &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">me personally would start with suspension. good shocks and springs and a sway bar. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Great minds think alike. I've always been fond to a good suspension setup over speed, but that's just me. And yes, a homemade turbo setup will run under $1000 if you shop around. However, it's a D series. Yes, they can be fast but most people on here will tell you to get a b18c and boost that.

 

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i always thought non ex were y7's. i know my 96dx was.

 

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Great minds think alike. I've always been fond to a good suspension setup over speed, but that's just me. And yes, a homemade turbo setup will run under $1000 if you shop around. However, it's a D series. Yes, they can be fast but most people on here will tell you to get a b18c and boost that. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah but if he can't afford a turbo then he obviously can't afford a GSR swap

at OP:
ur best bet is to turbocharge it w/ a homemade system for like 600-800 if you shop really good... Like hte first resposne said, the cam gear is useless w/o a cam and even w/ it on a single cam u won't pull much extra hp outta it, ur best bet with a D series for any additional power w/o doing internals is turbo...or you can go N/A and pull the engine, bore it, put new internals in it....but that'll cost u a lot more..

 

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i always thought non ex were y7's. i know my 96dx was. </TD></TR></TABLE>
well 96-00 single nonvtecs are d16y7. he probably meant he had a y8 swap in there?

 

well the label on my engine says d16 y8, i have a cat built into my headers, that kinda deal, i'll pop the hood and take a look at it again tomarrow, im almost certain its a y8, i'll let you know but what car could i pull an old turbo out of and use? and what else will i need not to blow the headgasket