I have talked to a few people already and all different i deas. I have a non vtec single cam Honda Civic HatchBack. I have been doing research and found that i can change out the head to a vtec single cam, change out the manifold, re-pipe the exhaust with bigger pipping, and maybe a turbo kit. A buddy of mine said why not save a lil more money and buy a better engine and and sell mine. SO i have no idea what to do or where to start.

 

Swap in a GS-R and turbo that bitch. /thread

 

Well you can go both ways actually, you could very well pop the v-tec in the single cam and boost it.. but your gonna need alot of tuning to get it to run the way you want and keep with with the bigger motor boost. though i have seen many single cams smoke b series, they went through alot to get there.

If you wanna go money wise i'd get a ls and boost it. if you have extra money maybe just in case through in some new pistons and cams, ls motors love boost, tune it up and your at more power than your single cam could put out with the money you'd put into either one. the ls is an easy swap and there damn cheap!

so either way you decide to do it.. tune tune tune, professionaly

 

There's alot of possibilities.

I'd reccomend GSR, and boost. I agree with hatchling

 

THanks for the feed back. Does a GSR come with everything? I still have to change out the Exhaust for the turbo right?

 

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yes. you'll have to change the exhaust on any boosted car that didnt come boosted from the factory.

and before you start asking questions like you have, then figure two things out, what kind of hp are you trying to achieve? and how much do you have in the bank?


if money isnt a problem then start with a motor swap.

remember, theres no replacement for displacement.

 

DO you think that i could sell my regular motor? And if i get an ls motor does it usually come with the trany. Where would be a good place you think to find an ls?

 

THanks JdelMsolG. APpreaciate the feed back. I dont have the funds right now for a motor swap, What kind of motor do you suggest once im ready? I am kind of anxious to get started but i think im better off waiting till i have the funds and know exactly what i want, i want to make sure that i do everything 100% correct.

 

hmorotsonline is IMO the best way to go as far as ordering motors.

yes, i think you could probably sell your motor to someone, but i wouldnt expect anymore then 300 bucks.


I suggest saving for a motor swap. Get use to that before going boost. Driving a turbo car is kind of a big change, you'll need to have some experience with that motor swap under your belt. It sounds like an ls motor would be great for you. Slap a b16 tranny on it and it'll be fun.

 

Yeah one thing at a time thanks LOL. ANd you can always boost an ls right? Yeah that sounds good kind of the way i wanted to go cause it will alow me to get used to it. Thanks again.

 

yeah ls motors love boost. even with stock internals.

 

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Stop talking like a retard, if he's talking about head swapping a D, he obviously doesn't have the punch to just drop in a GSR and boost it. You lose.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jrock13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have talked to a few people already and all different i deas. I have a non vtec single cam Honda Civic HatchBack. I have been doing research and found that i can change out the head to a vtec single cam, change out the manifold, re-pipe the exhaust with bigger pipping, and maybe a turbo kit. A buddy of mine said why not save a lil more money and buy a better engine and and sell mine. SO i have no idea what to do or where to start. </TD></TR></TABLE>

In my experience, boosted mini-me setups don't last as long as boosted Z6's or Y8's (engines stock with VTEC). It really depends on how much money you have to work with. That, and how much HP you're looking to gain. To swap a Z6 in or to put a Z6 head on it plus turbocharge it, wider exhaust, etc. You're looking at 2500 easy if you do it right, and out of that 2500 you'll only pull out 200~ hp at the wheels.

So get your goals in order, get what kind of car this is (DD, track car, autoX, etc.), and decide how much $ you have to work with.

If you want a nice 20, 25 more HP and quite a noticeably better acceleration for only 500 more or so you're better off, like you said, putting the D16Z6 head and transmission on your B7 with a nice header and catback and you'll notice a nice up in power for relatively cheap.

Though I just realized something.

You haven't told us jack **** about your car. Being that its' a '95 civic HB non-VTEC means absolutely ****. It could be a DX which would give it a B7 which would be a fine engine to mini-me - or it could be a CX which would have a B8 which isn't worth a mini-me swap...or you could have a VX which has a Z1, which does have VTEC-E, but a lot of people don't count VTEC-E as VTEC...so uhh telling us more about the motor would be nice also.

In case you have no idea what you have under the hood, the engine code is stamped to the left of the exhaust header, on a flat extruded rectangle a little bit above the transmission on the vertical axis of where the transmission meets the engine block.

 

Syndacate appreciate the feed back. Like you said if just changing the head to vtec doesnt last as long than id prefer to do it right way and go ahead and get a better motor. Im not in a rush the car runs good. When i do go ahead and get a better motor do you have any suggestions on what type to get? (Z 6 , Y8, ls, GSR) Dnt get frustrated with me LOL i just dnt know.

Im pretty sure i have the regular DX. I will double check and write down all the info.


How can i tell a VTEC E from a normal VTEC? Just in case i ever end up changing out the head.

 

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yes. you'll have to change the exhaust on any boosted car that didnt come boosted from the factory.

and before you start asking questions like you have, then figure two things out, what kind of hp are you trying to achieve? and how much do you have in the bank?


if money isnt a problem then start with a motor swap.

remember, theres no replacement for displacement.

[b]Except for a build boosted 1.6 liter SOHC VTEC </TD></TR></TABLE>

check out this really great stickied thread on popular FAQ's on motor swaps and such:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/878010

What Syndacate said : <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">or you could have a VX which has a Z1, which does have VTEC-E,</TD></TR></TABLE> That's how you tell

 

i say go jdm b18b they pull nice in hatchys
i recommend hmotorsonline.com there motors are clean and run perfect, but i prefer pickup instead of shipping to much of a hassle.

 

whats up son!

 

I dnt know to much about ordering stuff online let alone an engine. Ill do some reaserch and see whats good. I checked out there site, n i havent heard ANYTHING BAD YET.

 

yeah i wouldnt trust any place for shipping a motor cause its usually not there fault its the shipping that u have to worry about thats why i went and picked it up just so i know. if i was u i would find a local shop that sells motors and start there.

 

the best thing for you to do is get a dual cam motor. it would be a waste of time to put all your money into a sigle cam and not get the power you want. well thats just my opinion but if you, everybody has there opinion and thats mine. good luck anyway

 

Yeah i think thats the right thing to do. Ill hold off and get the right thing. Thanks

 

LS Turbo is pretty fast. Look into that also.

 

boots the d15

 

Wats up man thanks for the responce. Yo im a lil confused with the different motor names or nick names.

Can you tell me Wat is an LS? And does it already come equipped with Turbo?

If somebody could please help me out with the names and witch are duel cam and witch are single cam. I need to break it down from scratch. Where to start off at? I know i have to get a new manifold and exhaust so can i start there? Or should i get the new motor first? Sorry for all the questions but that the only way im going to learn. LOL..

Thanks

 

Yeah ive seen that motor name alot. Is it duel cam? And is 94 the last year they made them? I know my engine is to small for what i want to do. It does runs good though. Do you think it'll be easy for me to sell my engine and trans?

 

here's my post from 6yrs ago... https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1
i sold the car 3 yrs ago and wish i hadn't, but if i can find a clean EG again, i'll do it again with more patience.