It's about 4:40am and I can't sleep because at about 12 noon I will be getting a 97 civic ex sohc. The guy I am buying it from is going to give me the same vtec engine whole cuz he can't keep it so he giving it to me upon purchase. I don't know too much about vtec so I get confused about the obd1,2,0, conversion stuff. And I obviously know that dohc is better then sohc. My question is what are some of the first things that I should do to my vehicle to make the car have better performance..
Next question is about mix matching. Is it possible to put a dohc top on a sohc bottom. I know that obviously sohc has only one cam but is it possible. And the different types of motors are confusing me because I look on forums and on the web and it doesn't explain the difference between the motors. So I am looking for guidance and understanding and help to make a better performance on my car thanks for the help.

Im a new user first post.

 

No, it is not possible to put a DOHC head onto a SOHC block.

Go here:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1998336

Everything is explained.

 

Thanks.. That was fast... What could I do to obviously make it faster without serious money. Not trying to achieve to much maybe 200hp?

 

What do you mean "serious money", how much is that? What's your budget?

 

simple question. been covered a million times.

Not much money?
Sohc?
Stock internals?
200 HP?

sounds like you need a turbo.

 

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Not much money?
Sohc?
Stock internals?
200 HP?

sounds like you need a turbo. </TD></TR></TABLE>

simple and straight to the point

 

http://www.team-integra.net/se...D=691
heres a tech article that will bring you up to speed on ecus and what they look like (even tho its all integra stuff its a good bookmark page esp if you get into B series motors) a 97 will be OBD2 but pls use the search button

 

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simple and straight to the point</TD></TR></TABLE>

x3 trust me ive done a lot to my single slammer and i love it, lots of mods. but a turbo is the cheapest way to get you 200. You need to keep in mind though that after 200 maybe 220 you need to start upgrading your internals (rods, pistons, etc.).

 

actuall the quikest way to 200 is an H22

 

and thats stock 200/220 depending on which year you get ......

 

and dude get this book you will learn alot from it its pretty much wrote by arron bonk an jon spackman
http://www.amazon.com/Honda-En...r=1-1

 

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http://www.amazon.com/Honda-En...r=1-1</TD></TR></TABLE>

Honda engines swaps is actually a pretty decent book. But don't expect it to be a definative swap guide. Its really more of an overview, but it does mention some good tips and there are some useful tidbits of information in there that make it well worth having. Also, don't expect to see any K-series swap info for anything other than '01 - '05 civics, which are actually listed as '01 - '03 in the book (book was originally published in '03 if I remember right.)

 

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and h22 is $2000+

you can get a decent turbo kit for 1500 and a badass greddy kit for 2500

 

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and h22 is $2000+

you can get a decent turbo kit for 1500 and a badass greddy kit for 2500</TD></TR></TABLE>

H22A is $2000+ ? man, I really envy you guys here in the states