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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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okay i recently got my car only thing is 2 of the cylinders have low compression so im saying bye to that motor lol i was told to do a d16z6 swap on it is that a good lil swap to do? i heard its a good motor to boost and convert it from dual point to multi point? now im new to all this and learning so any help and input will help. for now i wanan stay single cam and not do any b16 or b18 type of swapps yet. so yea
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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if the low compression cylinders are adjacent to each other chances are it could be a blown headgasket between the cylinders, i'd say just get that taken care of instead of swapping, but im not a d-series guy, so i can't help much
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 01:20 AM
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the d16z6 is already multi-point(pgmfi) and yea it is a very strong little motor. wat kinda of hp gains are you wanting to get out of it
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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oh okay i see what about a d16y8? thats another motor i found
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 06:08 AM
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ya dude z6 dope *** lil sohc friends got one and ran a 14.9 all motor
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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d16z6 will be my choice and hp gains not too sure. i just want something built a little and want to boost it nothing too big
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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well nvm going to go with a whole b16 swap
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