just bought my first car, its a 97 dx with a d16y7 swap. the orignal motor was pulled and this was put in place. its got a set of headers, high flow cats, cat back and an intake. this is all i know. no ps or a/c. what do i have here and what potental does this motor i have. i know my hondas to an extent. would a b18c swap be do-able with the obd2? or would i convert it. do d series turbo well?

 

if you havent been here check it out.

http://www.d-series.org

best web site for a d motor.

you have a stock dx motor wich is a d16y7. it has a long geared tranny. if you wanna stay with that motor olny real power adders(without boost) is a mini me swap, (d16y8 head wich is out of a ex) and a y8 tranny.(ex tranny)

for the money it cost for that^ just save up for a b series swap. b18b are fairly cheap and i think there better than a b16 because of the toruqe. b18bs are also cheaper than a b16. theres unlimted things you can do. if you have money lol. search

 

ex trans, ex head, or save and swap

 

would there be any benifit to just putting the y8 heads on and not the tranny

 

or is the y8 tranny close ratio

 

yea y8 is closer. i blew my dx tranny up and swapped it in with a ex and theres a big difference. like i said tho i paid 180 for my ex tranny and it was out of a 95. ex trannys arent cheap.

 

only 180 for a tranny? i paid 300 for a shot turbo 350

 

180 is cheap i paid 460 dollars for mine.. And dude the best thing u can do is mini me it.. Then to some research and boost it ive done the mini me swap with your exact motor i was very happy with the outcome i got but yet again now im not so i wanna turbo but mini me is the best way to go