Well today was my 1st time pulling a motor, I wanted to turn my own wrenches rather than pay some shop to do it. I will say its deffinately not easy, took me 2 hours maybe 2 and a half to jack it up, drain the fluids, unplug everything, unbolt it, and take it out. It's a good feeling and sense of pride IMO to do something like that yourself, hours later I still cant believe I did it. BTW whats a better option for the D? Parting it out or selling the motor and everything as a whole? How much would I be looking to get for it with 135K miles?

 

sell the whole motor

 

Keep it as your spare if you have the room haha, you could swap it back in as a temp fix if you mess up your new one

 

I dont have the room otherwise I would. I would love to put it in a shell and then kinda piece the shell together with spare parts and finding cheap parts then sell the car trying to make a little profit.

 

what d is it? y8,y7,z6 get decent prices

d15b7, b2 are worthless

 

I bought my b7 for $120. I sold a b8 for $100. Hehe

 

D16Y8

 

****, sell that to me if the motor was good when you pulled it. lol

i've seen 114k mile y7 go for $200.. but this was like a couple years ago

 

Nothing wrong with it when I pulled it besides the 3rd gear grind at higher RPM. I have everything for it, axles, shifter, shift linkage, ECU...

 

Wouldn't mind to have this motor myself. To far of a drive to pick it up though

 

I do have a crate to ship it on. Last motor shipped from FL to CA was $275. It was actually a full swap so the crate weighed 500lbs. I doubt the D weighs that much even with the axles and shift linkage.

 

I doubt anybody would pay that much to ship a used D16, its not worth it.

Best thing to do is list it locally. Id say $500 for the whole swap...

 

I've been trying to sell it as a whole but everyone wants a different piece so i'm not sure what to do. I rather not take it apart to sell it.

 

Congratulations on taking everything out yourself. It must be a good feeling being able to do it on your own

 

should clean it up, do maintenance, swap it back in and Turbo!
heh, but yeah thats pretty low mileage compared to all the others, i was thinking about swapping a low mileage D series but i couldn't find one for the LIFE of me... zzz

If your parting out, theres lots of stuff to part out

Axles, distributor, starter, intake, sell the head the block, idk.

but if your swapping another d series, keep most of it...

 

keep it as a backup and build it while your other motors in

 

well, it would be a lot more profit if you pieced it out, since shipping kills the advantages of buying your motor

 

Thought about the turbo D option but for once in my life I said B > D lol I dont have the room to keep it so it has to go.

 

turbo d is actually a real good idea imho.. you already got the d, just put in maybe $2000-$2500 and you'll have a beastly car.. put in even $3000 [price of just the b18c motor] and you could be looking at 300+whp with a good tune

but yea man, congratz on pulling the motor too.. i couldn't do it [even with my manual] and i had to call in some experienced hands, lol.

 

yeah us should turbo the d and rebuild the bottom end and itll make good power. i mean cus you already have the motor why not just keep it

 

Well I would be crazy to put the D16Y8 back in when its sitting next to a 98+ Spec B18C Type R. The R motor is just so pretty lol Thats the next build but after I finish off the rest of the car. Selling the D could get my interior finished off.

 

oh then sell the d i didnt know you had the typr r. You guys have to BAR it over there?

 

no state inspection in Florida... yet. I heard something about them trying to push for them to do it which means more than half the cars wont be on the road. Anyone know how many years old the car has to be to get an antique license plate? EF's are probably closing in on it.

 

keep it for a back up- u never know

 

he said he can't keep it, space issues.