Ok, before you guys yell search at me, I have been searching and continue to search.
All I could find was d15 or d16y7 owners that wanted to put a y8 or z6 head on them, but mines a little different and i cant seem to find any help.

I have a 2000 civic ex with the stock y8 5sp, coming up on 170k. I wanna put and/or change to a different bottom end when the time comes. Nothing wrong with it right now, but I ran it low on oil (3/4q total) and its never done that before (was using 5/30wt Castrol) So im kinda worried that I might spin a bearing soon. I hope I didn't do any damage to my bearings or engine. If I had any loose bearing clearances that would have helped me out from spinning a bearing? I dunno. I don't race my car and i take very good care of it maintenance wise.

What would be the easiest thing to do while giving me a little bit of power?

I wanna get to 130WHP with good torque, will a D17 Stroker get me there with a .01-.02 mill (10.6-10.9 CR) and without I/H/E?
Or a Y8 head with a Y7 block, .02-.03 mill job (10.6-10.9 CR) with a I/H/E, and a DIY PNP.
If im not satisfied, set a 150WHP goal with Stage 1 or Delta regrind cam, fpr, hi profile inj and ODB 1 equipment to do my own street tune (that's like alot of $ to me)
I don't do any machining, nor have any hook-ups on anything.
Just 2 junk yards to choose from lol.

1. Buy a D17 bottom block, rebuild it, keep my Y8 head, B series crank pully, mill the bock and head .01-02. 10.6-10.9 CR.

2. Buy a D16y7 bottom block, rebuild it, keep my Y8 head, mill the block and head .02-.03, 10.6-10.9 CR.

3. Buy a Y7Y8 block, rebuild it with NPR PM6 pistons, mill .01-02 (10.8-11.2CR)

4. Something completely different and/or easier. Balanced Ebay turbo (Emusa) with Go Auto Works pro oil line kit and restrictor on 5-6 psi?
Go 75.5-76 and bore it out?

I live in an apartment, so I will be taking my time, piece by piece rebuilding it.And I don't have another car, its my only one.
I don't have much money saved up, and I would like to not drop too much into it. Honestly, the most I would want to put into it is $2,000.
Thats with a ECU and tune... I thought about turbo, but it would have to be Emusa and im back n forth with this.
I can get a B20 swap for $2,000 also, but if i move to another state where they test, it would be a waste.

I'm not going to be auto crossing it, drag racing or quarter miles. Just some get up and go around the block, have some fun in it, take pride in my ride. I finally got the civic i wanted, and i plan on keeping it for a very long time.Sorry if this has been asked before, but i just couldn't find the right links even going back 20 pages with different search words.

Thank you guys for reading all that, hopefully I can make a better choice and get some knowledge of where to go from here.
Thanks again,
Danny

 

What do you guys think would be the best money well spent?

 

I'd find a Z6 and build that; has better head

 

the z6 has GSR style ports (tumble)--the y8 has economy swirl ports (not as good for high rpm)

 

No offense, but did you even read my post? I'm asking about switching the bottom end, or boosting it, not changing the head.
And I'm trying to get torque down low, not horsepower up high.
No offense.

 

For $2000 you can put a B series in there... don't **** around with the D unless you go turbo, and even then the only real advantage is a cheap replacement motor.

Get over the smog fear... there's thousands of people that drive around modified Hondas daily without issues... you can register the car if you do some research and figure out how to play by their rules.

 

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True, but for $2000 could I have built a better/faster more reliable D16 stroker or Y7Y8? Maybe for even less money? Tuning equipment alone is like $400-$600.
The only fear I have of smog, is getting a B20, from what I've read that wouldn't pass for **** just cuz of the light truck motor in a compact car.

Thanks for the reply tho, I can't get going boost out of my head, but that would mean not rebuilding my motor for a while though.