Was going to do a mini me, but if the intake and exaust manifold are the same than what is the point, so is it worth turboing??? and could i use a ex turbo kit?

 

The intake and exhaust manifold on the d16y7 are not the same. The d16y8 intake manifold is a very good upgrade for the y7, i have it on my y7.

You can use an EX kit just fine, but if you retain your y7 intake manifold you have to get a custom charge pipe. Also, the Down pipe is not going to match up w/ your exhuast. if you have a coupe, simply just buy an EX exhaust and cat and it fits perfect. If you have a hatch, just get custom piping.

 

Actually, the downpipe should still bolt up. You just won't have a cat anymore

 

You are right, my max down pipe didn't match up...but GReddy and Apex'i ones should....

 

Thanks, I thought I was the only one who wanted to turbo a Non vtec, guess I was wrong, I saw your setup and it looks pretty nice, I'm looking into the new Edelbrock turbo kit thats coming out this spring, I can't wait to boost this little banger, should be fun but thanks for the info.

 

i'm gonna turbo my y7 in a few days also

but i am selling my y8 intake manifold and accesories

 

D16Y7 worth turboing, YES!

http://www.solid-technology.com/97_civicDX_turbo.htm

Those dynos were on the old turbo....considering a whole new motor is like $700, how can you go wrong? Ours has been running for like a year with no problems (unless you consider no traction a problem)......
Brian

 

how much boost were those dynos at???

 

Was your setup with stock internals??? because im planning on 9psi, with new pistons rods, valve train, and possibly sleeves, and with good tuning, I should be looking at some good power, Don't know if i should sleeve it since it only has 27K on the engine...... ??

 

dang yourupgrading all thatfor just 9psi??may as well sleeve it, upgrade a few more things and run crazy boost..i'm gonna run 9 on my stock and it should be fine

 

if it runs,it is worth turboing

 

Well, The more internals the more power I can get out of the engine, and the less chance of me bein stupid and blowin my engine up

 

best mod for SOHC is turbo...

 

Anybody running a sohc turbo setup, that feel like lettin me in on some good internals? cams?? what is the cheapest and best mod for internals? before turbo

 

Alhough I think I have seen too many examples of this.

 

That's got to be a LOT of boost to make that much power with such a poor head/intake/tb.

 

cant be that much..stock d series cant handle very much,and hes been running for a year without problem..

 

How many D series have you blown or known to have been blown from running too much boost, without having any other problems?

Give me a break, the crappiest motor Honda makes doesn't put out 230hp and 200ft lbs with a freakin 14b at anything less than 15 IMO, and I still think there'd have to be something else going on there.

If it was that easy to make decent power with a D167Y, don't you think more people would do it? I had a pretty nice setup with a T3/T04E and put down 206/184 at 9 PSI...

 

thats a damn good #for a Y7..was it a stock y7, complete??or did you use y8 head and manifold ect??thats a # usually people do with around 9-10psi on y8's..lets just wait till the guy posts so we can know how much boost he was using

 

Those dynos were at about 13-14 lbs on the 14B turbo, 450cc injectors, VAFC hack, etc.....
Motor was completely absolutely bone stock Y7 and has stayed that way.....now it's got a 16G running around 12lbs and doing just great.....
If it ever blows up, we'll probably switch over to a Y8, but it shows no signs of wanting to blow up yet Gottuh love the cheap D series motors!
Hopefully new dynos will be up eventually with the 16G at 12lbs or so....
Brian