ok Im new to this so any help is great. I have a 93 vx 1.5 and want to put a 96 sohc vtec head on my block is there ant advantages to doing this can it be done will it be better than stock and what do i need to perform this task.

 

Yup, should work just fine.....just need to swap over your OBD1 throttle body I beleive.....In order to make the VTEC work you will need an EX wiring harness and ecu.....or some sort of VTEC controller and wire that up to the solenioid. A few other things as well, but those are the basics.

-jase

 

Wont work, your pistons have too big of a dish. You need to swap out the entire motor.

 

^listen to him he is mini-me god

 

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what this clown means is that it most certainly *WILL WORK*, only you wont see that much performance increase because of the drop in compression ratio.

 

ok so unless i change pistons i wont be gaining anything only losing copression what if i were to change the pistons what would i use and would it be worth doing?

 

Unless you wanted to get some high comp. pistons and do the motor up....I would say just look for a D16z6 swap.....they can be had fairly cheap, tranny and all......I would say to go that direction

-jase

 

see later down the road I want to do a bigger swap but since I already have the head I wanted to find out if it could be done for the time being

 

if you were to swap in the pistons and rods from a z6 or y8 or D15B it should work jsut fine. otherwise the VX has hella dished pistons and your comp would so low.....
and fyi the reason why the D15z1 has normal compression is due to very small combustion chambers and the large dish of the pistons just evens everything out.
So if you put a z6 head on a z1, the larger combustion chambers will give you **** compression. Changing the pistons and rods is a must for that set-up. And you must change out pistons and rods not just one or the other.
*edit* in my mind this all makes sense but I'm very exhausted, so correct me if i'm wrong or said something wierd

 

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Yes i'm a clown.

 

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seriously though, this man knows what he's talking about. he wrote the mini-me FAQ

 

chris its danny, definitly listen to BauleyCivic on this one, he is teh mini me swap king, im gonna pm him to see what head or combo we exactly need

 

If you still would like further information on this. Ask Spade on this website. He is possibly the best D series guy we have on Honda-tech.

 

chris

here is the link to the longblock i told you about on the phone today

http://www.hmotorsonline.com/s...30019

not a bad deal and 130 hp

dmur

p.s. thanks bauley

 

see chris.....told ya so...i already talked to bauleycivic.....and im gonna agree with everyone else when they say that he is the mini-me god......and by the way dont be a cheap *** on this project...

 

cool thankz for the info. thankz mikey (96ls) and danny (darkcvc) looks like we got a lot of things to do.

 

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**** yeah man, buy that d15 so we can swap that bitch, call me when you get the chance chris

 

im lookin forward to a swap.......mmmm, sounds yummy!!!