Hi... Just a question out of curiousity... Is it practical ( I won't use the term possible, because given the right amount of time and determination anything is possible...) to mate a DOHC V-tech head to a block that was originally a SOHC? I have a 99 Civic EX and I'm curious if anyone has attempted putting a dual cam head on to a D16y8 engine... I'll state right from the beginning... I'm not thinking that this will give me any great performance upgrades... I just have a tinkering problem... Kind of a mad scientist of mechanical engineering... Muah-hah-hah-hah (sinister laugh)... Come to think of it I guess practical doesn't really imply in this case either... Oh well, any opinions on this sort of application?

 

Two words:

CYLINDER SPACING

 

So none of the dual cam heads have similar spacing to the block... hmmm... guess that would mean one off machining of a new head... too much effort involved in that... oh well...

 

You might be able to do an older ZC cyl. head?

 

No.

And VTECH is a phone god damnit.

 

Why yes... yes it is... My parents have a couple of those phones... Meant V-tec... Please forgive me... Course the way I like to play Dr. Frankenstein you never can tell, I might just put a v-tech in my car someday... Hee hee

 

No B-series head will fit a D-block, but an H can go on a F ('cept for the F20C - who the hell named it that anyways) to make the "G". That's what they call it atleast.