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- Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:01 am #238025 Ya i I was thinking of boosting my civic vx
any takes on this ?

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- Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:27 pm #238075 The D15z1 is optimized for fuel economy, not HP but running a small turbo should be fine.

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- Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:28 am #238539 I've heard of it being done. Don't remember what kind of results the guy got. But hey a little more zip and great fuel economy. If you aren't building a race car it sounds like a win win situation.

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- Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:20 am #238577 ive been told not to by honda mechanics they say the valves will blow out the z1 has a weak head and tiny valves but you could swap a z6 head onto it and it would be fine

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- Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:35 pm #243337 i heard you cant do a mini me swap on a z1 cause the piston domes will hit the valves???? correct me if im wrong..

- Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:04 pm #243366 You could always clay the block to be sure.

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