mini-me turbo setup

D15, D16, D17 and Mini-Me swaps
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mini-me turbo setup

By slovic
- Wed May 21, 2008 6:54 pm #56225 i have a spare d15b7 just sitting around and i was thinking about building a mini-me turbo motor. i was hoping to squeeze 20 psi of boost into it. is this worth building or should i just get a complete d16z6 and build it?
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By slovic
- Wed May 21, 2008 7:37 pm #56232
teal_dx wrote:the d15b7 bottom end is not as strong as a d16z6 or d16a6. the rods are tiny. I'd go with a z6 instead for that kind of boost


i kinda figured it would throw a rod. wanna buy a b7? lol

:cheers:
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By stefan
- Wed May 21, 2008 10:15 pm #56254 The D16 bottom end is not as strong as the D15 one.
Bore to stroke ratio is much better in the D15, making it a better motor.

20psi on either one is going to 'throw a rod' though... get Vitara pistons and Eagle rods for the D15, and thén put 20psi on 'em.
The Vitara pistons will decrease compression, but the mini-me raises it again, so that's a good thing :)
So throw in a few more dollars, and have a fairly reliable (still a D...) setup making nice numbers (for a D :lol: )
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By slovic
- Thu May 22, 2008 5:18 pm #56334
stefan wrote:The D16 bottom end is not as strong as the D15 one.
Bore to stroke ratio is much better in the D15, making it a better motor.

20psi on either one is going to 'throw a rod' though... get Vitara pistons and Eagle rods for the D15, and thén put 20psi on 'em.
The Vitara pistons will decrease compression, but the mini-me raises it again, so that's a good thing :)
So throw in a few more dollars, and have a fairly reliable (still a D...) setup making nice numbers (for a D :lol: )


yeah i am definately planning on a full build. nothing stock will hold 20psi. and i was planning on getting a hondata s300 ecu which i believe can save up to 3 boost tunes, so i am getting a tune for 10psi,15psi, and 20psi. then i will still get some kind of gas mileage running 10 for dd. :thumb:
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By stefan
- Thu May 22, 2008 9:09 pm #56354 Nope, I have no experience with the D15B at all.
I do have experience with sohc D16Z2 and dohc D16Z5, the D15B2 and D15B7.
What part of my reply made you think that?
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By teal_dx
- Fri May 23, 2008 3:07 am #56384 because you said The D16 bottom end is not as strong as the D15 one.

But if you compare the rods, the D15b7 looks like a pencil. The z6 isnt a whole lot bigger...
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By flyinryan122
- Fri May 23, 2008 7:18 am #56394 do you plan to sleeve your block, or run a block guard?

from what i've read, right around 10psi the stock sleeves start to "float". (move around) which ends in ka-booom after a while.
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By slovic
- Tue May 27, 2008 5:09 pm #56750
flyinryan122 wrote:do you plan to sleeve your block, or run a block guard?

from what i've read, right around 10psi the stock sleeves start to "float". (move around) which ends in ka-booom after a while.


im gonna run a block guard, re-sleeving is to expensive. :thumb:
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By CivicTypeR
- Tue May 27, 2008 10:48 pm #56780 Sig too big.
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By flyinryan122
- Wed May 28, 2008 8:12 am #56812
slovic wrote:
flyinryan122 wrote:do you plan to sleeve your block, or run a block guard?

from what i've read, right around 10psi the stock sleeves start to "float". (move around) which ends in ka-booom after a while.


im gonna run a block guard, re-sleeving is to expensive. :thumb:


Lol expensive, yes. worth it? definately. haha. but a block gaurd will definately work.
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