will a d15b7 distributor work ok on a vtec ok ?

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By AutoXCivic
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:02 pm #209628 Yes it will work. However the holes for the bolts do not line up, you have to cut one of the open a bit to get the thing to fit. It'd be easier just to fine one off of a VTEC engine. But and obd1 d-series dizzy is an obd1 d-series dizzy as far as internals go.

By AutoXCivic
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:52 pm #209634
teal_dx wrote:d15b7 distributor will work on a y8 head but not z6 head.


It's been done on a z6 head, but ... like I said ... there's some cutting involved. Which means you may not be able to get the ignition timing quite right.
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By TENGOKU25
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:03 pm #209652 thats prity gay as there hard to come a cross in the uk and i dont realy wont to buy a new 1 as there like £100+ :(
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By suspendedHatch
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:52 pm #209794
AutoXCivic wrote:It's been done on a z6 head, but ... like I said ... there's some cutting involved. Which means you may not be able to get the ignition timing quite right.


At most you can get two bolts on with very little room for adjustment, and when your timing slips you'll be sorry.

In other words, no, it doesn't work.
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By asianrob
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:17 pm #209795 whats wrong with the existing distributor? you can use the internals in the vtec dizzy. like the ignitor and coil rotor cap etc..

By AutoXCivic
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:30 pm #209801
suspendedHatch wrote:
AutoXCivic wrote:It's been done on a z6 head, but ... like I said ... there's some cutting involved. Which means you may not be able to get the ignition timing quite right.


At most you can get two bolts on with very little room for adjustment, and when your timing slips you'll be sorry.

In other words, no, it doesn't work.


I just said it had been done, I didn't say it was a good idea.
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By TENGOKU25
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:42 pm #209806 when i got the engine it was prity much striped of most fings i needed but lucky most of my old engine parts fit so the only fings i need is the right dizzy and a vtec solenoid i have the solenoid just need that dizzy.. what other obd1 dizzys will fit do you know or only the d16z6 one will ?
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By asianrob
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:49 pm #209808 only ones i know will fit would be the Z6 or maybe the JDM D15 vtec would work.
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By TENGOKU25
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:37 pm #209813 gay lol ok then ill go have a dig about at some junkyards tomoz

By AutoXCivic
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:51 pm #209833
asianrob wrote:only ones i know will fit would be the Z6 or maybe the JDM D15 vtec would work.


JDM one should work ... it's essentially a factory d15b7/z6 mini-me. And probably uses the TD-42 dizzy.
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By OleFolk
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:56 am #223956 I have a D15b7 distributor that works
I believe my distributor on my JDM D15b just failed
You guys said its not a good idea to just bolt on the D15b7 distributor because it doesn't fit properly
So cant I just swap the internals from the D15b7 distributor to the jdmD15b distributor?

Im about to try it but id like to know before I mess my sh1t up
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By teal_dx
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:08 am #223963 Yes the if you look at the inside and the internals look the same, you can swap them. I've never seen the inside of a JDM D15b dizzy but I imagine it is the same as any other OBD1 D series. I swapped the internals from a D15b7 dizzy into the case of a D16z6 dizzy and it worked perfect. Just be sure to put the key back on the right way so your dizzy isn't 180° backward.
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By OleFolk
- Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:23 am #223966 Im glad to hear it will work.
Yeah im tryin to disassemble my D15b7 distributor
The key has been spun around from its original position just by fiddling with it and taking screws out
what direction does it need to be at so I can rotate it back?

I have the cap off and two screws from the bottom
there is a black plastic cover that is covering the inside
That cover is blocking the screws that I need to take out

Never taken one apart so im not sure what to do at the moment...
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