Civic EG

im looking at picking up a 99 civic hatch that has a rod knock. would be cheaper and easier to rebuild it or just to buy a new one from a JDM engine distributor?

and if its cheaper to rebuild, should i do a factory rebuild or do a mild performace build?

buy a JDM motor for sure. swap it in then take your time rebuilding the blown motor for moar powa! pretty much exactly what i just did / am doing.

wheres a few good places to look for a y8? i searched Craigslist, Hmotors, pswrdjdm...

but none of those sites have a y8, and i cant decide if i just wanna go for a b-series swap right off the bat, but i dont wanna spend all of my financial aid on a freaking motor swap

ok so i do know that is an EG site, but i have a quick question and i hate the layout of all the other forum sites.

the 99 civic that im looking at gettin has a d16y7 which is the throttle body on top of the intake manifold, and im looking to convert a d16y8 which your basic d-series motor.

now my question is since the y7 has the throttle body in that spot can i still swap in the y8 with out having to buy anything else (i.e. like a new engine harness or anything like that)

any OBD2 D series motor (96-00) will be plug-n-play. you'll just need to get the correct ECU to run the correct fuel maps, vtec, etc.. only wiring you'll need to add will be for the Vtec

i found a full d16y8 swap including trans and ecu all the sensors and the dizzy for 600, and i just wanted to make sure that it would be an easy install and im pretty sure the y7 is vtec so i wont have to do any mods, just bolt it in.

the Y7 is definitely NOT Vtec. there are ton of write-ups on how to add it though. everything else should plug right in.

will the write ups work with the obd2 system? and where can i find the write ups?

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