D15b with y8 head ??????

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D15b with y8 head ??????

By civic eg-k
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:39 pm #267006 Will this work? Cuz quick story short my cousins 96 ex coupe blew a rod and the block and it's internals just weren't salvagable. We've been looking around town for a y8 block with everything in it but no luck. We wanted to at least be able to sell the car with a different block that we found and Use the y8 head. Will it start write up would this work ? Inputs please. Asap!!!!!
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By teal_dx
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:11 pm #267021 assuming you mean D15b7? Yes it will work with the y8 head, however....

In an OBD2 car (96-00) though you'll run into issues because there is no knock sensor or crank fluctuation sensor on the obd1 D15b7 block.

You'll be better off looking for a d16y7 block or even a d16y5 block would work I think, but they're less common than the y7's.
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By TrailerTrash
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:21 am #267061 soooo... you have a jdm d15b block and you want to put a y8 head on it? pretty sure your going to encounter the same problems teal mentioned because the d15b is an obd1 engine.
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By civic eg-k
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:05 am #267071 Omg my cuspid guna shit a brick cuz he went out to buy the block and now I know it's not guna fit. We got the block and head for 180 it was a d15b with y8 head. We just tryn to get this thing runny cuz he got a truck after his car was no good so he just wants so
E kinda money he done with the Honda life style (not like we was really committed to it.) lol
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By RWMIII
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:14 am #267072
civic eg-k wrote:Omg my cuspid guna shit a brick cuz he went out to buy the block and now I know it's not guna fit. We got the block and head for 180 it was a d15b with y8 head. We just tryn to get this thing runny cuz he got a truck after his car was no good so he just wants so
E kinda money he done with the Honda life style (not like we was really committed to it.) lol


say what? :eh:
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By civic eg-k
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:27 am #267075 Sorry this damn Itouch didnt edit my typo well we bought a jdm d15b with y8 head, but it seem I just called my local tuner and said this will work in his 96 civic ex coupe. We got the combo for $180. He said as long as the block was obd2 it would work cuz it's got a crank sensor.
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By RWMIII
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:28 am #267076
civic eg-k wrote:Sorry this damn Itouch didnt edit my typo well we bought a jdm d15b with y8 head, but it seem I just called my local tuner and said this will work in his 96 civic ex coupe. We got the combo for $180. He said as long as the block was obd2 it would work cuz it's got a crank sensor.


cool. sounds like problem solved :thumb:
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By civic eg-k
- Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:17 am #267494 It didn't turn on it cranks but no start? Is it like doing a mini me on a 96 ex coupe? Would I have to use a different distributor ?And if I do have to use a different distributor which one or can I use the y8 distributor and would I have to use it in a different position?
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By civic eg-k
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:02 am #267589 Ima have to run and check all that 2morrow morning it's got the tranny one thermo one But the motor one had one that was really thin guna change it and see what happens will also Check timing.
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