CRX/y8 questions
 

well ive seemed to have found a great deal on a car, its a black crx s1 with a built y8, the kid im buying it from doesnt know jack about it. All i know is the turbo is a turbonetics bb, 450 injectors, a 6 puck clutch, and nothing else. it has a chipped p28 ecu with launch control, anti-wheelhop bars, and skank 2 springs. it also comes with some kind of gay ass bodykit that hes giving me that will get sold. he wants to trade for my bone stock 86 rx7 sport straight across, hes 17 and im guessing daddy had the motor built. I drove the car and its fun to say the least, running 10 psi there is mad dirty third action. Im hopeing to get some pointers on what to look for on the car, im going to be daily driving it until the end of summer so i need it to be half way reliable. here are some pics.

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Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

Does it purge coolant into the catchcan whenever you hit boost? If not, it's good to go.

However, since that OBD1-converted Y8 distributor is obviously centered in that picture, I have $5 that says you are very much not good to go.

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

ill def check the collant deal tomarrow, it boostd fine when i drove it and had plenty of power. what do you mean by a "centered" y8 dizzy? and how should it be/ or how can it be made right?

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

No OBD1-converted Y8 is going to be running the correct ignition timing with the distributor centered since the Y8 cam was cut at a different index. Base ignition timing is probably wrong. Which means that someone who didn't know Y8s set up the chipped ECU. Which means the ignition maps are probably all wrong.

Y8's like less ignition timing than any other D-series. You feed them too much and it usually costs the headgasket or causes overheating issues, but the whole damn thing can come apart as well.

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

ill give the guy who built it a call tomarrow, whats the best way that this can be corrected? can i just swap to a non-centered obd1 dizzy?

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

wow un doo three 12mm bolts and pull the dizzy towards the front bumper a lilttle ;) your sounding very dumb by sayn " ill go buy a centered dizzy" rofl

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

wow no ---- :1, i was unclear of what he was referring to. thanks for the help so far, i really dont want this thing to take a giant ---- right after i get it or anything.

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

anti wheel hop bars




that made my night. Thats like the opposite of hydro's correct?



I think you know has much has the other dude






I run my dist backwards with a twist and flavor it with orange chicken




For JD Ill be back down getting parts from dan phan like usual. K series like every corner you walk. You would be heaven

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

whats "built" about it? and how do you know for sure?

Re: CRX/y8 questions
 

It's going to be hard to set Y8 ignition timing on what is most likely a Z6 basemap.

white rice, homey, why don't you read a couple thousand posts in the Engine Management forum and them come back with specific Q's?