tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
#11
Re: tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
ya i've been leaning a little towards keep the ls and pick up the head. just out of pure lazy-ness. i've never replaced a head but i think ill be ok i have a manual. can i get a head resurfaced even if its assembled? or do they only resurace bare heads?
#12
Re: tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
Originally Posted by WTF
ya i've been leaning a little towards keep the ls and pick up the head. just out of pure lazy-ness. i've never replaced a head but i think ill be ok i have a manual. can i get a head resurfaced even if its assembled? or do they only resurace bare heads?
#15
Re: tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
First, ...... Smell the oil (gas?), look in the valvecover (bronzing, build up,white stuff from coolant/headgasket), take a peek at the spark plugs. It's all telling you something, what do you think it is?
Originally Posted by junkyard racer
I myself enjoy a D that ***** B's.
#16
Re: tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
Piston clearance being off will introduce oil into the combustion chamber and cause your pistons to melt around the rings, or else the detonation this causes spins a rod bearing. A couple other things could happen, but they are much less likely than those two things. Keep in mind that piston clearances deteriorate quickly with a varying size forging scraping the hell out of the bore - and that's when clearances are *correct*. Since they are already sloppy... ick.
LS is sounding pretty sweet, bro.
LS is sounding pretty sweet, bro.
#18
Re: tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
I'm just curious why you think you can make more torque with a ~1.6L D versus a 1.8L B?
All that aside, you should keep the LS for sure. I've never really been a D series fan but the one boosted D series setup I had felt pretty fast, but didn't actually end up being any faster than my stock (afaik) B16 swap.
Plus the D seems very sketchy...I personally wouldn't feel comfortable using somebody else's throw together built motor that they've been doing their best to kill because it's "built." If you replace the head on the LS then you know it's a 100% solid motor and it's not going to ---- up on you, plus they love boost and fairly large turbos. Throw a VTEC head on there if you get bored and then you're really talking about power that would require forged parts in a D.
All that aside, you should keep the LS for sure. I've never really been a D series fan but the one boosted D series setup I had felt pretty fast, but didn't actually end up being any faster than my stock (afaik) B16 swap.
Plus the D seems very sketchy...I personally wouldn't feel comfortable using somebody else's throw together built motor that they've been doing their best to kill because it's "built." If you replace the head on the LS then you know it's a 100% solid motor and it's not going to ---- up on you, plus they love boost and fairly large turbos. Throw a VTEC head on there if you get bored and then you're really talking about power that would require forged parts in a D.
#19
Re: tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
Originally Posted by N1ghtM0nkey
I'm just curious why you think you can make more torque with a ~1.6L D versus a 1.8L B?
All that aside, you should keep the LS for sure. I've never really been a D series fan but the one boosted D series setup I had felt pretty fast, but didn't actually end up being any faster than my stock (afaik) B16 swap.
Plus the D seems very sketchy...I personally wouldn't feel comfortable using somebody else's throw together built motor that they've been doing their best to kill because it's "built." If you replace the head on the LS then you know it's a 100% solid motor and it's not going to ---- up on you, plus they love boost and fairly large turbos. Throw a VTEC head on there if you get bored and then you're really talking about power that would require forged parts in a D.
All that aside, you should keep the LS for sure. I've never really been a D series fan but the one boosted D series setup I had felt pretty fast, but didn't actually end up being any faster than my stock (afaik) B16 swap.
Plus the D seems very sketchy...I personally wouldn't feel comfortable using somebody else's throw together built motor that they've been doing their best to kill because it's "built." If you replace the head on the LS then you know it's a 100% solid motor and it's not going to ---- up on you, plus they love boost and fairly large turbos. Throw a VTEC head on there if you get bored and then you're really talking about power that would require forged parts in a D.
if you had a boosted d and your n/a b16 felt faster somthing was defiently wrong.. b16s are weak.(no offence) ive driven alot of cars, and various b series. my boosted d16z6 and y8's were quik. they had torque, n/a b series dont. i would put money on my last z6 on 7psi off a 14b against a hype r swap in the same car anytime.
but i am a fan of boosted Ds. anyways i probly will keep the LS, you guys confirm my thinking. basicly i just dont trust it, its a built motor and i dont know who built it. probly just better off sellin the car, got it cheap anyways. gona swap the front brakes/larger mc off it onto my lx though before i sell it.. free upgrade
#20
Re: tough choice. let me know what ya think, built d or keep the dohc
keep the ls imo... i had one that i was putting together for my hatch that i traded for a 5 speed swap into my TA. all in all it wasnt really a bad deal, but sometimes i wish i would have kept it over the d i have now. just boost it on stock internals and call it a day. seems like that would be fine.