Finally finished my mini me swap

Finished it up last weekend.. y8 head, 92 valve cover, vafc controlled:D

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sweet, any comments? What rpm are you activating VTEC? How is it? Good for you man.

How do you like it? It looks really good. I wsa thinking about going mini me, but I am not sure. Let me know how you like it.

I'm liking it... I got vtec activated at 4300. I still have a few bugs to deal with not related to the swap but so far its running like a champ

4300 is a bit low for the Y8. Take it to the track and see about changing the times up and see what it does for ya. It's best to practice and get a good repeatable time so that you can tell a difference. I think the Y8 activates VTEC at around 5500 stock. Honda does that for a reason. Granted, power isn't always their best interest. So, maybe try some higher points, maybe around 4800. Best of luck and let me know what you get because I have yet to activate my VTEC. Deuce.

I wasn't to sure on the vtec activation point on a y8. I'll bump it up and see.

Originally posted by jamincivic
I wasn't to sure on the vtec activation point on a y8. I'll bump it up and see.

4800 i believe is stock.....but you can go up to 5200. it REALLY depends on your daily driving habits.

4300 really is too low.

The z6 is aound 4800-5200, the y8 is higher than the z6, the y8 activates stock around 5500. I would at least go to 5000 for safety sake of the motor.

Put that timing cover back on! :biggrin2: Its on der for a reason!

nice i really like your car, how much did this cost ya?

All my cars with adjustable cam gears I always leave the top timing belt cover off. I have never had a problem with anything getting in there or anything. I haven't even heard of anyone having a problem with not having it on.

I'm setting it up to 5200.. I would put the cover back on but I Kinda got excited and started to put everything back together

Originally posted by XxLuckyLisaxX
nice i really like your car, how much did this cost ya?

Complete head w/ intake & tb- $200
oem y8 head gasket, timing belt- $50
vafc-$300
Labor- Free
Cuts on the knuckles- plenty
Having VTEC Priceless:D

yeah yeah...blah blah blah, results are priceless buddy, results. congrats still.

I'm gonna try to get some track time in a few weeks. My buddy has an 89 crx w/ z6 swap and he ran a 15.6 @ 88 mph. Granted he had some crappy tires and axles that need to be replaced, I hope to beat his time. He should be a little faster now since he just converted to obd-1. I'll keep ya'll updated

Looks good, only thing I'd do is move the v-afc to the glove box, it just screams steal me when it's mounted on the steering wheel.

if it gets stolen in this rinky dink town i'll know who stole it :D

very nice. :)

Thanks!! Nice Sol

hmmm.....all i can say is i feel sorry for you when it starts to overheat and you warp your head, you have alot of time into that, but the mini-me is well known to overheat on a regular basis and also know to be very unreliable

im not sure who its "known" to overheat on, but i ran my d16z6 head on my d15b2 block for atleast a month or two all teh while running the holy hell out of it. Never had a problem.

I think thats just a bad rep.:rolleyes:

No over heating at all. Its actually is running cooler then before according to the temp gauge.

I heard that too. That's why I did a full swap. D16Z6.

Looks good yo...

nice avatar :D - do you really drink that stuff?? :confused:

Originally posted by sastanley
nice avatar :D - do you really drink that stuff?? :confused:

yea i was thinking the same thing.