Mini me Users --> Was it worth it??

[HONDACIVICSI1990]

i think i might just put a ls or crv motor in mine ya know what im sayin

[Santas90Si]

I have never experienced a mini me swap but I can tell you my a6 with the gude cam is great. you can tell a HUGE ASS difference in the car its great....I wish it was put together so I could go rip through the gears at 7K.....*sniffle*

[darkhonda89]

ive got over 5000 miles on my swap d16a6/z6 head .i used the a6 intake, dizzy,block ,the z6 head wit aem cam gear .. i used the apexi vafc to manage v-tec had it tuned at my shop they set it up in about 2 1/2 hours .at that time i had the aem cai, wit the aem velocty stack and a 8inch filter .. ive used a fpr 2 turn up fuel preassure . have a dc header wit a high flow cat.. 2 a 2 1/4 cat back exaust ..2 a 5zigen muffler ...got the pro comp cam, and all rapped up in my 89 crx si mini monster, its fast and idef. fell v-tec at 4800 its good bye to almost anything at least so far.... i estamate a 10:1 comp ratio. it needs 93 or higher i use ulta 94 .. and it loves it. drinks it quite fast but i dont care .ive reacently added a spc ignition and nology wires ive finished installing the greedy turbo kit and were off to the dyno on monday morning ....will b tuning all week. got a special for $500 the car will get tuned, and be ready for next sat. at maple grove raceway so ill keep u posted.. after the event first time 2 the track since the swap ..many street races but no track time il;l post the slips

[dssmax]

Originally Posted by darkhonda89

i estamate a 10:1 comp ratio. it needs 93 or higher i use ulta 94 ..

Why is that, why can't you run 89?


I'm going to do it... I'm going for a mini..

I'm running a teg ECU so I'm hopeing that becuase its a DOHC ECU that I won't run into any leaning out problems that causes pinging, from what I understand in fuel tuning, the DOHC ECUs, can feed more fuel than needed.






Thankx,
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[dssmax]

Also since the heads are all the same size I can resuse my header and my cam gear right?




Thankx,
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[SiZ]

OMG Mini me debate!

I think for the money and time you could get a SOHC VTEC for what its worth. They're cheap.

[dssmax]

Originally Posted by SiZ

OMG Mini me debate!

I think for the money and time you could get a SOHC VTEC for what its worth. They're cheap.

Not where I live







MAX




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[91civicDXdude]

Originally Posted by SiZ

OMG Mini me debate!

I think for the money and time you could get a SOHC VTEC for what its worth. They're cheap.

Like i mentioned earlier.. there are certain advantages to a mini-me swap that you dont get with a SOHC VTEC, such as higher compression. Plus, swapping a head out isnt as time consuming as swapping a whole block :P

[mellowboy]

Originally Posted by 91civicDXdude

there are certain advantages to a mini-me swap that you dont get with a SOHC VTEC, such as higher compression.

I dont really think thats a big deal bro. If anything he could just get aftermarket high c.r. pistons.

[amy@af]

no offense 91civicDXdude...i have no problems with you. you give good info. however this once i do have to say when you went b18 you talked smack about the mini-me. i know you went back to it but it seems you talk smack about what you are not doing and talk good about what you are doing at the moment.

again, i have been running my stuff for over 2 yrs the exact same way. the is absolutly a glitch when it comes to using a6 parts with a y8. i never had problems with the bogging down and clogged intake mani. at first i thought i was just getting bad injectors. now i'm looking towards it being the difference of the a6 intake mani/ injecotrs on the y8.

i hate to say it but i'm with SiZ (don't quote me on that, i will deny)

for the daily efficency i would go z6 or y8. just make sure you go all the way and get the p28 ecu and corrisponding parts. i'm not feeling the a6 parts. they worked with my a6, been trouble with the y8

[91civicDXdude]

no offense 91civicDXdude...i have no problems with you. you give good info. however this once i do have to say when you went b18 you talked smack about the mini-me. i know you went back to it but it seems you talk smack about what you are not doing and talk good about what you are doing at the moment.

As i go, i learn, and so my opinion changes :P

and if you remember, my beef with the sohc vtec swap in an EF wasnt the engine itself, it was using stock PM6 (or PG7, PM7, etc.) maps with SOHC VTEC engine and using rpm activated switch alone for management. (i called it "ghetto") but now that i have the knowledge of ECU tuning that i gained over the past year, its not a bad swap, it just makes more sense *to me* to tune the ECU with the proper maps for a particular engine.

on the regular, i speak from experience. I like to do as much as i possibly can so i personally can have experience with things, instead of listening to what somebody else read/heard, etc.

your experience with the mini-me or parts swapping wasnt the same as mine, i.e. i never used a y8 manifold, so i wont argue that it doesnt cause problems, I personally just had no problems with my particular setup.

[SiZ]

Originally Posted by LadyNRedSi

i hate to say it but i'm with SiZ

My friend bought a Z6 with tranny, computer, axles for $350cdn a while ago. They're cheap!

[amy@af]

y8 mani isn't the problam. a6 on the y8 is the problem

i hear why you are trying for the compression. you take the track more seriously than most. however, for people like me reliablity is the key. z6's are cheap enough where you can buy them as a whole, complete, and it will good to go as is. that is basically the point i was trying to make.

when i bought my stuff 2+ yrs ago it was a different story. the y8 dizzy was not working so we tried the a6 parts and left it. 2yrs later i am going to all y8 parts or possibly trying the 5th gen MPFI no vtec ecu with the rpm switch i already have. if i were to do it all over again tomorrow i would not do it the same as now.

[dssmax]

I already decided that I will give this a try even if it works or not, if anything I will have learned from the experince.

This is going to be my setup, untill I'm finished with my A6 overhaul the victim will be my B7 with low miles on it,

I plan to use the APEXi VAFC II to control the air fuel mixture as well as the vtec I will also be installing a cam, what stage that I'm not sure of I need to do a bit more reading about the 2.

I have booked time at our local speed shop next month where they will tune the APEXi on the dyno....

Thanks again for all your input on this subject, thats why I like comming to this forum...





MAX




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