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Old 04-30-2007, 04:16 AM
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Lightbulb what do i need to hit vtec?

ok so i gotta 98 civic hatch with no vtec d16 and i'm bored with it now cause it's slow and i know making it vtec prolly won't do much but it'll be fun playing with it...so i got a little money at the moment and i wanna see if i can make it vtec...what else do i need other than a vtec solenoid?
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Old 05-01-2007, 01:41 PM
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Re: what do i need to hit vtec?

A VTEC cylinder head (D16Y8 head). Around $100-300 for the part, depending on age/mileage; add labor cost as well if you don't want to install it yourself.

Note: "Playing" with VTEC will eat up more fuel than normal driving (under ~4500 RPM), so keep that in mind.
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Re: what do i need to hit vtec?

don't forget the new ecu as well.
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Old 05-01-2007, 11:45 PM
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Re: what do i need to hit vtec?

is there a way to make it dohc with the same block or will that new head make it dohc??
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Re: what do i need to hit vtec?

nope, get a DOHC block too if you want that.
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