z6 dizzy, vafc
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motor is getting a mild build...goal is to get it all done before the oct. track day...so NO mini me...i'll just keep the d15 til this motor is all ready to put in...that and ive already beaten some other slow cars with the 15, so it cant be THAT bad...ok it is bad, but w/e haha.
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only michial jackson can give the dsm the love it deserves WTF!?!? lol troy, the slo SUX down the interstate cuz u have to have it floored all the time = noisy = annying, no mini me will hopefully cure the having to have it floored all the the time. however, as slo as it is, i still beat a select few cars haha
...btw, apparently my mom says that i cant get the new motor put in...BUT she wont notice a lil head swap i think...so i think its going back to mini me again (that and it'll hardly cost me any money...prolly around 200 bux after everything)...i'll just sell the bottom end for cheap if anybody's interested... -
Actually a mini-me can get quite expensive. you need head gasket, exhaust mani gasket, intake mani gasket, timing belt, valve cover gasket (roughly $160) you need to machine the head before it goes on ($30-$200 depending on how extensive you want the work to be), you need to figure in about $100ish worth of little odds and ends (plugs/plug wires, etc...). Plus depending on how you do it you may need to do some extensive wiring and getto-rig some parts, a mini-me can become quite a headache depending on how you do it. I say screw it, do the swap yourself.
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darkelvis wrote:
Actually a mini-me can get quite expensive. you need head gasket, exhaust mani gasket, intake mani gasket, timing belt, valve cover gasket (roughly $160) you need to machine the head before it goes on ($30-$200 depending on how extensive you want the work to be), you need to figure in about $100ish worth of little odds and ends (plugs/plug wires, etc...). Plus depending on how you do it you may need to do some extensive wiring and getto-rig some parts, a mini-me can become quite a headache depending on how you do it. I say screw it, do the swap yourself.word!
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heh...my b7 is strong, and i already got the the price for getting the head reman'd ($50-60)...all i need is the gaskets and im basically set to go i believe (with other odds and ends, prolly another $200ish)...and as i said, my mom wont "let" me swap motors, that and i think bryce might need the bottem end of the z6 cuz his motor took a shit today...so yea
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the bottom end looks like shit...it spins over really nice, but looks = yucky...and i figure y not mini me it? i get better compression numbers rather than using the z6 bottom end (10.5:1 i believe is what the mini me yields with a 2 layer y8 hg)...also, the d15s have a better r/s ratio....that and i can say that i beat ppl in a d15!! haha...on another note, i dont have any plans to push it THAT far, so i believe the rods should be ok, even though d15's are supposed have some of the weakest rods ever. basically with this, i want to make the del sol faster than what it is, because, for example, on the interstate (like getting on onramps etc.) it sux cuz i got no power, so sometimes its hard to get up to the speed of traffic...on another note, when me and bartles went to go get the motor, the entire time on the interstate we nearly had to have it floored just to keep going (80mph 5th gear @ 3500)...so im hoping this will remedy that problem too because that fartcan got SOOO annoying having it floored the whole time...errg...sorry for the long post heh
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one more thing...mom wont be able to drive the car...getting a new clutch (hmm, performance??? hehe)...actually, my mom cant really drive an oem honda clutch...to give you an idea of her mt knowledge...i keep my shiftknob sideways (its a 1gb dsm shift knob)...so she looked @ it and asked if 1st was up to the right, 2nd down from there, reverse down and left (get what im saying??)...so yea...just thought id share that point of useless info lol
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