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    Quote Originally Posted by djmaddmartin
    The money spent to attain even stock B-series power could buy you a much better motor that you will be much happier with.
    Really?
    Shoot, if thats the case, why dont you tell me what b series motor makes 200 whp and will only cost you $2500 or less to buy and put in.

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    I'm with that D16civic said
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    Quote Originally Posted by djmaddmartin
    Don't waste the time with the d-series. NA or Boosted, its like trying to run boost through a restricter plate motor. The d-series heads are so restrictive even Port and Polished and the SOHC was designed for fuel efficiency and cost effectivness not performance. Talk to anyone... Peter who owns the 9sec gold hatch at Import Source Performance or Sammy at Tiger Racing or even anyone on a tight budget and they will tell you that the D-series is a dead end road. The money spent to attain even stock B-series power could buy you a much better motor that you will be much happier with.
    I think your mad because a turbo d beat you.

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    Never had a turbo D beat me. As a matter of fact, my last hatch which was unfortunately stolen (sure miss her) beat the pants off a Boosted D. It wasn't even a competition. Sorry buddy.... But if yall D series lovers want to keep trying to make a fuel saver motor into a race motor and spend thousands more to make the same power as a b series go right ahead. Knock your self out. But just for the record, I don't hate d series. To the contrary I love the d-series in my daily driver.
    It gets 40 miles to the gallon!!!!
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    yes, ur right, a built or boosted d series will never keep up w/ a built or boosted b series, thats obvious.

    I just dont think u grasp the concept that itll cost probably 5-6 grand to do a motor swap and put a turbo on the b so as to be able to take a boosted d. I know i dont have that kind of money.

    And who said anything about wanting to build a freaken race motor, im talking 200 whp on a otherwise stock motor which will make our d series a hell of lot of fun to drive. A lot of us just want a really fun daily driver, not some 9-10 sec drag car.

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    I wasn't talking about boosting the b-series. I wasn't talking about a 9 sec car. You clearly can't grasp the concept that for the SAME amount of money, the b-series would be better. My previous hatch cost only $2800 with a b-series swap. It ran the crap out of a boosted d series which cost far more money to put together. Hell. I could have bought a $500 EF and swaped in a H22a with cams for less money than a boosted D and still been faster and had a very fun daily driver. But no matter what, what I've learned is d-series people eventually learn that their motors are dead end pits, with a horrible money to hp ratio. Its all about value. And d series motor just don't offer a good return on the investment.
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    alright, sry for any hostility in my last post

    to be honest, i would love to put like a b18c in my car right now, but only if i had the money to do stuff to it afterwards, which i wouldnt (dont even think i have enough money for the swap itself)

    Ive been searching about this stuff for awhile now trying to figure out what i wanted to do in my 97 ex coupe (d16y8) and i have found that i could turbocharge my existing motor for a lot less than doing a motor swap and still be making more power and especially more torque (around 190 or so compared to a b18c's 110-115 im guessing at the wheels)
    And that torque would come around 3500 rpm so i wouldnt have to rev the crap out of my motor to get anywhere, which would, in my eyes, make it a much funner (this should be a word, dang it) car to drive everyday on the street, i wouldnt always be having to downshift to get goin.

    Thats what i have found from my research on this stuff, around 200 whp and 190-195 wtq compared to even a b18c5's 170-175 whp and 115 tq (these r just my estimates on the motor, havnt actually seen a dyno of one)

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    So D-series suck huh??...


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    man, i love seeing little d series motors putting down numbers like that
    Is that urs??

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    nice
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    i wish it was mine. IT's a guy I met off Honda-tech. He lives in Kentucky. He drives that car every day too!!

    He said if he had a egual length manifold and bigger injectors he'd come close to 600whp

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    damn, thats freaken awesome

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    damb.... i will never see that kind of power.
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    Wow!!... but I'm not boosting....



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    just get an H22, problem solved...

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    nope I still want handling... and I'm just sticking w/ a mini me swap...



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    i think i will be happy with turboing my y7
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    ^Just do it right the first time, don't dick around with tuning, etc. and you'll be happy.

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    If you want a d series to build, i have a d16y8 bottom end, complete for sale 50$, it needs a new rod bearing. its got a slight knock, but can be rebuilt for sure.
    prob get a kit for like under 150$ and rebuild it.
    i got a d16y7 head in perfect condition for 50$ also
    complete with valve cover.

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    Default Ohh thats more hp and torque

    So the debate is about the benifits of boosting a stock D series compared to buying B series swap, yes. So where does this fully built, highly modified and over boosted d-series back the argument. If thats so, how about an equally built and boosted B series. These numbers are old and out of date. Its up to 732whp and about to be 800whp. Sorry. Who's your DADDY!:idb:
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