different header

blaze.blue · Post by **blaze.blue** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:51 am

i have a 97 civic ex d16y8. i'm gonna b putting a header on it shortly. i'm wondering if at some point i want to switch it from sohc to dohc if i'll need to use a different header or if it will work with both. as you can probably tell i'm just starting out and dont know much about it yet.

MaSSaCrE · Post by **MaSSaCrE** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:30 am

No it will not, its only gonna work with sohc's

JDMKyle · Post by **JDMKyle** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:26 am

+1 what massacre said. I don't think you'll really be able to use anything from the sohc when you switch over to dohc "motor/ecu wise"

thelastloser · Post by **thelastloser** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:44 pm

The only way it could work is it its the d16a1 from the first gen teg I think but thats the only dohc header u could continue to use

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:40 am

blaze.blue;257365 wrote:i have a 97 civic ex d16y8. i'm gonna b putting a header on it shortly. i'm wondering if at some point i want to switch it from sohc to dohc if i'll need to use a different header or if it will work with both. as you can probably tell i'm just starting out and dont know much about it yet.

find somebody parting with a 99-00 y8 "exhaust manifold" it's a factory tubular style header and is a nice improvement over the stock 96-98 cast manifold.

That way your not spending a bunch of money on a good header or buying a cheap ebay one just to get by.