d15b8 mini me

91beatuphatch · Post by **91beatuphatch** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:29 am

wheres the vin located?

Boosted_da · Post by **Boosted_da** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:26 pm

91beatuphatch;272113 wrote:wheres the vin located?

No offence but if you can't find the vin # a head swap is probably to much for you to handle by yourself find someone who knows what there doing to give you a hand or you will be in over your head

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:08 pm

Boosted_da;272373 wrote:No offence but if you can't find the vin # a head swap is probably to much for you to handle by yourself find someone who knows what there doing to give you a hand or you will be in over your head

I think he has a D15B8 in a CRX, which that engine never came in from the factory. So running the VIN on the car would do him no good. Unfortunitly the D15B8 never came with a VIN tag either, so there is no way to figure the year of the engine by VIN.

However, if you can post the complete engine code (i.e. D15B8-XXXXXXX) I can tell you what model year the engine is from.

Uncle_Willie · Post by **Uncle_Willie** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:35 pm

JustRob;272377 wrote:I think he has a D15B8 in a CRX, which that engine never came in from the factory. So running the VIN on the car would do him no good. Unfortunitly the D15B8 never came with a VIN tag either, so there is no way to figure the year of the engine by VIN.

However, if you can post the complete engine code (i.e. D15B8-XXXXXXX) I can tell you what model year the engine is from.

There should be a year stamped in the head, I know both of my motors have it.

Edit: On the front of the head between the valve cover and header, i think on your left when your looking at it

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:07 pm

Uncle_Willie;272392 wrote:There should be a year stamped in the head, I know both of my motors have it.

Edit: On the front of the head between the valve cover and header, i think on your left when your looking at it

Unfortunately, if the head has ever been swapped then it does no good for him. He needs to know the year of the block. Which the engine code will tell.

91beatuphatch · Post by **91beatuphatch** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:21 am

the origional owner said the engine came out of a 95 which has already been stated. all i need to know is how many valve reliefs a 95 d15b8 has. i know how to swap the damn head. its just i dont want to do a headgasket install for nothing.

this is all the info i needed. 8 or 16...

Post by **stolle** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:40 pm

i think you would be better in the long run, just to source a complete engine like a d16a6, z6, y8, y7 or even a d15b7. especially if your planning on putting a turbo on or any other performance enhancements. imho, i would not recommend doing a mini-me on anything the work/money is not worth the return, even more so since your gonna be doing it on a d15b8 that you dont even know its possible to put a 16 valve head on in the first place. swap in a complete engine and keep the b8 on hand as a spare.

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:48 pm

stolle;272449 wrote:i think you would be better in the long run, just to source a complete engine like a d16a6, z6, y8, y7 or even a d15b7. especially if your planning on putting a turbo on or any other performance enhancements. imho, i would not recommend doing a mini-me on anything the work/money is not worth the return, even more so since your gonna be doing it on a d15b8 that you dont even know its possible to put a 16 valve head on in the first place. swap in a complete engine and keep the b8 on hand as a spare.

agreed you can find like a y8 or z6 for around 400 most of the time,

eric sells good motor and is a really cool guy to buy motors from here is his link
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/pts/2504128836.html

gcef89 · Post by **gcef89** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:18 am

i sold my d16a6 for 300 tranny mounts linkage pretty much whole swap and wish i wouldnt have since right after i sold it my gf decided she wanted a crx