Heard bad things about mini me swap!

[984drcivic]

A friend of mine that was installing a new cat and 02 sensor on my car told me not to do it. He said only about 1 to 2 out of every 5 actually work. He said the motors blow because the head or something starves for oil. I dont know too much about this b/c I am kind of learning as I go but if you guys could help me any info or advice would be greatly appreciated it. Thanks Aaron.

[egOt]

You're friends thinking about the LS/vtec swap, not a mini-me.

[chasloa]

for some good reading on the mini me projects look here: http://www.d-series.org/viewtopic.php?t=3510

theres a ton more great info in those archives.. dont forget about them

[984drcivic]

Egot He said the ls vtec was easier to do and more reliable. I guess he just wants to convince me to swap to dohc.

[chasloa]

Egot He said the ls vtec was easier to do and more reliable. I guess he just wants to convince me to swap to dohc.

what a shame :roll:

stick with it man :wink:

[egOt]

I dunno, your friend must be pro b/c from what i've seen LS/vtec is a bitch if you dont do it right the first time. Research, ask others that have done a mini-me and i think you'll find reliable and pretty easy to do. Unless you'd really prefer ls/vtec and have a few thousand to spend on the swap, then i'd stick with the mini-me.

[2redstars]

i'm boosting 9psi on a y7/y8 mini, with stock internals, no problems so far.

[984drcivic]

no shit!?! Damn maybe he dosent have a clue about what he is talking about.
As far as being a pro he is a bad ass mechanic and engine builder. Nobody has ever complained about his work. He works for one of the import shops here in Houston.

[DOG]

The only way you could starve the head from oil when doing a mini-me would be if you swapped a z6/y7/y8 head on a a6/b7/b2/b8/ block and forgot to remove the oil control jet in the top of the blocks deck.

Maybe there is another way but I cant think of one.

[crxtscy]

Your friend needs to stop insulting stuff he obviously knows little about. I beat on my Z6/A6 mini-me all day with the occassional 55 shot.

[boud92si]

I've been running b7/z6 mini-me for more than half a year now and it sees the redline here and there and it didn't blow yet, works good

[97civichatch]

I have about 20,000 miles on my y7/y8 mini-me and it sees the redline pretty much every day. The engine hasn't been rebuilt and it has 144,000 miles on it.