[Guest]

I am new to tuning. If i knew a year ago what i know now i wouldnt have ended up with a d17a1, but thats the cruel hand fate has dealt me. I dont wanna completely swap out the engine. I have done a lot of independent research but i would like to know what you experienced folk think about making that engine get power. I'd like to know what you would suggest for my engine.

 

[civdx94]

i would sell everthing except the internals and oil pump and swap them into a d16. that way you would have alot better aftermarket support.

 

[S Q A D]

ummm .. its kinda late now , huh ? those d17a's arent known for making power .. honda kinda engineered those motors so they can make gobs of power ... .... swap a k20

 

[Guest]

well i've spent the last few months searching for aftermarket parts that would work and ive found all the regular things. You dont have the choice of one manufacturer this way but all the individual components are available.
I was also wondering if anyone knows about swaping the head for a v-tech head or something to that effect...... is it a) possible, b) cost effective, c) not a complete waste of time

 

[S Q A D]

best way to find that out ... go to a Honda dealership and ask if the parts are interchangeable with vtec and non vtec for the d17's ...

 

[DOG]

I've been trying to locate a pic of a D17a1 head gasket. No luck though. Most of the honda parts dealers online show pics of D15 and D16 head gaskets, however no D17's . I am curious to see how similar they are. I know we have talked about the internals somewhere in here, but "DOH!!"I cant find them. I would also like to get a look at the exhaust gaskets if anyone can locate pics. :beer:

 

[civdx94]

there is guy on honda tech swapping the internals into a y8, personally i think this would be the best option. the r/s ratio isn t to bad either. now you have a decent head and intake manifold. as far as i know no other parts are interchangeable. the thread is here

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=711756

 

[Guest]

I have heard from several sources the d17 head will not bolt to any d15 or 16 block.

I don't know for sure, but I had a quick look at a d17 and it looks like you may be able to mount a distributer on the head. With some machine work to the end of the cam a traditional distributer may work.

Check to see if "older" d-series intake and exhaust will bolt to the head. If it does, use it.

Swap out the ecu and engine harness from an obd2 car to be emissions compliant.

I am not sure if ANY of this will work... its just a brain fart.

 

[DOG]

The main problem is Honda decided to make th D17 a returnless fuel system. so you cant swap to the y8 or z6 IM.

 

[Guest]

well like i've mentioned b4, i'm new to this all, but i realy spend a lot of time trying to learn about everything. can someone pls give me the jist of what the differences between a returnless fuel system and the alternative (returning fuel system?) is.
i was also wondering about the 1.7l displacement and is there anything i can do to take advantage of this...