[FMYStreetRacer]

here's the run down. i just did a mini me swap to my d15b8. i didn't think that i had the right distributor with my swap. i put a z6 head on and the distributor is a td-42u, wich majestic honda's site says is the right one. well when i put it on the head the 2 lower bolts line up but the top one doesn't. the hole on the ear for the dizzy is about 3 or 4 mm to long.

when i try to start the car it does start but you have to keep the throttle open. when it idles (shouldn't say idle) it sounds like it has a huge cam or a big miss kinda. when i try to rev it it revs fine for a sec then bogs down and will stall out. also it leaks oild like a bitch while running from the dizzy. anyone have any ideas? i need some really bad as i've been without my car all weekend. here's some thing that i had posted on honda-tech.


also i was just thinking of this. i looked on hondaautomotiveparts.com and found that i do indeed have the right distributor regardless if it is a z6 or z1 head. only thing is that it leaks oil weather or not i have the z6 or the cx dist. in. now another question. if i have the right distributor why doesn't the upper hole line up with the dist.? i'm thing that maybe the peice that contains the upper bolt hole for the distributor has been changed? could he have maybe used a different peice to hold the cam in? here's a pic that i got from majestic honda. it's the peice right by number 18.
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[FMYStreetRacer]

here's a little more that i posted. i'm getting no help what so ever from that list.


like i said i have the z6 distibutor. i'm putting it on a z6 head. the 2 lower bolts match up. the top one looks too short on the head (the ear on the distributor is too long). if i put the cx distributor on only the top hole lines up. from what i have read the cx distributor will bolt right up to a y8 head. see what i'm getting at? the peice that contains the upper bolt hole looks like a peice that holds in the cam. could the guy that i bought the head off of maybe have used that peice from a y8 head and used it to install the cam. if this is possible would it make the diamiter of the distributor hole a bit bigger causeing the distributor to leak oil? also if this is the case could it cause the cam to perhaps move around in the head and for it not to run? when i fire it up i have to hold the throttle open for it to run and it sounds like it has a huge cam in it and then if i rev it (put strain on the motor) it bogs down and stalls out.

 

[Guest]

So you think the piece is out of a Y8 not the OE Z6?

I so can't you get one and try it out?

If it is that then the Cam Oil Seal won't fit and that'll be why it's leaking. I can't see why it would be any benfit. Does he know something we don't the person you bought it off.

 

[FMYStreetRacer]

if i can get the peice that holds on the cam i need to get it soon! i need my car back on the road.

i'm guessing that he knows how to put an engine together that will look like it will run so that he can fuck someone. as soon as i get my car back on the road i'm driving right up there to kick his ass. i'm gonna kick his ass right on the door step.

well anyways it's not leaking by the cam gear. is there a cam seal by the distributor or is the seal on the distributor the cam seal for that end of the cam?

 

[DOG]

Dont mean to butt in here but do you have the head id numbers and maybe some pics of the head your having the problems with? There should be an O-ring on your distributor shaft and the distributor should only go on one way with the way the keys are on the end where it hooks up to your cam. Why you are leaking oil through there is beyond me. Also I know you probably did this, but did you remove the oil control jet before you put the z6 head on? Not trying to dis you man.

 

[FMYStreetRacer]

yep pulled oil control jet out. damaged the living hell out of it getting it out to. i didn't know you could cimply pull up on it and it would come out. someone on another site said to jam something down into it and wiggle it out.

i'm still trying to figure if that peice (what is it called?) that holds in the cam can be swapped out between a z6 and a y8? i hear that the cx dizzy will fit in a y8 head but the z6 won't. when i put the z6 dizzy on the head the bottom 2 bolts line up but not the top one. when i put in the cx dizzy the top bolt lines up but not the 2 lower ones. the peice that has the top bolt hole in it can be removed from the head. so i'm thinking that he probly changed this peice out with one from a y8. if he put this peice into a z6 head would it change the size of the distributor hole and the size of the cam journals? if so this hole might be bigger now not allowing the dizzy to seal properly. it also might be allowing the cam to move up and down while running causeing my valves not to operate properly. this is just a guess though. i'm going to work very early this morning so i can get a start on figureing out what is wrong.

 

[Guest]

did a y8 swap onto a y7 block. when i was looking at the y8 head before i put it on i did notice that the distributor side of the cam had a black ring on it, i believe that is a cam seal. check to see if yours has one (take off valve cover and dizzy. should be able to see it on dizzy side of cam end cap.) and as hondadog said, there should also be an o-ring seal on the dizzy shaft. that peice (# 18 ) is a cam end-cap. you could try using one off a z6, although im not sure how/if it would affect the seal on the cam(i dont think it should.)

Also check to make sure your plug wires are in the right order. i know it sounds stupid, but i was stupid enough to do it myself in my excitement to get it started...

 

[FMYStreetRacer]

it's a p07-1 head. what head is that? shit is mad wrong.

 

[DOG]

I think thats a VX head. Not sure.

 

[DOG]

Yep, I think you have the D15z1 head.

 

[FMYStreetRacer]

any where that i can find out for sure?

 

[DOG]

for sure? call up your local Honda dealer. Or if someone else on here has a z1 or z6 ask the for the head id on their engine.

 

[z1 master]

that is definately a z1 head if you notice the intake ports are basically circles instead of ovals. i have a y8 head if need it

 

[DOG]

z1 master thanks for the confirmation.

 

[FMYStreetRacer]

let me tell you what. i just got done with my swap. turns out that the TPS and the MAP sensor have the same plug. good thing that i was looking at my afc. well after fixing that and playing with the timing for a couple of hours i finnally got it running. after stopping to put some 93 octane in i really started to play around with it. i'm still leaking oil like a bitch so i didn't want to get too crazy but man am i impresed. it has very little torque down low. it has been raining here all week long and before with the 8 valve head i could have the clutch all the way out and be at like 2k rpm and floor it and no tire spin all the way to red line. now at about 4400 rpm they start to spin a bit but when that vtec hits (and you can really feel it) that fucker goes nutts. but then i let off cause of the massive oil leak that i have.

one thing though. i ran the vtec sol. wire to the solinoid but i then ran the vtec oil pressure sensor wire staright to ground. after i get high in rpms it it bogs down and the CEL comes on. i check for codes and i get code 22. thius code is for the pressure sensor right? what could be wrong?

 

[Guest]

I have a spare y8 head lying around if ya need it

 

[FMYStreetRacer]

it's not really what i'm looking for, but how much looking to get for it?