Lets Talk d-series

[ekcoupe]

jus curious, but are D-series normally noisy engine? seems i have a little tappin nose here an there, jus wanted to see if it was normal............engine runs fine and still pulls hard in 1st gear, seems these engine run out of puff above 100km/h
Good engine for what it is, but aftermarket support here is aust is so poor.....

I had the same problem with mine, as grifty already said the tappets need adjusting use this diy - DIY tappet adjustment

[mugen_ctr]

cheers man, looks like a good weekend job, when i get a free day off, ill try and do it myself, just hope i don't stuff it up :S

[90LAN]

My stage 1 cam didn't jack,if anything it's a bit 'stronger after 100k's but I might do a road trip to Melbourne in sept/oct to see AK Andy for a tune.


brett hahah thats gold

so it didnt what you got told it would do make heaps of power

[GSi_PSi]

how much was the camshaft btw?

[beeza]

I wasn't told that LAN.

10-15% increase = no.

Need tuning.

[90LAN]

10% bisi says,so 7kws on my car.

It`s not so much the power gain,more having a slightly aggressive cam for a bit of fun/change.It`s a cheap option for that.I didn`t want to spend $1200 or so for the stage 2 cam,valvetrain upgrade and tune.

Just trying to have a bit of fun

rephase my question brett did bisi says you will get 10% increase ?
so did you think you got even 7kw then ?

maybe when you get a tune

[beeza]

Yeah says 10-15% on the website.That's BS.My engine is as good as you'll find,nothing is letting it down.It's simply BS.

I got No kw increase.

$1000 wasted.Pretty harsh for someone who has little money and faith in a name/product aye?!

My only hope now is to get some power out of it with a tune.

My advice is what I read a few times on d-series.org,forget stage 1 and go for stage 2 + valvetrain upgrade or spend the money on a b.

Hi comp pistons would have been a much better choice.

[EK1.6LCIV]

mmm cam

if you were going to change the pistons, I'd be changing getting some darton, eagle arms, vitara low comp pistons and playing with boost with a fullrace kit (not sure how much boost an autobox can hold, does make me wonder as I havent seen a thread on it yet)

seen a nice pink boosted civic in my lost travels through a buds estate yesterday, wow is all, so f-ing clean

Im not doing crap all to mine apart from a clutch and a leak fixed then focusing on another vehicle for other goals that aren't in any way closely related to the current trend, lol

[beeza]

That's what I thought - Mmmm cam.

BUT I ain't doin' jack more.

I got some coilovers almost paid,then tune with e-manage and I'm done.

My car is going Brilliant!

[Tai]

lol should of jsut invested in a B series.

even withotu cams will make more power than a stock D series with cams and pistons done.

[EK1.6LCIV]

investing would be going a k20a (next generation of junk yard parts), I wouldn't use that word for an engine of equal age as the d16

d16 will always be a good platform for many people as it continues its cult like status, just more spare parts lying around for me anyhow

just make it handle better mate , get some bigger brakes, rotors, engineer it and very nicely setup suspension and some tyres with the most road legal grip possible

[Tai]

investing would be going a k20a (next generation of junk yard parts), I wouldn't use that word for an engine of equal age as the d16

d16 will always be a good platform for many people as it continues its cult like status, just more spare parts lying around for me anyhow

just make it handle better mate , get some bigger brakes, rotors, engineer it and very nicely setup suspension and some tyres with the most road legal grip possible

Not really, K series would require a tonne of mods and custom bits.

B doesn't and wont cost an arm and a leg.

What cult status is that ? spending same amount as a b series swap to squueze out 1kw max more of power?

Thats not a cult thats just stupid.