Bolt On All Motor D16Z6 Dyno
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Bolt On All Motor D16Z6 Dyno
Car :1992 Civic VX.
Original engine: D15Z1.
Bought a used D16Z6 from a Del Sol for $200 from a Honda-Tech member and bolted it into the car. Tuned it. Advancing the cam helped the bottom end and mid range power, but power fell off hard after 6,500. Retarding the cam sacrificed low and mid range power, but made more top end~ 9 HP at 7,100 RPM. We decided to go with +1 on the cam-good bottom end without giving away too much up top. Surprisingly, this motor is making more than a few H4 cars that we have seen.
Mods:Ebay header(purchased from another H-T member), modified Integra LS mid pipe, modified 07 Civic SI muffler, AEM ITR CAI, STR cam gear, and a Hondata intake manifold gasket.
Tuned on a Hondata S300:
Throttle response is much improved from the D15Z1. Fuel economy remains to be seen...
Original engine: D15Z1.
Bought a used D16Z6 from a Del Sol for $200 from a Honda-Tech member and bolted it into the car. Tuned it. Advancing the cam helped the bottom end and mid range power, but power fell off hard after 6,500. Retarding the cam sacrificed low and mid range power, but made more top end~ 9 HP at 7,100 RPM. We decided to go with +1 on the cam-good bottom end without giving away too much up top. Surprisingly, this motor is making more than a few H4 cars that we have seen.
Mods:Ebay header(purchased from another H-T member), modified Integra LS mid pipe, modified 07 Civic SI muffler, AEM ITR CAI, STR cam gear, and a Hondata intake manifold gasket.
Tuned on a Hondata S300:
Throttle response is much improved from the D15Z1. Fuel economy remains to be seen...
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Re: Bolt On All Motor D16Z6 Dyno
WOW!!! Do these dynos read higher than dynojet? Those numbers are impressive. Can you really achieve that with adjustable cam gears on stock cams??? I've always had that question
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Re: Bolt On All Motor D16Z6 Dyno
I used paint to fix the caption at the top to remove the "flywheel HP" confusion.
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I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that you made that much power with a 1 degree timing advance and basic bolt-ons. That amount of horsepower at the flywheel I can believe. People use higher compressions pistons, an aftermarket cam, and bolt-ons, to see that kind of power at the wheels with a Z6. I'm not trying to be a jerk or be rude, I just think your dyno reads really high or isn't calibrated correctly. But if I'm wrong then kudos to you.
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So doesnt this mean that you would also subtract 25 HP from your final results making this look a lot more like 125 Hp instead of around 150?
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I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that you made that much power with a 1 degree timing advance and basic bolt-ons. That amount of horsepower at the flywheel I can believe. People use higher compressions pistons, an aftermarket cam, and bolt-ons, to see that kind of power at the wheels with a Z6. I'm not trying to be a jerk or be rude, I just think your dyno reads really high or isn't calibrated correctly. But if I'm wrong then kudos to you.
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Re: Bolt On All Motor D16Z6 Dyno
i'm still saying it's to the crank because he used paint to correct what the dyno said... that's why i'm still saying that..
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After a little bit of research, I found out that the Dynapack dynos do actually measure power at the hub. However, I think it's more of a calibration error, that's giving such larger numbers that it should be.
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I am a little secptical on the number they are very impressive but still those are really high for a bolt on Z6... he's not even running high compression pistons in there when most who do don't even see those number! I believe its to the flywheel... still nice numbers!