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any one know if the si head and selenoid willr un on the DX without being hooke dup if i run it vtec less.? so all i need is the head and the gasket and the vafc2 willc ome later.w ill my car still run fine?

 
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yeah it'll run, your have less power but it'll run.

 
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ya good luck driving, you'll have very little power above 3k rpms. its gonna be limping. you need either the vafcII tuned on the dyno to supply more fuel with vtec, or you need the si ecu. and if you choose the vafc route, you need to run the solenoid wire to the unit because its not in the ecu harness.

 
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yea.. i ran the car without vtec for a few days and it will only go up to about 5000rpm and then slowly creep up from there

 
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alrightg uess i wont be getting the SI head cause i ant afford to buy the vafc2 now and i need my car :'(

damn. so close but so far away

 
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well u can buy the head.. just dont put it on.. but u CAN put it on but dont expect to be punching it and racing it till u at least get the vafc2

 
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no my stock eghad is fried. so insurance is replacing it. i was gonna do the upgrade. cost me about 300cdn for brand new head an vtec etc.

but before i can buy a vafc2 i need tot ake the thing cross country

i dont care bout punching it. but i need to know if the engine goign to be fine without it? its jsut a DX engine now. id ont punch it lol. but will i be fine or so driving it for a month without vafc2 and will i get up to the 100-120km/h mark?

 
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ya drive like a granny and it should be fine. just leave the solenoid disconnected.

 
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as long as u dont go up to like near the 5000 rpm on ur tach tne u will be fine... i mean most people shift around 3000 anyways so u can run it for a while

 
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awesome

heres the story

i hydrolocked the **** outta it :-(
flooded streets when we had a flash flud and i was unaware of that.
SO the engines ****ed. insurance is paying for a new head if that ends up being the cause. will find out tomorow afternoon. new dx head is 2000 new si i was told is 2400. so im HOPING that it has a solenoid. are they togethor or can one be bought without the other? heh

this is why im trying to figure this all out if I can get away with a brand new upgrade to an si for about 400 honda said theyd even install it! then i damnw ell will

moving to ontario july 15th should have lotsa shops and ability to install and tune a vafc2 which i wouldnt be able to do here.

 
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you can buy a solenoid, but really there should be one, or you need to buy it. the engine wont run without it unless you wanna shoot oil everywhere chances are you will need to buy it along with the gasket.

 
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ok ill ask when i call in. looks like i may jsut go without and stick with the dx engine. sadly. lol then see if i can buy a used head in ontario later on.

thanks for the advice!

 
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i would really try for the vtec head. its gonna be a huge pain and $ later to do it again. just buy the solenoid and gasket, it cant be that much.

 
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k ill ask and see wut i can finagle lol

 
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gl keep us informed

 
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i shall. they still havnt popped the hood to veriofy what is wrong. sigh. so im still waiting to hear.

 
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so your getting 2 grand? you can get a vtec head on this site for a few hundred dollars... just take the insurance check, buy a used vtec head and vafc2.

 
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so this whole swap runs for around $500..ish??

head 200ish
vafc2 250ish
gasket set 100ish?? or do only the head gasket

 
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no im not getting 2 grand. my insurance dont work like that. they will pay someone to fix it at what ever cost but wont give me the moneya nd its probably gonna be hell of a lot more then 2g. since a brand new head is 2000 cdn. plus install taxes etc lol



guys this is killin me. my baby's been out since wednesday. i hat enot having it and hate even more not knowing if she's alright :'(

 
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an si head from a k motor si? will that fit? on a d series block cause an si head on a dx block will not work

 
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^^canadian Si is US EX