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Re: Sohc to Dohc Engine Swap

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 2:06 am
by Ryan
Again, thats the 88 HP SOHC.

Good news, BP pluigs right in.

Do you know that DOHC stands for Dual Overhead Cam? you can have a DOHC I4 with 8 valves.... 16 doesn't mean DOHC.

Re: Sohc to Dohc Engine Swap

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 5:00 am
by SpatialTerror
hmmm. thats crazy. i coulda swore it has 2 cams. well it looked like it did
oh well. would been nice to have the bp.
and i didnt know you could have 16 valves with one cam.
haha now i just gotta convince my brother to do the bpt swap.
and make it go really fast.
haha thats funny. its only got 88hp. and it still makes civic drivers cry

Re: Sohc to Dohc Engine Swap

Posted: March 13th, 2010, 9:18 pm
by PilotSmack89
It's got one actual cam, but 2 rocker shafts (the pieces that actually open the valves), so that's probably what you saw.

And yeah, it's got a surprising amount of pull for 88HP... i still beat most off the line when I want to