I decided that I should finally get my car run on a dyno just to see what kind of power I'm making from my d16y8 NA.

The motor was rebuilt approximately 90,000km ago.

Relevant mods are:

- CAI with K&N
- Skunk2 Intake Manifold
- Skunk2 stage 1 camshaft
- Skunk2 adjustable camshaft gear
- DC Sport 4-2-1 ceramic header
- Magnaflow high-flow catalytic converter
- 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust
- OBX twin-loop muffler
- 8.5lbs flywheel
- Stage 1 clutch

The car is UN-TUNED and the timing was adjusted by feel after installing the camshaft about 2 months ago.

The runs were performed at Altech Performance in Toronto on their Dyno Dynamics Dynamometer.

The motor pulled 149 wheel horsepower! That's more than a b16 and in GSR territory! It's not shown on the slip but I was told that it was making 110 foot pounds of torque.

I'd like to thank Joe at Altech for making the runs and my good friend Davis for rebuilding the motor and helping with the mods.

Here's a link to the run:
I apologize that the video is sideways... I didn't realize it when I was filming with my iPhone. I'd correct it but I'm pretty excited to get it posted up!

Here's a pic of the dyno sheet:

 

Here are a couple of videos of the car at the Mosport Driver Development Track in May of this year:

 

Those are some great numbers! Get it tuned and you'll see even more.

By b16 with ported ITR 4-1 header, custom full 2.5" exhaust, short-ram intake with velocity stack in a home made cold air box and 8lb flywheel was making about the same power, so you've done well with the mods you have and considering it's untuned.

Keep us posted on your progress. I've really enjoyed following the progress you've made with your car. You set a reasonable goal and have actually accomplished it. That is a lot more than many can say who come on here saying they plan to build some crazy track monster with a ridiculous unuseable power goal of like 300whp+ and then end up doing nothing.

Good on you dude. I look forward to seeing more of this car.

 

Thanks MPR!

I'm glad that I've made for some good entertainment!

All kidding aside, thank you VERY much for always being willing to help with some extremely good advice. Honestly, my suspension build was in no small part thanks to your recommendations.

Now I just need to decide if I can/will keep the car. My plan was to sell it because I picked a beautiful 1993 del Sol that's been stored for the last 16 winters, never seen rain and almost never driven - but automatic - with only 150,000km. My plan was to swap it to manual next year.

 

I've never been a fan of Del-slow's So my choice would be to keep the car you've built up. But to each his/her own, it's your decision. Maybe use the del-sol as a daily driver, keep it stock but keep tweaking your civic.

Glad I could help and again, it's really cool to see a project brought through to reality.

 

Some people aren't! Funny that the successor to the much loved CRX was a flop...

It doesn't have anywhere NEAR the out-of-the-box performance capabilities that the CRX had. It's surprisingly 200lbs heavier than my EK Coupe!

In order to build it up for track I think I'll have to spend a little more cash on this than I did the Civic to get it where the Civic is now. It's inherently unstable because of the targa top and has a lot of chassis flex. I've heard stories that the rear window can come off the track or even break because of the the body torque during autocross...

But you don't see many del Sol's out there and almost never one in this condition. I think a well built showroom quality track car would be pretty bad-***.

That is of course if I don't keep the Civic...