stupid jade zc swap question

Allllright.
i know the only way to do a swap is to do it yourself
however i would fuck it up, the biggest thing i have done on my crx so far was put in a new rad.
i want to swap a zc into my crx dx. its auto and i wanna know what i'm looking to pay
a) for the engine and any and all parts
b) a shop to do the work
if you don't have the time to respond even a referance site would be great
thanks!

well i got my ZC for about 560 shipped. When i was finished with my swap i had over 3000 in it. But that's because i rebuilt it from the bottom up, having all performance parts in. If you looking just to swap it straight in then i would at least replace the water pump, head gasket, and timing belt.... after the motor... you should be looking to spend about another $200 in parts to swap in.... I have no i dea what a shop would charge since i did mine myself.

I payed $3000 Cdn for my dx auto to zc stick conversion.

That included....

-zc engine
-si tranny
-new axels
-timing belt
-water pump
-all other parts for dpfi to mpfi and auto swap
-all labour
-all misc fluids and stuff

Its pretty straight forward.

Check out the web site "the Zc resource"....not sure the exact address.


I DEFINETELY recommend changing:
Timing Belt
Water Pump
Head Gasket (if you have the $$)

You will need:
MPFI system.....
Si Harness
Resistor Box
Si ecu -pm6 (or 89 integ pg7, or Zc pm7)
Si Tranny
Si Axles
HEADER!!! Needs to be aftermarket, for 88-91 Si


I paid about $2000 total for my entire swap. But my car was already an Si, and I got a lot of other items like hoses and radiator, plus I needed a new trans. So, my motor and install was like $1500.

I definetely again will say to do the t-belt and the other items. Mine broke about 8months after install. Thank god nothing got f-ed up in the head. Just remember that the motor only has about 30k miles on it, but it is also 11-13 years old, so it will need some work.

Originally posted by Problem_Si
Its pretty straight forward.

Check out the web site "the Zc resource"....not sure the exact address.


www.thezcr.com

HEADER!!! Needs to be aftermarket, for 88-91 Si

you dont need a header.

Right...and also..the "correct" header is a 89 integra top half which already has the ports to match the ZC, and a 90-91 Civic bottom half so that it matches up with the cat. Except I don't know anyone that wants to buy two two-piece header systems to create the correct one, so most people get the 88-91 header and match the ports with a little grinding on the header ;)

Good Luck with whatever you decide. :)

88CRX i could kiss you, i have an 89 auto dx so your numbers are probably what i'm looking at paying and thats doesn't seem like too bad a price. how old was your zc? how many k?
thanks everyone

dont know how many kms'? they say under 30k but who knows. oh ya make sure you get some sort of warantee in writing or a compression test done.

i got my sohc ZC for about 250 and installed with a new radiator which rang me 150 for 900.

I just did my ZC swap. If anyone know the immense problems that can go wrong it's me, and I know how to fix most of them.

things you will prob. have to pick up..are as follows

TPS (go to a junk yard and pocket a few)
SI throttle cable (just because the dx tends to hang up because its longer)
always safe getting a new water pump/HG/timing belt
New Clutch (im running a ACT 4 Puck on a 89 Si regeared tranny, and if your doing the clutch you might as well do it right..get the flywheel turned..or lightened for that matter)
you might need a teg rad. hose (might)
now since your going from a DX (as i did) you will need to do a new wireharness and run a good ECU (pm7 or pg7)...thats the hardest part of the swap is the harness....other than that..it bolts right up to your stock motor mounts....