1986 CRX which head?
odd nimrod
07-11-2004, 06:07 PM
I blew the head gasket in my 1987 civic 4door, it was the 1.5 liter cvcc "16" valve head. the head had a bent valve and some studs were broken. I went to a parts yard and do not know which head i got, it runs fine but i would still like to know. it is from an 86 CRX with 12 valves.
THANX
THANX
cvcc_wagon
07-12-2004, 01:28 AM
either the crx si or a canadian model crx w/o the cvcc stuff. if you saw the car it came from perhaps you remember whether or not it had a sunroof and was fuel injected? if so it was an si. if it was carb it was probably the canadian model. the si head on a dx block will give you lower compression but the canadian 12 valve one will not
odd nimrod
07-12-2004, 01:37 AM
im not sure if the compression went down or not, but it might have. I didn't see the car, it was from a lot where they just had 'em on shelf. Thanx for the input though. The tag just said 86 CRX, and i live in northern washington, so im still not sure which one it is. i don't know if there was a diference between the spark plug angles or not, but this one they were at almost a 35 degree angle pointing toward the piston.
Also, would you happen to know how much it lowered compresion ratio?
THANX
Also, would you happen to know how much it lowered compresion ratio?
THANX
cvcc_wagon
07-12-2004, 01:49 AM
i don't know the exact numbers. try searching at http://www.redpepperracing.com/forums , it has been brought up a number of times over there. you will probably even find pictures of each. from what i understand the combustion chambers are different enough to tell by eye (that's if you remember what the head looks like on the inside)
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