I need a motor....

Ok, I have a 93 Civic DX, unfortunately I just replaced the oil pump with a brand new top of the line one which turned out to be a piece of ****. Not even 3 months or 300 miles and the pos done died.... So not only is my oil pump screwed again but it fudged my motor. I usually would be saying it's time for the Si swap. But I'm gonna have to go back factory for a lil while.

So anyone know where I can pick up a stock dx motor I believe it's a D15B7 motor. Any one have one that they swapped out or know where I could find one? I'd appreciate any help that I can get.

where are you located? the best place is to go to an engine importer or junkyard.

Check out ebay i seen some on there like 2 days ago selling for like 400 shipped or something and thats with low mileage...
TYpe in 92-95 honda civic engine i seen a d15 vtec selling on there for 350 plus like 100-200 shipping.I know u said your waiting on a vtec swap but thats not to bad of a deal...I think they had others in there to youll just have to look..

I'm outside of asheville NC

Thanks

ah shit, can't help you then. I'm on the other side of the country lol. But yah, I'd say the junkyard is your best bet

Ok now if I was to go ahead and buy the vtec for a 92-95 civic. What all would I have to change/add to install the motor?

nothing really. You would need a new ecu, and just do the wiring for teh VTEC. other than that it should be just drop in and bolt on

Well you will need the vtec wiring harness,Vtec ecu.THere maybe more but i dont know..I know these things are needed anyone else have anything to add..

I will send you a link from hondaswap has a good article on how to change your car from non vtec to vtec..Well it shows how to wire your car for vtec sorry..



http://www.hondaswap.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41608


Here is the link shows how to do it..It will give you and idea on this..Hope this helps

hey civicgurl, I got a pm from you but I cant get them so I dont even know if the ones I send go out otherwise Id have PM'd this, but whatever it was [email protected]

also check thepartstrader.com

I was looking for one for my civic a while bacjk and found a couple right away local to me that was 75 for a D15B that ran with 130k but did use a tiny bit of oil by the 3k mark and a D16 non vtec (z?) for 150 that ran great with unstated mileage.

You wouldn't have to change anything for the 92-95 VTEC motor, if you just wanted to replace the motor. However if you wanted to use the VTEC then you'd need the ECU, wiring and so on that everyone mentioned. But it would run w/o VTEC w/ your stock ECU

I Have a 93 EX motor im willin to GIVE you after im done building my b18c. u just have to find some way to get it (Im in MA). and it may need a valve job soon, other than that, its a champ.

You wouldn't have to change anything for the 92-95 VTEC motor, if you just wanted to replace the motor. However if you wanted to use the VTEC then you'd need the ECU, wiring and so on that everyone mentioned. But it would run w/o VTEC w/ your stock ECU


who the hell would wanna do that?

lol...no kidding though really. Might as well get another D15 and get better gas mileage

I Have a 93 EX motor im willin to GIVE you after im done building my b18c. u just have to find some way to get it (Im in MA). and it may need a valve job soon, other than that, its a champ.

oh and i forgot, this motor would come as a complete swap (ecu, wires, tranny, etc.)

im doing my swap soon, and will have no use for my D15b7....it has 163k on it though!

just go for the Z6 cant imagine that engine could cost much, people wiht EX's swap all the time. im assuming thats what you mean by SI swap and not the OBD1 version of the B16 in the 99-00 civic SI

yeah I realize that it would be pointless to swap in a Z6 w/o running the VTEC. my point was if she was looking for a cheap fix for now, that she could get just the motor, and later hook up the VTEC. That was all.

might as well hookup VTEC while swapping and save yourself the headache of doing it later.

yeah SOHC VTEC ecus are probably kinda cheap as well and Id rather mod a harness for vtec when its not on the engine in the car already