Engine Arrived today, Pics! 56k no no

I though I was getting a zc vtec, but I got a d16a vtec here are a few pics, I'll post more when the swap is done. btw I bought my engine off of ebay from jdm_enginesource Great customer service and the engine is awsome looking, can't wait to hear it!


http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd11b3127cce90b80167fef700000016108AbtmjJo5Ys4 http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd11b3127cce90b801c67f6600000016108AbtmjJo5Ys4 http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd11b3127cce90b801c07f6000000016108AbtmjJo5Ys4
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd11b3127cce90b80612be1900000016108AbtmjJo5Ys4 You Know what that means right, Mmm automatic engines make me happy
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What is up with the second cable coming off of the throttle roller thing???
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dd11b3127cce90b806d73fec00000016108AbtmjJo5Ys4 my crushed fender
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What do you think so far?

looks good!

I wish I had the funds right now to buy a nice sohc vtec.

awesome! Now get it in there already! That second cable is for cruise control

Nice motor it should be nice when its in. My friend is doing the same swap in his crx with a turbo, He got the motor with trans and a hatchback for 500. As far as the second cable on the throttle rotor im not sure what it is il ask my friend if he knows.

awesome! Now get it in there already! That second cable is for cruise control

I second that, as my throttle has one also, going straight to the cruise control box. :)

How are you wiring it, Are you converting to obd1 or just using a rpm switch or vtec controler?

what car did that come out of, i didnt know there was a d16a vtec

usdm 92-95 civic si and 4 dr ex

it is also called the d16Z6, it list both at the part store under a civic but the z6 is more common i believe, i have never seen an a6 before w/ my own eyes but there are some out there. I don't know if there are any small differences in the two but i think they are basically the same.

d16a6 is in our civics sis and ex's. thats not a usdm engine either. a usdm engine would have another number after the A (D16a6) while a jdm engine would say (d16a). I thought the jdm 92-95's came with the D15B vtec...

Nice man hope she runs good for you. First MOD TURBO lol

hmm good point, didn't really notice that there wasn't an number at the end of the engine code, i just didn't look good. it also has a one wire o2 sensor too so that's another sign of jdm, my bad on that, i was thinking a6. Maybe it was in the later 92-95's or something in japan. But i kinda wouldn't mind knowing either just to know.

I am going to OBD 1, sick of the msd box and pm6 ecu that ran my mini me, I got my harness already need to soder some parts of it on. waiting on my chipped p28 ecu.

as for the engine, it confuses the hell out of me... its marked d16a and is vtec, never even heard of such a thing. I believe its obd1 due to the map sensor on the TB and the po8 intake manifold, but the O2 sensor is only one wire???? I assume its jdm due to the jap. writing on the timing belt cover, and the lack of anything after the "A" perhaps its euro or african??? I don't know.

Can't wait till I get it in there, But I'm taking my time cleaning everything and making it nice. wait till you guys see pics of my freshly painted dc header on it, its sexy for sure!

back to work I go

Nice man hope she runs good for you. First MOD TURBO lol

thanks and no... keeping this one stock, got a spare block now... can you say sleeves + 20 psi in the future :naughty:

I am going to OBD 1, sick of the msd box and pm6 ecu that ran my mini me, I got my harness already need to soder some parts of it on. waiting on my chipped p28 ecu.

as for the engine, it confuses the hell out of me... its marked d16a and is vtec, never even heard of such a thing. I believe its obd1 due to the map sensor on the TB and the po8 intake manifold, but the O2 sensor is only one wire???? I assume its jdm due to the jap. writing on the timing belt cover, and the lack of anything after the "A" perhaps its euro or african??? I don't know.

Can't wait till I get it in there, But I'm taking my time cleaning everything and making it nice. wait till you guys see pics of my freshly painted dc header on it, its sexy for sure!

back to work I go


Your doing this the same way i am. I have the motor in the car now, just a few more things to hook up and then i am going to put in new shocks and suspention parts. Are you using a obd jumper harness or doing it all your self? Now this is something that has had me confused, if you standing in front of the car on the passanger fire wall where the map sensor is mounted on my 89 hf there are 4 vacum lines that come out of that box, i wired my map sensor to the motor and everthing, so what good is that box now. I noticed it wasnt in you car in the pics, so can i take that thing out and chunk it?

you mean the charcoal canister?? I still have mine, but its just kinda dangling right now, to free up room.

and I bought a harness, the craftsmanship on it is superb too, I'll have to get some pics of it.

yea post those. I modifyied my harness my self and it turned out pretty good. I uncovered everthing and recovered it too as far as the harness goes. So i still need the charcole filter? Where do the vacum lines go? i don't have anywhere to put them on my new motor. Just to be curious can you tell how they wired up the o2 sensor? i have 2 wires that i cant figure out what to do with them. It's the 2 o2 heater wires, but on my obd jumper harness i only have 1 o2 heater wire, so i can't figure out if i am supposed to run the two o2 heater wires to the 1 jumper harness wire or what. But i guess i'll figure it out somehow, no one seems to have this prob though cause i can't get any help on it so it's prob something easy that i just don't see.

they go to the top of the TB

and here are their directions.

1. Connect tge brown to one of the blacks (heater)
2. Purple to Green (ground)
3. Yellow to black (12v switch)
4. Gray to white (signal)

Those are not the colors of my wires at all. The original colors out of the harness i used was Green wire w/ white stripe, orange w/ black stripe, yellow w/ black stripe, and white. But i have a aftermarket o2 sensor in which the wire are as i listed above. On my jumper harness my o2 heater wire is blue, my signal wire is white, and my ground is black. there are no other wires labled for the o2 sensor, that's why i thought maybe i should run the 2 heater wires to the 1 heater wire on the jumper harness

kind curious about that motor myself. does it have a vtec solenoid ? where did you buy that engine from ?

looking sweet man , keep us update, good luck with the swap :)

Yeah I didn't figure the colors would be right on the harness... any way, you need one Positve and a ground going to the heater wire, so find out which the one you have is and do the opposite...

here is what i could find on the d16a http://www.d-series.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14502&highlight=d16a+vtec

and I got it from a guy off of ebay, jdm_enginesource, great ebayer, took real good care of me and the engine is beautiful.

civic jim, what can you tell us about the d16a? have you seen them around??

i can mate

we get a lot of D series SOHC Vtecs here not sure if you got them over in the states very much though,

so its a JDM engine with the engine code D16A??? and its Vtec too ?

yeah, its a sohc vtec labled d16a

we get the d16z6 and d16y8 over here and I've heard of the d15b vtec and the ZC vtec, just not the d16a.

its a jdm d16a (basically a d16z with claimed 130hp...whatever :rolleyes it was $655 shipped. I did find a couple of d16z's in denver, but they wanted $850 and $20 to send it over the hill.

well i just found that quoted on another site will keep looking for ya :)

yeah thats what I've been finding else where, I really wonder if it is the 126 hp or what ever the z6 is or the 130 every one claims... any way off to work

LOOKS GOOD.

But one thing. I am not sure that using the heat sheald bolt to lift a motor that is about 250lbs is a good i idea. You are also putting a lot of stress one the EX MN. I am telling you this becuase if it falls you will not be able to pic it up off of your self.

LOOKS GOOD.

But one thing. I am not sure that using the heat sheald bolt to lift a motor that is about 250lbs is a good i idea. You are also putting a lot of stress one the EX MN. I am telling you this becuase if it falls you will not be able to pic it up off of your self.


yeah thats what i was thinking too, and I moved it right after I got it out of the car and on the ground, it's now securly mounted in the block
:wink:

Good!!!

i can pick 250 lbs up off myself =)

yea i picked mine up from the ground and set it up on a pallet about stomach high. but the tranny wasn't on it, i used the engine lift once the tranny was on. Just lift w/ your leggs and not your back, cause if you don't you'll have a sore back for a few days

tighten the cable if you have cruise control if not get rid of it,,, good luck w/ the swap...