What are the easiest engine swaps?
FourthGenHatch
06-19-2002, 10:01 PM
I am going to do a swap eventually but I am a do it yourself guy and don't like anyone fucking up my stuff but me. So what engine swap is easy to do? I am very good at mechanical stuff but knowing about wiring I don't know too much about that stuff. I heard ZC is very easy to do and is like a straight drop in. I think it is harder than that but what is easy to do?
Civic Rush
06-19-2002, 10:06 PM
The b16 cable type is farily easy if you get the motormount kit.
same goes for the b18 with the motor mount kit
same goes for the b18 with the motor mount kit
FourthGenHatch
06-19-2002, 10:09 PM
Is B16 easy? I thought it would be hard for some reason. Why has ZC dropped off the face of the earth, all these engine sites no longer have them!
bc4g
06-19-2002, 10:16 PM
the easiest swap is h22a turbo charrged with NOS its like turning on a light switch ---if you really believe this please sell your car
Chad
Chad
FourthGenHatch
06-19-2002, 10:25 PM
Originally posted by bc4g
the easiest swap is h22a turbo charrged with NOS its like turning on a light switch ---if you really believe this please sell your car
Chad
I'd like to be able to steer my car.
the easiest swap is h22a turbo charrged with NOS its like turning on a light switch ---if you really believe this please sell your car
Chad
I'd like to be able to steer my car.
bc4g
06-20-2002, 08:16 AM
i was just kidding. I had along day at work--a nice 12hr shift
Chad
Chad
amy@af
06-20-2002, 10:03 AM
i did a d16y8.it went right in. for some reason people think that swap is really spendy. you can go the cheap route and all you need is the engine and rpm activated switch. i got my engine for $500. so it would have cost the same as a ZC, except for my d16y8 didn't need to be rebuilt (as they suggest you do with a ZC)
ami
ami
Melt
06-20-2002, 05:12 PM
I cant say how easy / not easy it was to do the SOHC ZC swap seeing as it was already in the car, but the owner of the car before me was a poor guy, so it couldnt have been too expensive
velocitySiR
06-20-2002, 07:19 PM
zc=easy as shit.....move one wire to your cam sensor.....
get it at soko i got one for my old rex for $730 shipped....
get it at soko i got one for my old rex for $730 shipped....
FourthGenHatch
06-20-2002, 10:44 PM
Do you think DOHC ZC or SOHC VTEC D16 is better? I heard ZC is unreliable.
velocitySiR
06-21-2002, 10:39 AM
ya the zc can be very unreiable or very good.... i mean they are a shady motor, personally i'd go y8, but if your really afraid of wires like i am, ZC!
Melt
06-21-2002, 03:05 PM
Seems reliable so far, hasnt not started on me yet
amy@af
06-21-2002, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by velocitySiR
ya the zc can be very unreiable or very good.... i mean they are a shady motor, personally i'd go y8, but if your really afraid of wires like i am, ZC!
go the rpm activated switch route and there is only a couple of wires. go the p28 ecu route, and just get a wiring harness instead of rewiring 50 wires. it's as easy as the ZC. i was stressing before the swap was done...thinking "what did i get myself into". but after it was done i realized it was basically out with the old engine and in with the new.
ami
ya the zc can be very unreiable or very good.... i mean they are a shady motor, personally i'd go y8, but if your really afraid of wires like i am, ZC!
go the rpm activated switch route and there is only a couple of wires. go the p28 ecu route, and just get a wiring harness instead of rewiring 50 wires. it's as easy as the ZC. i was stressing before the swap was done...thinking "what did i get myself into". but after it was done i realized it was basically out with the old engine and in with the new.
ami
Lil Cs turbo Zc
06-25-2002, 12:23 PM
well from whet I heard from being on many web boards for a couple years that the zc swap is very simple. . But it took me 7 weeks to finish..
confucius
07-02-2002, 09:37 PM
go with d16y8, im putting that head on my non vtec block.
amy@af
07-03-2002, 11:31 AM
Originally posted by Lil Cs turbo Zc
well from whet I heard from being on many web boards for a couple years that the zc swap is very simple. . But it took me 7 weeks to finish..
just curious...why? what troubles did you have? had the y8 running after 30 mins on day 3
:D i learned a lot from my mistakes :D
well from whet I heard from being on many web boards for a couple years that the zc swap is very simple. . But it took me 7 weeks to finish..
just curious...why? what troubles did you have? had the y8 running after 30 mins on day 3
:D i learned a lot from my mistakes :D
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