Civic/Crx Si block???

I need one, my block is gone pretty much. I wanna do the Y8 mini-me head swap, but need a good running, no smoke blowing, si block!!! let me know if you have one floating around or will soon because of a swap!!! thx

Just get a SOCH Vtec motor ...........

i don't want to have to deal with the wiring and stuff

if you have the SI engine already, there isnt much wiring that you have to do, just the Vtec, which you need to wire anyway if you are gonna do a head swap.

with the head swap i'm just gonna use a rpm activated switch. not that hard, does anyone have a block?

you could use the rpm switch if you swap the whole engine too. Putting a vtec head on your sohc, would be the same as swapping a sohc vtec in :)

yea, i know but the whole motor is an assload more expensive than an a6 block and then a z6/y8 head. plus i am gonna leave it as just an a6 for about a 1 1/2 months-2 months. so does anybody have one or know someone that does???

Originally posted by Phat_Si
yea, i know but the whole motor is an assload more expensive than an a6 block and then a z6/y8 head. plus i am gonna leave it as just an a6 for about a 1 1/2 months-2 months. so does anybody have one or know someone that does???

stick a head on your a6 and it's going to overheat. why does everyone think the SOHC v-tec is so hard? and so spendy? my y8 basically took 2 days. it would have taken only one if we didn't switch up a bunch of parts from a6 to the y8 (header, cam gear, different flywheel, clutch, and so on. my y8 was $500 (12,000 miles on it) + rpm activated switxch $59.

i know it sounds scarey pulling your engine. believe me, i didn't sleep well the week prior. now that it's done....i look back and it was cake. they make all the plugs different, you can't get them wrong. it's just a matter of sitting there and hooking it all back up :)

would it be more beneficial for me to go with a zc??? I mean with less hassles and would it probably be cheaper?

ZC is very easy (so I hear) but some of them can be unreliable and it will pay you to replace some things on it but that will mean more $$$ of course.

why is a zc unreliable???

I may be coming across an si engine really soon. I'm buying a 90 civic si off a friend who crashed it in the back. How much are you looking to buy for?

Mmmmmmmmm...... ZC ;)

Ami is right tho looking back, I think I'd consider a Y8 - they are about the same price as a ZC.

Originally posted by CRXkid
I may be coming across an si engine really soon. I'm buying a 90 civic si off a friend who crashed it in the back. How much are you looking to buy for?
hey man, it depends on the condition of the block. where are you located tho???

i was going to get a zc when i started looking into the z6/y8. i was calling around on ZC's and couldn't find anyone to warrenty them. and every place told me they highly suggest i get new gaskets, water pump, thermostat...and so on. i looked around and found the y8. i swear i feel like i bought myself a new car for $500. 12,000 miles for a USDM engine (out of a '00 Civic, engine didn't sit around in a warehouse) is like a newborn baby. didn't have to replace anything. my d16a6 had 120,000 miles on it. you have any idea how long it will take me to put 100,000 miles on the y8? the civic only sees like 5000mi/yr.

if you don't want to spend money, the cheapest way is to just get another whole d16a6...i think at Nippon they are around $250 (at least time last i looked)

ami

Is D16A6 the 88-91 Si Engine? I was thinking I might get one of those instead of a ZC, and potentially work on that. I don't care for huge gobs of power, I'm actually pretty happy with what I have, but a little more Torque wouldn't hurt. And plus my engine is almost at 200,000 so how long can it really keep going anyway.

yes the 88-91 si motors are the D16a6's. hey Ami, do you have your old si motor laying around doing nothing?

I bet she does have it lying around, but if i remember the only reason she swapped was cause she was tired of it giving her problems.

Originally posted by Phat_Si
yes the 88-91 si motors are the D16a6's. hey Ami, do you have your old si motor laying around doing nothing?

okay, here's the deal...i drove that bad boy for a year & 1/2 no troubles. best friend broke his spine on vacation up by bend which is approx. 300 miles away. went there every weekend for 3 months..no problem. one day i'm chillin' outside and start messing around under the hood. pull a spark plug and found oil. figured i'd do the smart thing and get the head gasket replaced. while i was at it, had a spare head machined. didn't have time to work on the car (middle of winter) so i did what ended up being the worst thing ever. i took it to a mechanic :eek: car then went through 2 head gaskets in 3 months. it started acting up a third time i decided to yank it.

but it gets worse. the first time the head was off, jer went and looked at it. he saw the first cylinder wall was grooved. that doesn't suprise me. i'm sure the previous owner was extremely hard on it. i think he was a mid-life crisis wanna be racer. it was lowered and had a glasspack (and some coffeecan size tip).

i honestly have no idea what i'll do with the engine. i do know i wouldn't feel right selling it to anyone...unless they were expecting to spend $$$ tearing it all down and rebuild/machine the bottom end. ya know?

that makes sence. I think i may go with the zc!