ZC worries

ok, my plans are to get a zc motor from www.hmotorsonline.com. my questions is if i do buy from there what will i have to do to get the motor ready to be installed in my car? do i basiclly have to do a total rebuild or what?? is it even worth getting the zc? i know alot of you are going to say sohc vtec but i just don't want to go that route cause i can never find a cheap one. there is one on that website but it says 1.5 vti. whats up with that motor??

since you've got an si, its pretty much plug and play...you only have to do a simple little plug change on the distributor.

as far as the engine rebuilding..that's up to you..most dont..most just change tbelt, water pump, etc...

im planning on swaping my engine now for a ZC......so basically what i have to do is just take on my engine now and just drop the ZC in and change the two wires and thats all good????do i have to change the tbelt and everything else???

Originally posted by CRXsk8er
do i have to change the tbelt and everything else???


I would do it.

so what stuff would i have or would i want to change???do you have a list or a website that says everything????.....thanks

Mainly the timing belt and the water pump. I would also upgrade your clutch cause sometimes you get bad ones. LIke my b16:(

i dont kno if im goign to change my cluch cause right now mine is fine and i dont have that my $$ so ill just do the swap and change the tbelt and water pump...........thanks

CRXsk8er :

i posted a link to a page dedicated to the ZC motor. from a parts list and installation. i posted it on your OWN thread on ZC's


http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t87447.html

hey man,

Well Since I work at Advance Auto Parts I bought a high performance clutch from them and I'm very happy with mine, it will run you around 280-300 but if you can find someone to give you there discount its like 250. So I would buy one I couldnt be more happy buying it. Here is what I bought and installed on mine, timing belt,water pump,distributor cap and rotor button,plugs and wires,clutch,resurface flywheel, axel seals, thermostat, all fluids:antifreeze,oil,transmission fluid, oil filter. Buy your waterpump from Honda I paid $46.91 and timing belt 26.63. Thats just some stuff I have on file from my swap.

Ian

I strongly recomend putting at least a timing belt and water pump on it before it goes in your car. It could and probly will save you so much money in the future.

get a new clutch also, its so simple and cheap to do if the engine is out of the car, but once the engine is installed its a bitch!!

Originally posted by walt0023
ok, my plans are to get a zc motor from www.hmotorsonline.com. my questions is if i do buy from there what will i have to do to get the motor ready to be installed in my car? do i basiclly have to do a total rebuild or what?? is it even worth getting the zc? i know alot of you are going to say sohc vtec but i just don't want to go that route cause i can never find a cheap one. there is one on that website but it says 1.5 vti. whats up with that motor??

Here be the deal home fry... I got my ZC torn apart I got mine from Hmotors... They are verry reliable and the motor I got is in good condition :) I should have just slaped it in (Once seing the internals there cant be more than 35,000 on it) But I somehow convinced myself to build the piss out of it... Now I got a motor thats torn apart and I got no manual for it... THIS SUCKS!

http://tech.hybridgarage.com/tech/index.html

there is your MANUAL for the ZC under 4g service manual i got it on my Hard drive if you want me to send it talk to me also i can hook ya up with some good insite since i own a DOHC ZC and i LOVE it most reliable engine i have ever had it works great :)

Yo....I don't want you peeps to think I am dissing my favorite 4g place by posting up another forum...but I am just helping out a fellow 4g-er with a ZC - http://www.thezcr.com/html/zcbook.php
home page - http://www.thezcresource.com/

I bet it is the same one as the dude linked to above me just in a different place :licker:

Mmmm....ZC :cool: