Car Engine Names

[CBFryman]

Originally Posted by drdisque

the Honda F-series motors are the SOHC 4 cylinders in accords and '92-'96 Prelude S.

A, B, C, D, F, H all have nothing to do with heads. they are blocks. Most came from the factory with both SOHC and DOHC set ups. and if not DOHC heads that fir the block could most likely be found. however, you are right they did only come in accords. i was thinking a friend of mines car was a civic, after riding with him i saw it was, alas, an accord. F-series blocks have slightly larger bores and strokes than B and D series blocks. F23 is what came in many accords, 2.3l. most common Bseries is the B18 and most common D is the D16. Im not even a honda fenatic and i know this kind of suff.

[drdisque]

ya, I did forget about the F20, which did have DOHC versions.

[aspirated_si]

just go into Goole and type in something like.. Engine Codes...you should be able to find it. But yea, B16a is a Japan JDM engine, and B16a2 or A1 is the USDM's engines. And yes, like what everyone is saying, Ek-9 and FD are only the chasis, people use these words just to differ from using, "yea i have a civic", cause, and EG is a i belive 92-95 Civic, so thats a EG, and Ek9 is a 96-00 hatch or Coupe. All very easy to learn...You will learn as you go...

[Kven]

*just the B16B is JDM(CTR); theres a JDM B16A2(EF8/EF9 SiR engine)

[Moppie]

Originally Posted by Kven

theres a JDM B16A2(EF8/EF9 SiR engine)

Honda Japan never put a number after any of its B16a series engines.
Even when the changed and revised the enigne with each Civic and generation.
However Honda's sold outside of Japan generaly have a number after the B16a.
So there is no JDM B16a2. But there is an Australian and US one, its the engine used in the Si and VTiR Civic.

However when the B16a was given a major overhaul for the 5th generation Civic (EG) it recieved enough changes that people needed someway of telling it apart from the earlier pre 92 engine.
As a result it started to be called the B16a2, when in reality it still had only B16a stamped on the engine block and even the Honda parts database still listed it as the B16a.


Toyota did the same thing with the 4agze. After the 1st generation MR2 went out of production the super charged 4agze engine was used in the Levin in Japan. It went through two incarnations, with major revisions to the cylinder head, ignition and fuel system and the amount of boost.
However it retained the same engine code.

Forunatly the engine serial numbers can be easily used to tell the differnt generations engines apart.

[CBFryman]

Moppie knows his hondas

[chowmein]

what other types of Chasiss are there?

[CBFryman]

ohh..ehh...uhhh...i dont know any honda uni codes...i was never that bad of a honda freak...

[chowmein]

bump

[racer_in_black]

BNR 32, 33, 34. Skyline.
FD, FC. RX7
AE86, 92, 101, 111. Corolla
S13, 14, 15. Silvia (240 sx)

[Moppie]

Originally Posted by chowmein

what other types of Chasiss are there?

Thats a pretty general question, ever manufactor has thier own coding system, and most have changed as model lines have expanded and company structures have chagned over time.