a 1991 'vert Civic?? - Page 2

DarkImportGrey · #16 05-27-2002, 07:13 PM

the severed ties car club is actually very good. they have had many magazine features and consistently win shows. I do not necessarily agree with some of their styling choices, but they still pull it off really good and clean. That droptop is cool. I've always wondered why Honda didn't make a drop top Prelude... that might have helped its sales, and perhaps kept the prelude alive for a few more years.

bracer · #17 05-27-2002, 07:52 PM

I once saw a CRX convertible on some site but I've never seen a hatchback without a roof. I don't like it but it's cool though.

btw, those disk brakes look huge with those rims

Melt · #18 05-27-2002, 08:19 PM

A while ago on Horsepower TV on TNN or TNT (i think thats the name of the show) there was a CRX with a small block v8 mounted in the BACK!!!

Just goes to show you people with money to burn do some crazy shit to their cars.

slammedcivicsi · #19 05-27-2002, 09:14 PM

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Originally posted by Melt
A while ago on Horsepower TV on TNN or TNT (i think thats the name of the show) there was a CRX with a small block v8 mounted in the BACK!!!

Just goes to show you people with money to burn do some crazy shit to their cars.

you think thats crazy check this out..... http://www.mahdavimotorsports.com/images/crx/index.htm

Setanta · #20 05-27-2002, 11:09 PM

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Originally posted by kbslacker

Time to put your foot in your mouth now. They do make a sohc zc, why you would want it I don't know, it sure isnt anything special.

Not in Japan they don't. Dual-carb DOHC ZC yes, Fi DOHC ZC yes, SOHC ZCs are non-existant. However, there are SOHC VTEC engines - economy varients, but they are not ZC spec as ZC denotes twin-cam. I can check, but I am fairly sure they are D - series engines.

Either way, a SOHC ZC VTEC engine is pure bullshit.

Setanta · #21 05-27-2002, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by kbslacker

Time to put your foot in your mouth now. They do make a sohc zc, why you would want it I don't know, it sure isnt anything special.

Not in Japan they don't. Dual-carb DOHC ZC yes, Fi DOHC ZC yes, SOHC ZCs are non-existant.

However, there are SOHC VTEC engines - economy varients that came out in the EG Civics, but they are not ZC spec as ZC denotes twin-cam. I can check, but I am fairly sure they are D - series engines.

Either way, a SOHC ZC VTEC engine is pure bullshit.

slammedcivicsi · #22 05-27-2002, 11:25 PM

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Originally posted by Setanta
Either way, a SOHC ZC VTEC engine is pure bullshit.

thank you....I knew they didnt make em.....Ive never heard of it.....If I see a block with a ZC stamp on it and its an SOHC.....I stand corrected....until that day I am still right......if you do infact have an SOHC ZC....take a picture of the block and post it for us....I would be interested to know the truth.

DarkImportGrey · #23 05-28-2002, 12:34 AM

anyone seen that pic floating around the net that shows an integra with a viper engine in it? it's photoshop, but it looks really good.

mellowboy · #24 05-28-2002, 12:45 AM

It looks alrite. I think some guy in Arizona does this conversion for a living? I saw him posting up a gray one on the partstrader sayin that he can do it. He was selling a rex just like that. ANYWAYS I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF DOHC ZC V-TEC??? Where did you get this info from? I did heard of sohc zc v-tec but not sure its a true name for it.

Setanta · #25 05-28-2002, 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by mellowboy
I did heard of sohc zc v-tec but not sure its a true name for it.

They definitely aren't ZC.

Honda Japan lists them as a VTEC-E SOHC engine designated D15B. A friend up the road has the Aussie varient as a D16B.

Economy version only - no ZC designation.

The only time the ZC came out post 91 was on the Aussie (and Euro?) EG Si, but by then the engine had it's designation changed to D16A (which came in halfway through the run of EF CRXs, replacing the ZC stamp).

mellowboy · #26 05-28-2002, 10:33 AM

Ok but Melt was also saying that theres a DOHC V-Tec ZC??

Melt · #27 05-28-2002, 10:41 AM

I do have a SOHC ZC, but it is NOT vtec. Just wanted to clear that up

sastanley · #28 05-28-2002, 02:23 PM

OK - so the car is interesting...not my style..why not buy a Geo Metro convertible than hack up a Civic (or CRX) to look like one??

Now, there seems to be a few differing opinions here..and I am not trying to holler at anyone or make anyone look dumb..If I followed the discussion correctly I see this:

One - Is there a DOHC VTEC ZC (no, there isn't) and:
Two - Is there a SOHC ZC (yes, there is)
Three- Is there a SOHC VTEC ZC (Yes, apparently there is)
This information was pulled from here!

I dunno where Melt got a SOHC ZC for his sedan, but hey, it isn't stock if it is in the US, and IMO, swaps are cool.

kris · #29 05-28-2002, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by Setanta

They definitely aren't ZC.

Honda Japan lists them as a VTEC-E SOHC engine designated D15B. A friend up the road has the Aussie varient as a D16B.

Economy version only - no ZC designation.

The only time the ZC came out post 91 was on the Aussie (and Euro?) EG Si, but by then the engine had it's designation changed to D16A (which came in halfway through the run of EF CRXs, replacing the ZC stamp).

Then how would you mate a sohc head on a zc block?

I know for a fact when I bought my first dx, it had swapped in a sohc zc. Right there in big letters on the block were the letters Z and C, and it had one cam. I never said it had vtec, but it was there. So explain that?

Melt · #30 05-29-2002, 12:39 AM

The SOHC ZC was in the car when I bought it.

The guy before me put it in after he blew the stock 1.5 by not adding coolant. I have no idea where it came from

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