Question on my engine

[1990civic]

the head on a std is different than the head on a dx, thats were the 20 horsepower loss comes from!!! also 91zc, the way you just said prepping in engine, would mean you turn it from std, to SI, i said that NOS can not be done on a std, and a dx, with the SI Its Possible, but Very Stupid!!!

[91zc]

Actually just swapping fuel injection does not make a standard or dx engine automatically an Si. It is still running a different cam, head, and block than an Si. Basically it is just an MPFI d15. Running a nitrous system on a motor with proper fuel delivery and tuning is not stupid either. There is a guy that runs at my local track that runs a stock d15 with a 50 shot nitrous kit. So it isn't impossible to do. I know a few people that have run a nitrous kit on a totally stock d16a6. All they did was run a 50 shot with fuel pressure regulator, colder plugs, and upgraded ignition. I have even seen a guy running a turbo on the dpfi fuel injection system.

[habib_88]

Just a fast FYI for ya HondaGrrl, all the parts that fit in the Si motor can probaly be made to go into or bolt onto your little D15....again that doesn't mean that guy prepped it for nitrous though lol. However i knew this kid in a CRX with the 1.5 in it. When he'd blow a motor from running to much nitrous, he'd spend like litterly 200 to 300 bucks and just get another 1.5 installed since they were so cheap to buy haha. He was using like a 65 or 75 shot? that seemed to be the blowing point but i heard it was actaully faster than you would think. Oh yea one more thing, the dual point fuel injection on the 1.5 is also common on other cars from the same years like late 80s nissian sentras i found out lol, so yea its not THAT rare of a thing just usually blows for perfomance. 91zc about hit it on the nose for the most part with his post :smoker2:

[Setanta]

Originally posted by 1990civic
also the engine from Aussie isnt JDM its EDM!!!!

BZZZT...

Sorry - dead wrong on this one - try 100% dead wrong! :finger:

Euros are EE spec cars, Aussie Hondas are EDs. Chassis designation JHMED-xxxxx Every single Honda on our market from the S600 through to the NSX are fully imported from Japan except for the EK VTiR Coupe (Si) which was imported from the US.

Gee, I wonder how I know this? Must be something to do with living in Sydney and having owned a 4G ED Civic with it's 100bhp twin-carb engine built in Japan. Might go with the other dozen or so Hondas that I've owned over 18 years of driving - every single one of them built in Japan and exported to Australia hmmm? We even got only the JDM built/spec Si 2G CRX with ZC. Ring Honda Australia and ask 'em where they came from - they'll tell you the exact same thing.

FACT!

You're dead wrong!

End of story

BTW - I have one of the few exclusions - mine is a genuine EF, not an ED - private import, so it's true JDM.

[HondaGrrl]

he coulda run NOS, like a 55 shot without hurtin it.

its obvious he didn't know that much considering he drag raced it on a stock clutch.

[QuickSilverEF9]

What about New Zealand? I know 2 people who can get me JDM stuff and they both live in New Zealand. Don't they get JDM cars?

[Setanta]

New Zealand have individual import laws. They can basically import whatever they like without too much government interference - unlike Australia which has too much of a lobby from the manufacturers.

Short answer: yes they get JDM.

Longer answer: consider their JDM to be all low-volume imports.

[casedogg]

a stock dx engine is rated at 90 hp and can handle dos as long as it is only like a 35 shot...it would also be better to do a dry system in the intake pipe than a wet system

[casedogg]

and australia is jdm///and he probably isn't confusing it with that engine anyway

[1990civic]

CASEDOGG running NOS on a stock (non prepped) engine is the dumbest thing i have ever heard of!!!!!

[ci5ic]

That's funny. When I was at Ami's house this weekend, she whipped out an OLD Sport Compact Car, and Lo-and-behold, an article on a D15 civic running NOS that won the Battle of the Imports a few years in a row... I can't remember what it ran in the 1/4 mile, but I'm pretty sure it was low 13's or high 12's...

[BullShifter]

1/2 carburated 1/2 fuel injected could have meant TBI Throttle Body Injection. which thats what it basically is:smoka:

[GTA]

Originally posted by ci5ic
That's funny. When I was at Ami's house this weekend, she whipped out an OLD Sport Compact Car, and Lo-and-behold, an article on a D15 civic running NOS that won the Battle of the Imports a few years in a row... I can't remember what it ran in the 1/4 mile, but I'm pretty sure it was low 13's or high 12's...

Ummm.... if your talking about that 4th gen . It was a d15 with the MPFI swap and a junkyard turbo, not NOS. it run 12's

[ci5ic]

Oops! My bad! I was

[amy@af]

Originally posted by 88CiViC_DX


Ummm.... if your talking about that 4th gen . It was a d15 with the MPFI swap and a junkyard turbo, not NOS. it run 12's

finally! now there are people who have SEEN that article with their own eyes. that car is the fucking shit! ran a 12.31 @ 112 mph...battle of import winner in 95. d15 with junkyard turbo :ylsuper

i love that old SCC. it's funny to look at all the old ads and pics of old skool body kits. pretty crazy that scc was only 97 pages