great news

[1PhatCX]

well..... just picked up my new motor tonight! DOHC ZC for.... $100!!!!! hehehe
no throttle body, no dizzy, no exhaust manifold, and no cam angle sensor but i'm not that worried, already have an exhaust manifold, and theres a DOHC ZC at the wreckers i goto anyway

motors sat for 7 months but its not siezed

i dont have a digital camera for another couple weeks as we are waiting on our new one to come in from e-bay, once it gets here i will take pics tho

[91civicguy]

nice dohc zc's are cool

do they have as much or more hp as a shoc v-tec??

[GTA]

nice pickup

91civicguy - the DOHC ZC has 5 more hp than the d16z6 and 3 more hp than the d16y8. But i consider them pretty even from what i have seen

[91civicguy]

Originally Posted by GTA

nice pickup

91civicguy - the DOHC ZC has 5 more hp than the d16z6 and 3 more hp than the d16y8. But i consider them pretty even from what i have seen

got ya thanks

[1PhatCX]

apparently the motor only had 40 000 K on it when it was brought over, also, its pretty much apart now, took the intake off the head, stripping the valve cover down now to paint it blue like my old one, waiting for my brother to tell me i can use his engine stand, oil pan is brand new gonna strip that and paint it, motor looks fairly clean all over tho, gonna drop the oil pan asap and see what suprises are in there lol, the runners for the intake were black as night, and also the ones going into the heads were too, how can i check if theres a bent valve? and would it be safe to clean up and paint the stock cam gears? this is gonna be one fun project i tell ya! i hope to have it done in a month or 2 for sure

[TheSilentChamber]

my SI intake was all black and grimy when I got it, soaked it in carb cleaner and it all came off. Take the head off and look for a bent valve you could allways do a compression test for a bent valve also. You can paint the insides of the cam geat, dont paint the part the belt touches though. Build ups are allways great, take your time. I'm currently building a race spec 258 (4.2Liter) inline 6.

[Skeme1]

wow thats one great deal you found there

[1PhatCX]

Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

my SI intake was all black and grimy when I got it, soaked it in carb cleaner and it all came off. Take the head off and look for a bent valve you could allways do a compression test for a bent valve also. You can paint the insides of the cam geat, dont paint the part the belt touches though. Build ups are allways great, take your time. I'm currently building a race spec 258 (4.2Liter) inline 6.

well the head was already off when i got it, and everything looked in good shape, i didnt know if there was another way to see tho when the heads off, wish i had a camera

[1PhatCX]

Originally Posted by Skeme1

wow thats one great deal you found there

yes sir it sure is!
thanx a ton dude

just curious on where ur from, cuz if ur in the area then once i get it all built and in, i should take ya for a rip! its the least i can do hehe

[Hilikus Funkin]

damn dude ur car is coming a long way and its awesome that ur doin all the work urself, good luck. Cant wait til i get my lil project car.

[amy@af]

congrats....for some strange reason i get the feeling it might end up primer gray

[90civicracer]

He'll probably primer the valvecover and intake primer gray, lol

[1PhatCX]

nope. valve covers gonna be blue like the one i have now, intake will be polished hehe
thinkin of polishing the head and block too or just the head and black block, and blue oil pan, dunno yet too many choices

[91civichatch2571]

Thats good man, i really hope you didnt get ripped off though man. Everything can always "look" good, but you never know until you run it. Best of luck bud

[1PhatCX]

yea i dont think i got ripped off, guy paid 250 for the motor and i got it for 100 cuz hes moving out to british columbia on the 24th so i see it as a win for me, saved 400 for it, by the end i might have a zc for under 500

also, you wouldnt happen to have any spare ZC parts laying around, like saw the sensor for the cam and a dizzy?