NotARaCist

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<p>&quot;I have spark&quot; is diagnostically useless. &nbsp;What color is the spark?</p>

chazor

Sorry red spark

NotARaCist

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<p>Your coil and/or ICM are&nbsp;failing at high temperatures. &nbsp;Common point of failure. &nbsp;Replace them.</p>

chazor

Pulled the dizzy cap and the metal contacts on the cap and butten look corroded could that also cause the weak spark?

chazor

Also reread up on the spark colors and red/orange = weak spark white/blue= good normal .
Correct me if I'm wrong plz
Just trying to get it straight for future reference

NotARaCist

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<p>White is great. &nbsp;White with a blue'ish tint is acceptable. &nbsp;Anything else is weak. &nbsp;Corrosion on your cap/rotor could cause a weak spark, but wouldn't explain it only happening when the engine is hot. &nbsp;While you're doing the coil/ICM, replace the cap and rotor with OEM or NGK components as well, just to cover all of your bases.</p>

chazor

will be getting a cap an rotor tomorrow however the coil and icm are expencive they will have to wait till next payday altho my wife has a friend whos husband works in a shop and has said he would get me the parts for what they pay for them, ill have to try that. hopefully i can get a better deal lol

NotARaCist

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<p>Look at it this way. &nbsp;The original coil/ICM lasted you until now. &nbsp;That's more than 15&nbsp;years. &nbsp;Stick with OEM, and get another 15 years out of them.</p>

chazor

Oh yea planned on it. They get the parts from honda but apparently gets them for cheaper than standard. I don't ask questions i just tell him to shut-up and take my money.

Bently_Coop

Compare it with afhparts.com and hondaautomotiveparts.com. Both are dealers and have good deals on OEM parts.

chazor

Sweet thank you sir

chazor

Can't afford over 300 I can get a new dizzy from AZ for cheaper O.o

eghatch9295

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used oem is better than parts store rebuilt. i have a box of them i have pulled from various cars.

chazor

U have icm and ignighter you would sell?

chazor

SO the car is running now however i have no idea yet if i fixed the starting issue had the icm tested and its fine and i get spark from the coil pack dont remember what color that was and way i changed the plugs and cleaned all my sensors and she seams to be running better than before i used bkr6e plugs also replaced the cap and rotor as they were corroded non oem unfortunately but its just the cap and rotor that are non oem everything else is and will continue to be. also went over and cheacked and cleaned/sanded all my grounds also resolderd my main relay this morning as a precautionary step no joints were cracked or anything but i figured it couldn't hurt (plus i was board thinking of things to do been up since 3 am...) but she starts and runs now but since the problem was intermittent i have no idea if i actually fixed it but she has started every time ive tried even after warming up.

ok moving on to the real reason for the thread lol

so after more extencive research (while my son is watching pooh) i think my thought for the build has changed a tad. ive always had the want to do a complete rebuild, and doing so ill have it apart any way so why not build the motor.
so this is what im thinking
pm6/a6 pistions
not sure about rods yet still looking into them
bisi level 2 cams
dont plan on changing rev limiter so i should be ok with springs and retainers
tho i may go crower springs with stock retainers
dont think i will need a block gaurd but my get one incase
b16 throttle body (with port matching)
going to keep the P/S but will most likey get rid of the a/c
then cold air intake

thoughts?

NotARaCist

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Waste of money. Massive waste of money.

Jimi Hondrix

Use that money to start your child's prepaid college fund..much better investment.

chazor

Why do you say waste of money? And if its go b series no thanks lol I like my sohc. I mean I'm ganna rebuild it either way

NotARaCist

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It's a waste of money, because you'll be getting absolutely nothing out of it. If you want to build, either boost the D, or swap it out. Simple as that. Do you want me to go down the list and tell you exactly why each individual part is stupid?

chazor

Planning on boosting but I wanna build the motor first turbo would be later down the road or when money is available for it.
But your saying is stupid to rebuild the z6 because it has high milage to give it a refresh or stupid because the part list that I have so far?

chazor

I mean I like the z6 I like the d series motors yes I realise I could get more power from a b or h or hell by building a g but I'm not in it for the power per say even when I boost it I'm only going 5-8psi on a t3 I'm looking to hit at 150 that's it.

NotARaCist

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I'm saying those "performance" parts you want to install are a waste of money. If you want to rebuild it, do a stock rebuild. If you want to build it for boost, put your money in smart places, not in dumb places. Bisi cam? Waste of money. Block guard? Massive waste of money. You're thinking in the right direction with A6 pistons (higher CR is good, up to a point), but you don't have the complete picture. Stock pistons means stock rods, which means twigs, which means waste of time. If you want to raise your compression and build for boost, but still want to stay on a budget, Supertech pistons (10:1 CR is a safe start, 11:1 CR would be better if you have 93) with Eagle rods would be a solid, affordable combination, but remember that you absolutely must get your car tuned before driving around with that installed.

chazor

Ah OK I see were your coming from now thank you. Didn't mean to sound like I was getting defensive I just didn't understand were you were coming from. I have been looking into h-beam rods with the a6 pistions heard they were good? And on low boost like I'm looking for would the head be OK stock?(remanned so its straight and clean but stock) And yea deff not ganna drive it untill its tuned would be trailered to get it tuned

chazor

Only reason I was looking to go a6 pistons is they are cheap lol other was I would be going eagle or some other forged setup

Bently_Coop

Vitara build for turbo D