DC4_MADMAN

The guy that bought my civic with blown motor had a new motor put in and it was a jap D15B. It has a plate bolted to where the Vtec solinoid would be and I cant remember the original having this plate. Is there any other way to tell if this is\was a Vtec motor? Thanks.

DriftFWDeh6

there will be a vtec slyinoide on the back of ur head/valve cover it is right in front the throttle body on the passenger side of the motor....it has 2 wires running to it from the wiring harness....

DriftFWDeh6

haha i just read all ur post....put a vtec sylinoide in that spot and see if it works...annd look at ur ecu....what code is it

DC4_MADMAN

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DriftFWDeh6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there will be a vtec slyinoide on the back of ur head/valve cover it is right in front the throttle body on the passenger side of the motor....it has 2 wires running to it from the wiring harness....</TD></TR></TABLE>

It has a plate bolted to where the Vtec solinoid would be and I cant remember the original having this plate

Just saw your second post. ECU wouldnt have changed, just wondering if the shop just put a plate where the solonoid was because it originally wasnt a vtec car.

Just looking for other tells as to if this could be a Vtec motor.

Squelch

have to bring this post back up

dont mean 2 thread jack but i have the same issue

when i bought the car, the previous owner had the motor changed to a jap d15b (stamped on block)

the valve cover doesnt have VTEC prolly reused the d15b7 cover. im pretty sure the ECU is still the one from the d15b7 il have to check

fizeks

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Squelch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">have to bring this post back up

dont mean 2 thread jack but i have the same issue

when i bought the car, the previous owner had the motor changed to a jap d15b (stamped on block)

the valve cover doesnt have VTEC prolly reused the d15b7 cover. im pretty sure the ECU is still the one from the d15b7 il have to check</TD></TR></TABLE> he couldnt have used the b7 valve cover it's completly different, and if your motor does have the b7 valve cover then yours is a d15b non vtec engine

Jmunk

Not all Vtec heads came with a Vtec valvecover.

schardbody

LOOK AT THE BLOCK CODE TO TELL THE ENGINE CODE, not all D15b were vtec.

Squelch

thanks everyone.

i guess it is a non vtec engine. time to move on

Luserkid

Ive seen this a few times. The jdm D15B is cheaper and easier to get your hands on then a regular D15 so what some shops do is they have some in the back and when its time to do a swap replacement they use that motor. The reason why the plate is there is because they dont put VTEC on the motor, they run the stock ecu and all the components (sp?) of the last motor and you wouldnt know the difference.

schardbody

yeah, you should also look at the head code, if its P08 then its the vtec head, you can also pull the valve cover and look for the LMA's.

LERRY

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just as he said, look for the p08 headstamp

D16z6BoostedEK

are the spark pluds in the front or back of the block?

Stoich EG2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDrock86 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are the spark pluds in the front or back of the block?
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schardbody

that means nothing