dragonflame0002

I was wondering does the zc engine come stock in these cars?

98civdx

nope zc is jdm

dragonflame0002

ok then in fact this was swaped in before i got the car? How much does one of these usally cost?

Hill4589

are you sure its a ZC and not a Z6?

dragonflame0002

yea i was looking it over once i got it home and was doing some research. then i relized the little engine code on the flat part beside the exhaust manifold. and it said zc so i wanted to make shure i wasent going crazy if u want i can go take a picture of the place im talking about if it will help. can you tell me exactly what moter it is cause im not shure i think it ether a d15 or d16.

esean93

It's a single cam vtec.if u need to know what motor it is so u can get parts at advance,just get parts for a 93 si.the motors r very similar.I only know bits about d series though.get some one to confirm.

dragonflame0002

Here is what i have gatthered so far. Can someone please confirm this.

JDM 1.6L ZC sohc VTEC
Donor Vehicle: JDM 1992-1995 Honda Civic Si, 1991-93 Honda Integra
Displacement: 1590cc
Valve train: 4 Cylinder, SOHC VTEC, 16 Valve
Horsepower: 135 HP @ 6600 RPM
Torque: 102 LBS-FT @ 5200 RPM
Fuel Control: OBD-1

dragonflame0002

anyone online that can confirm???

ej1love

yes heres some more info from the faq...

ZC: (similar to D16Y4, D16A8, D16Z6, D16A1, D16A3, D16A6, D16A9 and D16Z5 engines)


There are both SOHC and DOHC ZC engines.

The non-VTEC SOHC ZC is similar to the D16A6 (before '96) and D16Y4 ('96-2000) engine, but with more aggressive cam timing.

The VTEC SOHC ZC is identical to the D16Z6.

The DOHC ZC is similar to the D16A1, D16A3, D16A8, D16A9 and D16Z5 engines.

dragonflame0002

so all in all this is a pretty decent swap for the 94 cx hatch? keep in mind i traded an older honda cb750 motercycle that didnt run for this car! the car had a bad trany and a bad clutch and the guy got it off of his brother for a tbucket and he didnt get the lug key so he couldnt get the wheels off to change the clutch and trany. so he traded it to me with an extra trany and the clucth has a liftime warenty so it was free. so all in all it was a good trade on my part right? the car has a little body work that has to be done but besides that it runs and drive amazing after i got the trany and clutch in.

ej1love

yea, for a single cam. its one of the few that are good. id check to see what tranny u got. ex/si is the same and but better gearing than the dx/cx; u may have in now...

DCRB

you have what is called a mini me. the zc's are the same as the d16a6, never came w vtec. looks like some one put a d16z6 head on your zc block to make some more power. very popular mod w us ef'ers. lol

dragonflame0002

I have the understanding that the jdm zc such as the d15b sohc did in fact come with vtec. i also understand that if u make a minime u have to have some extra stuff to make the vtec work. mine works with no extra stuff involved. I am not trying to be difficult im just trying to make shure i get everything right.

CivicSpoon

Nonsense. As already stated in this thread; there are SOHC VTEC, SOHC non-VTEC, and DOHC non-VTEC ZC engines. < That is a FACT, not speculation.

Now whether a specific ZC engine originally came with a VTEC head or not, that's a different story. It could be the VTEC ZC engine, or a non-VTEC ZC engine with a VTEC head on it. There's just no way of knowing, unless someone buys the engine themself; even then there is a very small chance someone in Japan could have done a head swap.

esean93

Yeah it's not a mini-me.Japanese tuner would rather just take it out and put a ITR in it LOL

dragonflame0002

thx for all ur help guys i belive i have it all cleared up now. thread can be closed!!