What type of engine do i have?
 

hi guys, well i own a 95 civic coupe ex, that i bought from my brother he changed the engine he told me it used to be a d16, but he changed to a japanese engine and i am not to sure where to start or where to look to see what type of engine i have....i was able to look at the engine and it has a code of d15b and a bunch of number on the bottom what are those?

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92-95 jdm 1.5 liter sohc vtec motor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_D_engine

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the smaller numbers are the serial number

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D15b 1.5l..some came with vtec some didn't...

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@ 89 t-rex, i looked at the link thank you but they showed the same code for that engine and it shows that the engine come out of a 88 crx, and 95 european civic is there any other way to find out which is it??? my brother was saying it is a d15b7 but i want to make sure .....or find out which trye i have.

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the engine code you looked at did it say d15?? or d15b7?? as there are differences...

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it shows d15b

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d15b = 92yr+

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actually haha that wiki page is missing the 92-92 one thats my bad.... but trust me its a 92-95 whether ita vtec or not??? take her ou tpunch it in first if you get that step up around 5500 its a 3 stage

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does it have one of these: (edit: sorry, look on the back left of the engine)
http://i37.tinypic.com/335bd55.jpg

or two?
http://causeforalarm.thecarthing.com...solenoid_2.jpg

or none?

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There are 96-00 d15b's, they are the 3-stagers

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thats true cuz if u got the 3 stage u got power and fuel econ

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aww you riuned it for me i wanted him to hear that bwwwwwaaaaapppppp....... lol ....... or not

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so i tried it and it has a kick at 5rpm.....but my brother moded it and install an apexi saf ii and it does have the vtech kick.....looking at the picture above i woul say it looks like the first one ....but it is hard to tell lol

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it would be on the back side of the head, just below the valve cover, on the passenger side... atleast thats where it is on the d16z6... so i imagine its the same on all D's

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ok os it looks defenitely like the first picture

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its just a d15b vtec then...just about as close to a stock replacement as a z6 as your gonna get... good motor just like any other d series abuse the shit out of it.....keep the oil changed that bitch will run forever