hey i found a 95 civic coupe in the junkyard....pretty sure its a ex cuz it kinda resembles having a sunroof, power windows/locks/a/c, so i'm pretty sure its the ex model.

My questoin is this, pretty much only thing visable of the car is the motor and its in real goood shape, i wasnt looking for the vtec solenoid or vtec stuff on the motor but i noticed it didnt say VTEC on the valve cover???


If its a Z6 head is it suppose to say vtec on it?? which ones do?? which ones dont

 

why not check the engine stamp for a definatly way to tell you what engine the car has in it...

 

place is kinda far away an i dun think the guys at the junkyard kno much about there honda's just sayin from what i remmber

 

Only some years came with vtec stamped on the head. What year civic was it?

 

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I think he said 95.
And I don't think any year had vtec stamped on the head....valve cover, maybe, but no heads.

 

kinda a dumb question....but i cant find the d16a6 stamp on my d16a6 looking down at the motor in the car, where its at on the head?

 

"d16a6" is not stamped anywhere on the head. Look for the block stamp to the left of the exhaust manifold right where the block and transmission meet. You may need to wipe it off if it is dirty.

 

 

look for the vtec solenoid a little green plug

 

what side are the spark plug wires on
towards the front or towards the back

 

VTEC has the wires toward the front.

 

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yes easiest way to tell if the engine is vtec plugs r on the front of the head and some valve covers will say vtec but my z6 head simple says "honda"

 

the 92-93 Civic EX valve covers just say honda on it. THe 94-95 have VTEc on them. I have the one that just says Honda on it.

-Jon

 

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yes easiest way to tell if the engine is vtec plugs r on the front of the head and some valve covers will say vtec but my z6 head simple says "honda"</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX-Fluffy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the 92-93 Civic EX valve covers just say honda on it. THe 94-95 have VTEc on them. I have the one that just says Honda on it.

-Jon</TD></TR></TABLE>

that is correct

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2ndGenREX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey i found a 95 civic coupe in the junkyard....pretty sure its a ex cuz it kinda resembles having a sunroof, power windows/locks/a/c, so i'm pretty sure its the ex model.

My questoin is this, pretty much only thing visable of the car is the motor and its in real goood shape, i wasnt looking for the vtec solenoid or vtec stuff on the motor but i noticed it didnt say VTEC on the valve cover???


If its a Z6 head is it suppose to say vtec on it?? which ones do?? which ones dont</TD></TR></TABLE> how you gonna look for a vtec soleniod if you dont know what vtec looks like even without the vtec printed across you sould know if its vtec or not.

 

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repectable engine bay

 

i kno what a vtec solenoid looks like and i didnt see one....... i'll check the spark plug wires an try to get soem pics for people too if i get out there

 

And on the VTEC sohc setups. The spark plugs come out the front rather then the rear side of the valve cover.

 

oh yeah one other way to tell if the car is vtec is drive it and see if u get the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeBAAAAAAAAA sound around 5-6k rpms

 

lol
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On this year car, the plug wires will give it away, but on the newer cars, even if they dont have VTEC, the plug wires are towards the front of the car... For instance the D16Y7...

Front (looks just like the older 92-95 VTEC engines, the plugs are towards the front:



Back (no VTEC silinoid):

 

ok everybody, the car has no vtec, the plugs are in the back instead of the front and no vtec solenoid, thanx for your help.... what stumps me is that i'm almost positive the remains of this coupe isnt an ex......i mean it has a sunroof, power windows/locks..??? a/c?? wtf??

 

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Engine swaps are common... the previous engine could have bit the dust and the only on hand could have been put in.

And to answer you question, my Z6 valve cover does NOT have vtec on it.