my boy just picked up an 89si and this came under hood.....im sure its a ZC but from what year?.....the code is like D16ab1 or some ****...hook a brother up

 

It's a Rover engine...

Some Rover's in Europe came with Honda engines. Some had sohc ZC's, some had dohc ZC's.



*edit*

Here's a guy that has a Rover 216 w/ an A6 in it

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/784290

 

good **** man, can i get a little more insight on this (Rover) motor?


thanx guys

 

cmon kids

 

up, cmon

 

it's a D16A8 or A9. it's basically a Euro ZC. European Hondas came with the same engine (D16A8/A9), but with the standard ZC-style valve cover. the valve cover on the engine in your pic means it came from a Rover. There are no real differences between the D16A8 and the ZC. The D16A9, however, has lower compression because it didn't have a catalytic converter, and didn't need the extra compression to make the same amount of hp as the D16A8, with a cat.

D16A8 9.5:1 (catalytic converter)
D16A9 9.1:1(no catalytic converter)
came in European Civics and Concertos? from around 88-91, and Rover 216/416 GTI from around 89-96-ish

i have a Rover D16A8 in a Civic wagon, and i have no complaints.



For all intents and purposes, it is a ZC. Same hp, same compression, same everything. well, almost.. there are couple millimeters difference in some of the internal parts, but i can't remember which. seems like the thickness of the rods, maybe. One good thing about a D16A8 from a Rover is that they put them in cars up until 1995/6, which means you may get a slightly newer engine than if you got a ZC. someone on the net stated that their D16A8 (Rover cover) came out of a JDM Isuzu, but there has been no proof that i know of.

oh, and the year should be stamped on the block, above the exhaust manifold.
2 numbers, one on either side of the dipstick, like... 8|9




Modified by gutterslide at 4:35 AM 4/30/2005

 

it should look like this. i didn't go down to check mine, but i'm pretty sure.



and here are some Rovers that came with these engines.

 

Are the head lights on the rover clear? or is it just the picture that doesn't show the ruffels in the lenses?

 

i know a guy with this engine in his crx si and hes pretty happy with it. nothing wrong with it at all.

 

the rover has some what of a resemblence to a 92 teg....or it could be just me

 

Thats whats up!! i got one for mine to


Modified by importslife at 1:59 PM 6/23/2005