Well... we installed the throttle body and fuel rail while the motor was out. Did a little spot cleaning before we did the harness work, then got the dizzy wired up. Had the radiator and condenser out while we did the swap... had a new radiator for it anyway. Left the intake elsewhere so that's not on there yet. The passenger axle put up a bit of a fight, but I proved the greater between the two of us.

Anyway... here are the pics.

SSAutoChrome header bolted right up... no problems with the exhaust ports.



She's sitting low again. That makes me happy.



You can sort of see the AEM fuel rail, and the TB is hard to see anyway. Had to use an LT-1 TB blade to make that thing work.



Well, I'm pretty damned excited.

 

Now the question is does it start and run good??

Nice job.

 

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ROFL @ the file you saved your pics under

Oh, and talk about a night/day difference between your tranny & block

 

Yeah... that's next. So sick of cleaning. Cleaning the interior SUCKED... and it still smells funny.

 

Nice work, ( wasteofmoney) LMAO

 

Woohoo, nice swap. What motor was previously in the car? Im sure you'll be happy with the DOHCZC, fun little motor to play around with. And it looks like you still have PS! You bastard! Aw well, atleast these cars aren't heavy enough for PS to be a necessity. Did you take the time to change the TBELT/Waterpump/ect. ect.? Well, have fun and more pics of that clean *** looking exterior. - Darrell

 

Hell yeah! ZC powered

 

awsome work man...
how did all the wiring go for you?

 

Thats a damn clean engine, where'd you get it from?

 

look's really good

 

Nice. I have the perfect ZC dash cluster (7200Rpm redline) to go with it.

 

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They treated me pretty well. Still need to start the car, tho... that happens tomorrow. I was just really glad we were able to save the power steering. Seems I got REALLY lucky.

 

Oh, and for the other questions...

The wiring was very easy. The car was already MPFI so there were no problems.

I changed the timing belt and water pump... and all the other belts. I just couldn't put it in until all of that was done.

And is that JDM cluster KPH (which I KNOW it is)?

 

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The wiring was very easy. The car was already MPFI so there were no problems.

I changed the timing belt and water pump... and all the other belts. I just couldn't put it in until all of that was done.

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the distributor plug didnt need to be rewired? thats awsome!

 

nice engine choice!

 

Well, it became street legal yesterday. I had to drive the car for about thirty miles with no intake on it (I took it off so I wouldn't have to clutter everything up) and it ran like HELL. Black smoke, poor throttle response... but when I put the intake on everything cleared right up.

Couldn't use the throttle body; the LT-1 TB blade I used was a tad to small and let too much air through. When you cut the car on it idled at about 4500 RPMs and in my thinking, that's bad. So I just put the stock one back on until I get a new blade made.

The only thing that doesn't work is the right hand side turn signal indicator on the cluster. That'll take ten minutes to fix once I find the bulbs. Not bad for a car that sat for a year and a half.

Power steering WORKS! And I didn't have to take the timing belt cover off. WHch brings up a question... how the hell did my OLD ZC not clear this hood (P/S pump OR timing belt cover) when this one clears just fine?

Oh well... I'm very happy.

 

how well does it pull now that everything is sorted out?

 

To be 100% honest... it pulls only slightly harder. More responsive on the throttle, and that means a lot to me. I'm a big fan of the D16A6, but I really like the ZC.

 

nice clean motor i wish mine was still that clean what tranny did you go with lose the powersterring it takes away power from the motor but the motoris still sweet looking

 

nicce!

 

lookes good and if it runs but doesnt rev past 3000 switch the mas air flow sensor and the one right next two it around that is what i did and didnt know but that was on a ls.

 

DOHC ZC is the way to go for ef's. great motor.

 

God dEamn, how did you get that intake manifold SO Clean!.

 

Clean that bay

 

only one thing i like about the DOHC ZC and B18a, it looks like it belongs there from factory. i just like the valve covers and bumps.

when i see other people with Bvtec or H22s in there EFs it doesnt look like it should be there, doesnt look stock like the B18A and D16A8/9. but i still prefer the power of my B16.