http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...%3AIT

That is the part for sale. I emailed him, told him the dohc zc head won't bolt to the D16A6 block.

His response: (copy and paste from my messages)

"lol obviously you have no idea i heard all these people arguing back and forth about whether this will work or not so after i took this head off my zc i went down to advanced auto and bought a d16a6 head gasket and surprise surprise it was the almost identical. the piston passages were perfect one bolt hole is slightly different as is one water jacket if a remember correctly it took it to a head shop and they fixed that. i out it on an d15b2 which is perfectly identical to d16a6.we got it running but i forget with what. i think we used a timing belt wate pump from old prelude si and a distributor off a 88-89 integra and then of course u still 88-89 integra computer and you have to wire the cam sensor and i think thats it. now im not trying to argue but i have done this so until dont try to say its not possible"


I feel bad for anyone thinking this will work...

 

Um... ok....

 

silly, silly noob ebayer.

 

I have seen a dohc zc head on a d16a6 before, I'm not saying it bolted right up but its been done

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by highroller54 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have seen a dohc zc head on a d16a6 before, I'm not saying it bolted right up but its been done </TD></TR></TABLE>

I believe user "baseballinmyass" did that, and first everyone made fun of him because they thought he was full of ****, but then they just made fun of him for doing alot of work for no real performance gains.

 

1/2 of those ebay sellers dont know what they're talking about..I just hope the buyer has comon sense to do some research first.

 

wtf....i thought the zc was d series?
it should bolt up with a 88 prelude si
timing belt....

like for instance...i have a zc block
but not a dohc zc head...i got a vtec
head on it from a d16z6....

i never did the zc head on a d16 block
but im guessing it should work....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ivanson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wtf....i thought the zc was d series?
it should bolt up with a 88 prelude si
timing belt....

like for instance...i have a zc block
but not a dohc zc head...i got a vtec
head on it from a d16z6....

i never did the zc head on a d16 block
but im guessing it should work....
</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sohc motors and Dohc motors have different bolt patterns..The seller is trying to make it seem like you can bolt a dohc zc head right on a D16a6 block and it will fit perfect when in realily it wont fit without some time at the machine shop..And its not even worth it anyway..

 

awesome

 

so theres a difference on zc's? blocks
and heads?

 

dont know if it works vice versa

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ivanson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so theres a difference on zc's? blocks
and heads?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah dohc zc,D16a1,D16a8,D16a9,etc.. is different then soch zc,D15s,D16s,etc..

It worked for you because you have sohc block with a sohc head..

 

oh...okay then...
nevermind i thought all
the zc's blocks were the same....

 

Thats probally why he is mistaken is he is thinkin about the sohc zc in comparison. Either way, you don't use a d16a6 headgasket on a DOHC ZC, you use a 88/89 integra headgasket from what i heard because it is DOHC. the d16a6 headgasket will fit the SOHC zc though, DUH.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.speaker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1/2 of those ebay sellers dont know what they're talking about..I just hope the buyer has comon sense to do some research first.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Either that or he has a DOHC ZC block already.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 31flavorscivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I believe user "baseballinmyass" did that, and first everyone made fun of him because they thought he was full of ****, but then they just made fun of him for doing alot of work for no real performance gains.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Also it sprayed coolant and oil all over the engine bay as the head and block didn't line up perfectly.. Still, it was a turbo D15 with a DOHC ZC head.. so it's been done

And remember the guy with the B16 with a B18 non-vtec head swap. good stuff

 

lol yeah i remember that, i have a extra dohc zc head incase i need it but i would never try to put it on a block originally meant for sohc.