My girlfriend's brother picked this up tonight for about $3000. 20k on the engine, turbo, blah blah. But the engine he said was a JDM DOHC (something about the DOHCs that came in CRXs in Japan). But really to me it looks like a brown/black top DOHC from a late 80s early 90s integra, like a D16A1. Just wanted to know for sure what it is.

 

Looks like a pretty good deal...got any pics of the body?

 

Yea 1 sec. But it does need to at least be sprayed. It's black primer right now, and the interior is gutted for the most part but I've got all that from a 90 that I'm gonna give him.

 

that would be a black top dohc zc. is that a ssac turbo manifold?

 

kinda alot..but if it runs good then thats all that matters.

 

D16A where single SOHC. B18A's and B seroius where DOHC. look on the bottom end of the engine it should tell u. The crx's in japan had B16's in them. but i doubt that is what he has. does his have vtec if not then its not from jdm.

 

Not sure about the manifold, I went about 30m in the wrong direction of the car (b/c I was given the wrong location) and didn't get to look at it a whole lot b/c he'd already bought it. Only thing about the turbo for sure is that it's Greddy.

 

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I would have looked but I didn't get the chance.

 

that would be a black top dohc zc. is that a ssac turbo manifold?

how do u know that is a ZC it could be a B18

 

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wrong! d16a8 = dohc zc or pretty much the same thing anyways. d series did come in the dual cam i should know i have it in my car. and yes the crx's in japan did come with a dohc zc. and a b16a. and no that is not vtec

 

Not sure on the manifold, like I said I didn't get to look at it long; but I might be seeing it again this weekend so I'll have more specifics.

 

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wrong! d16a8 = dohc zc or pretty much the same thing anyways. d series did come in the dual cam i should know i have it in my car. and yes the crx's in japan did come with a dohc zc. and a b16a. and no that is not vtec</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep, def. not VTEC.

 

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how do u know that is a ZC it could be a B18 </TD></TR></TABLE>

look at the valve cover and timing cover its different then the b18's

 

ya that was a good deal the best i got right know is a crx hf with a b18 swap for 800. is it fast or haven't u riden in it yet?

 

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I drove the **** out of it. Not a fan of turbos myself, I'd rather have a supercharger but this car might have changed my mind.

 

did u rebiuld ur zc before turboing it. i have a 2 b18's the one in my car and the one i am rebuilding i want to turbo the stock one for now. what is a safe boost i was told between 8-12

 

its obviously a DOHC ZC cause you that secondary distributor next to the DISTRIBUTOR

 

the zc's are pretty damn tourquey when they are turboed. mine put out 207 hp and 172 tq just last week at the dyno. you know the size of his turbo or do you just know the basics of it?

 

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if your asking me no i did not rebuild it and am only running 8.5 pounds of boost with no boostspikes what so ever. the stock b18 should be good for 8-10 pounds

 

that would be a cam angle sensor(cas)

 

so how did iit move out

 

Just know the basics, I'll get back w/ the specifics once I can inspect it further.

 

huh?

 

Saw it this past weekend. It just says "ZC" on it, so I'm assuming a DOHC ZC. The guy claims it came from Japan but I thought the only ones from there were RHD cars.

Isn't there something peculiar about using a jdm ZC in the US? Like registering it or something?

Just wanna make sure my buddy (he already bought it) doesn't get screwed for some overlooked detail.

Thanks

 

You're not going to have any issues here in North Carolina with motors that don't 'match' the car (excluding 96+ cars trying to run OBD-1 or less) That would be a California thing

Technically, you're supposed to bring any motor up to US spec (Intake Manifold and emissions equipment usually have to be swapped out for USDM parts) but we don't care here.

&lt;-- used to inspect in NC.