Ok, so I'm somewhat (almost completely) new to the whole "This is an engine, these are spark plugs" phase of learning about engines.

However, today I managed to change the headlights, taillights, replace the brake switch for the taillights and install a short ram intake on my del sol.

So it begins....

John

 

Good job...

 

Wonderful, but if there's no technical question, this topic belongs somewhere else.

Anywho, congratulations, I hope you didn't start with altezzas and halos, but whatever. Read up in the FAQ's and learn. It will help you a lot to research at least those, and you'll get yourself a good start.

 

wutchu drive?

 

Sorry, all. didn't realize if there wasn't a question, you shouldn't post here. I have been using the search, and reading a whole crapload of posts on various things.

The altezza's on the back came from the last owner. I'll change them eventually.

Oh, and nix, I drive a 95 del sol Si, non VTEC, 5 spd.

John

 

a non vtec Si?


ooooookk.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Aodhan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sorry, all. didn't realize if there wasn't a question, you shouldn't post here. I have been using the search, and reading a whole crapload of posts on various things.

The altezza's on the back came from the last owner. I'll change them eventually.

Oh, and nix, I drive a 95 del sol Si, non VTEC, 5 spd.

John</TD></TR></TABLE>

Err..

You sure about that?

The Si came with a Z6 (VTEC) motor.

You may just have a del sol S...or somebody owned the original motor and threw a non-VTEC replacement in there just to get around.

And yes, wrong forum.

Good job on your new skills and hopefully you'll keep learning and tackling bigger / harder projects.

EDIT:
In the near future you may wanna think of distributor cap & rotor, spark plugs, and spark plug wires.

 

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Err..

You sure about that?

The Si came with a Z6 (VTEC) motor.

You may just have a del sol S...or somebody owned the original motor and threw a non-VTEC replacement in there just to get around.
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i was gunna just leave it alone

haha

 

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i was gunna just leave it alone

haha</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well I'm not trying to beat it into him but either it's not an Si or the original motor took a ****.

Just puttin him on the "FYI" list.

 

Ok, I was under the impression that the Si (127 hp motor) was different than the 160 hp VTEC. I just decoded my VIN and it shows that it is a Civic Del Sol Si (Numeral 6 in the eighth position), and it shows a 7 in that spot as a Civic Del Sol VTEC.

I just assumed that they were two different creatures.

John

 

If the engine is non-vtec then it will say honda on the valve cover. If it is vtec it will say vtec. Pop the hood and check it out. Vtec engines also have a vtec solenoid.

 

Ok, so it says vtec on the valve cover.

so now I'm really confused. How do I tell which model it is, and thus what the hp/tq numbers are? Hrm. search function...

John

 

you ahve the z6 look to the left of the valve cover, youll see a little metal cap. like the size of a soda bottle cap, just longer, thats your vtec solenoid.

or what you could do is easily just look at the block number, it should say d16z6

 

Ok lets get this straight

Del Sol Si came with a D16ZC, that is a single cam vtec motor.

Del Sol Vtec came with a B16, that is a dual cam vtec motor.

 

Ah, now I grok. thx.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hittnthebz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If the engine is non-vtec then it will say honda on the valve cover. If it is vtec it will say vtec.</TD></TR></TABLE>
That's not always true...

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That's always true.

 

Not being smart, just curious. Which engines are the exception?

 

I forget the exact years of the engines that had VTEC covers. None of the 96-00 VTEC engines said "VTEC" on the cover. I think 2 years in the 92-95 generation said "VTEC" on the cover, but I forget which and if that's even true.

Anybody know for sure?

 

you gotta start somewhere first thing i ever did on my car was change lights to jdm one peices on my 92 integra and it took me around 3.5-4 hours

 

Your the man.