I recently bought a D16Z6 engine to install in my 92 Civic sedan. The Civic originally came with an automatic transmission and a D15B7. I bought the D16Z6 very cheap because the guy couldn't get it running. The engine came with a manual transmission attached to it so I decided to install the engine and transmission into the car temporarily so that I can see if it will be an easy fix to get it running because if it's not then I'm gonna sell the engine cheap and sell the car as a rolling shell. The D16Z6 didn't come with a motor mount so I installed the 2 bolt engine bracket and mount from the D15B7 onto the D16Z6. First thing I noticed was that there was a gap between the power steering pump bracket and the motor mount bracket(see pic).

Here are the 2 different brackets:

I decided to go ahead and install the engine. While installing it I noticed that the holes on the driver side motor mount won't line up with the holes in the chassis after I installed the bolt into the transmission mount. I also noticed that the passenger side of the engine looked higher than the driver side. Found out that there is apparently a special adapter transmission mount that must be bought when converting from automatic to manual.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-95-Civic-...-/230739893188

So that answers my question about the engine being tilted but what about the gap between the p/s bracket and motor mount bracket? Do I just need to install the original D16Z6 motor mount bracket and get the 3 bolt aluminum motor mount to solve that problem?

And what about the issue with the driver side motor mount not lining up with the holes in the chassis? Is that simply because the transmission mount adapter is needed or because the D15B7 motor mount bracket and mount aren't meant to fit the D16Z6?

 

I doubt that bolt from the bracket to bracket will affect anything.

 

The mount you installed should work, '92 - '93 Z6s used that mount, '94 - '95 used the 3 post/bolt version that came on yours.

It's due to the transmission mount situation. You can either get the auto to manual mount you linked to or drill all the spot welds out of the bracket welded to the frame rail and weld on the manual bracket.

 

The motor mount bracket from the D15B7 bolted to the block of the D16Z6 fine and I think it is straight and everything... just bugs me that the gap is there between the power steering pump bracket and motor mount bracket. I tried installing the D15B7 p/s pump bracket onto the D16Z6 to see if it would get rid of the gap but the P/S pump bracket wouldn't even line up with the bolt holes on the engine, seemed like there was an extra metal piece on the pump bracket getting in the way so it wouldn't sit flush. I also forgot to mention that the lower timing belt cover doesn't fit properly against the D15B7 bracket, it has a gap. I think I will just get the 3 bolt aluminum mount and be done with it. Thanks for the help guys