i shot my engine and I am putting a new one in soon.

It's a daily driver little EF ('91 DX)
I will either put the same 1.5L engine in there or a D16z6 that I found for 200 more than the 1.5L (can't remember block #)

what are your opinions?
is there enough more power in the Z6 to justify $200 for a daily driver (it's about all the money I have )
will VTEC be worth it

hrmmm can somebody post specs, I am trying to find some


[Modified by One2hit, 1:56 PM 12/31/2002]

 

I belive the z6 is like 124hp or somewhere along those lines. I have one in my crx and I like it.


Yager-

 

200?$ naa i wouldnt. a daily driver is just that, a daily driver.
no point modding it.
gonna be extra headaches putting that in.

 

get the Z6.. u got a great deal there,....
look anc click my signature.. ull see how easy it is...

 

here's the deal, I am not doing any work.... this time, I found a shop that is going to do it all for me. Normally I wouldn't do this, but my grandmother has offered to pay for it since she is in town and wants to do something nice for me, so she said she would put up for the cost of the 1.5L DX engine replacement, I would just have to fork out $200 more for the d16z6...
but money is scarce and it is a daily driver.....

what do you think??

yay/nay?

 

if you do the z6 swap you've still gotta do a full obd1 conversion...from what i hear, its not free...so you'll need a tad more than 200 bucks

 

yes I am aware of that, the final cost will be $200 more than the 1.5L DX replacement

 

well, it looks like I am just going to tell them to put the z6 in there, hopefully it will be a little bit faster than the DX engine

 

the z6 is a good ******* motor. i have the jspec version (zc vtec) and its great. pulls hard. i have it in with my obd0 wiring/intake manny, and just have vtec on a switch. quite fun in a little hatch

good luck

 

the difference in performance between the D15B2 and the D16Z6 its 2 different worlds!!!
i say Z6 all the way

 

I say go for it. I myself am gettin ready to relieve my 2nd D16a6 motor with a Z6 or Y8. I was looking into getting a ZC but the aftermarket for them is POO. And as far as I know you don't have to do a full 0BD1 conversion. You just have to have a Si dist. and intake mani. and your straight. Someone correct me if im wrong so I can know.

 

as far as I know, just the distributor, intake mani fits the same