I am about to buy a 89 civic si the motor is a D16A6. Is that the stock motor?
I know they are in the 88-91 CRX. Found that out cause I did do a search. I ran the carfax and it said it was a 1.5. Confused......... Any info will be helpful........
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yes stock Si engine was D16A6 for both Civic Si and CRX Si.

And Carfax is often wrong. Carfax says my car is an LX, I have a Hatch and there was never an LX hatch, so it is 100% wrong.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Zanpakuro &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am about to buy a 89 civic si the motor is a D16A6. Is that the stock motor?
I know they are in the 88-91 CRX. Found that out cause I did do a search. I ran the carfax and it said it was a 1.5. Confused......... Any info will be helpful........
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes, the D16A6 is the stock engine in the 88-91 Civic/CRX Si.

I, too, ran a CarFax on my car and it said 1.5L. I was like WTF. But oh well, as long as the engine is the D16A6, you're good to go.

 

good in away. just thought it had a newer engine in it.
think its worth $3000. 136,000 miles on it. needs clutch, cv boots, tires, seats are jacked up. needs new carpet, right fender. Has clean title but it failed emissons once at 70,000 miles.
The ghetto dealer said he will replace the clutch and the cv boots if I buy the parts.
So the grand total is max $3500.
Thanks for the help.

 

whoa.... $3500?? hmmm... tell him 3 flat... the **** is his problem...

Easiest way to make sure that it's really an Si is if it has a sunroof.... no sunroof=no Si.

When so much stuff starts to go wrong at once on an EF, that means it wasn't taken care of... be wary of it... good luck!

 

Thanks for the opinion. CV boots are normal repair on any Honda.
With so many miles I understand the clutch. Oh yah I am in Cali,
Hondas are a grip here. 96 ek with 160,000. new everything for $6299.
Its crazy out here.Thanks again.

 

No your just looking in the wrong spot

I bought a flawless 88 DX for 900 with only a chip in the window to repair

 

dude don't buy an si they are too heavy and deffinatly dont spend$3500
my friend bought a 88 crx hf last week for $360 runs perfect w/new clutch

on another note for $3500 you could have my friends gunmetel grey 90 dx hatch w/b17a swap, new ACT, new axles, running obd1 on p28, i/h/e, vafc, and lots of other little mods i cant think of.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xsellxoutx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
on another note for $3500 you could have my friends gunmetel grey 90 dx hatch w/b17a swap, new ACT, new axles, running obd1 on p28, i/h/e, vafc, and lots of other little mods i cant think of. </TD></TR></TABLE> If I had $3500 i would so jump all over that. Dude you should consider getting that hatch instead of that CRX.

 

Got my 1990 Civic Si for $1,575 bucks, not a damn thing wrong just some hail dents. Don't spend 3500 on it, you could easily have a Civic/CRX with a b16 for that much. (1.6L, DOHC VTEC, 160hp/113tq)

 

I don't know what prices are like by you but, I just got my 91 teg LS
for almost 1/2 that. 150k miles, loaded, A to A- condition.
Wait for a better deal.

 

I've bought 2 EF's in the last 4 months:

#1 1991 STD Hatch. Excellent shape, a few light rust spots, 1 owner who maintained it well, 191,000 miles --&gt; $1000 (still gets 35-43 mpg!!)

#2 1990 CRX Si, had a B18A, S1, Place Racing mounts, shift linkange, and conversion harness, new aluminum full size radiator, etc. $1500

The CRX body is pretty bad, though, more rust than is worth fixing in Michigan. So, its donating the engine, trans, mounts, radiator, seats, gauge cluster, F/R disc brakes, hubs, resistor box, and some tires to the hatch.

I'll be stripping all the good stuff off it, and selling the shell and/or good pieces(hatch, taillights, doors, etc)

Theres a 1993 DX Hatch 160k miles, front clip is all dented up, but its got A/C for $800 by my house now, I'm hoping to sell my Jeep and buy that if its still there!

 

Been looking for a while and this is the best deal I can find around here. Cali is
exspensive!!!!! I seen a beat toyota. wrecked rust it should have been in a junkyard but dude was asking $800. I have posted in the classfieds for a while.
Been looking at ALL ads cause you dont know who is in Cali.
Just need smog. Alot of people dont want to deal with. Either do I.
Thanks for you inputs!!!!!!

 

about the the sunroof thing? i have seen a couple dx's that have sunroof/moonroof.....there was one in the autotrader last week.....need to find pic and desc....brb....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Zanpakuro &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good in away. just thought it had a newer engine in it.
think its worth $3000. 136,000 miles on it. needs clutch, cv boots, tires, seats are jacked up. needs new carpet, right fender. Has clean title but it failed emissons once at 70,000 miles.
The ghetto dealer said he will replace the clutch and the cv boots if I buy the parts.
So the grand total is max $3500.
Thanks for the help. </TD></TR></TABLE> <U></U>

3000 for an EF that has that many problems? get an eh2 bro.