i was surfing through car domain and i couldnt figure out the motor. The picture is of a crx's engine bay~!


heres the cardomain page

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/413565


Modified by 91b16acrx at 8:02 AM 2/13/2004

 

The IM, and dizzy look like a dohc zc, but the valve cover is not. I have no idea. Ryan

Edit, its prolly a zc, just a weird v cover

 

I think it is the zc that comes in a car called a Rover.



Modified by TwztdSi at 11:55 PM 2/12/2004

 

oic, what the hell is a rover? for a minute i thought it ws a mistsu or nissan dohc motor

 

hehe, looks like a 4g16 non-turbo

 

if its a honda motor, damn how many different valve covers do they have for the zc lol

 

woot woot

 

I was gonna say looks like a hondafied 4g16 haha.. looks pretty dope..

 

Looks like those mitsu motors...

 

thats where crx's go when they get totalled, salvaged, junked, or parted



that motor is interesting thouhg. anymore info on it? horsepower? obd? cable or hydraulic tranny with it? gear ratios? does it share everything with the more common ZC or just the name?

i think that valve cover and engine would look oem/sleeperish in an 84-87 civic.

 

yea what fuckign motor is that? anyways that interesting tho

 

The motor is pretty much the same as a JDM DOHC ZC but it is in a car made by a company called Rover in the UK I believe. Actually from going through some posts on the ZCresource it appears that honda was contracted to make the cars for the company.

 

it's a rover

honda owned 20% of rover (and rover some of honda i think) during the 80's and early 90's before bmw bought rover.

they jointly developed cars during this period for example:

triumph acclaim = honda accord
honda concerto = rover 200 series

the d16a6, d16a9 and d16a8 engines among others were used in the rovers (216 and 416, Gsi and Gti models) . the engine in that pic is a d16 - it's the same as used in honda civics/crx's with just a different valve cover.

they also share suspension, gearboxes, electronics etc. - I currently have a rover 216 gti gearbox in my '88 crx

 

Spot on.

We got the rovers in europe too.

 

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unlike the uk/japan, we did not receive a civic/crx with a twin cam d-series motor.

 

When I first saw it, I thought it was a Mitsu engine. Would be a different valve cover to have.

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Modified by TwztdSi at 11:55 PM 2/12/2004</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just curious, is that thing in front of the distributor on a jdm/usdm d16 or zc? I dont remember that on my d16.

 

That definetly looks like a 4G63 cover.
I would prefer the other ZC cover this rover one looks kinda nasty.

 

Wow, it looks so much like that eclipse non-turbo valve cover, except that the cam gears are on the other side on Mitsu motors....

 

That is so bad ***, I love seeing different stuff we don't get

 

I thought it was a eclipse engine until I noticed that the cam gears weren't as large.

 

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unlike the uk/japan, we did not receive a civic/crx with a twin cam d-series motor.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yes i know, doesn't stop that engine from being the same as those that came in civics/crx

 

I've always wanted the rover valve cover for my ZC just because it is so weird looking. My question is what the hell happened to the civic or crx in that first picture?

 

i thought it was a crank walk motor at first as well........... i was like who the hell would drop a Mitsu into a civic. Then i looked more closely to see it was a JDM ZC with an after market valve cover......

 

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and on the opposite side.....

 

You need to look again, and reed a few posts back.