I have a eg coupe and I am tired of my ragged out z6, I have only enough "grip" to buy one of these motors and dont know which of the two would be the best choice. So I guess the question really comes down to, 2ND GEN 1.6L DOHC vs 1.6L SOHC VTEC. as much info as possible would be greatly appreciated.


Modified by Random guy at 2:09 AM 4/20/2004

 

you can also find matt on ebay his user name there is "guit-guit" and he sells SOHC ZC vtec's and sohc ZC's and dohc zc's
so on ebaymotors.com type in zc and im pretty sure most of the zc parts are his. hes a good guy. i bought my sohc zc vtec from him!

 

So does the sohc ZC vtec still push 130hp like the Z6 and dohc ZC or is it better in any way?

 

free bump

 

Go Dohc

Dave

 

Much thanks to Dave, that static X rip off ha ha, and Celtic but i would also like to know if my after market header will fit the zc, them being both d series engines i would think so but by now we all no the variable of z6 to zc heads.

 

the sohc zc vtec pushes 130hp. and it has vtec. i dont know if the tq spec's are the same as the dohc but its the same hp. all d series headers fit as long as they are SOHC. the ZC that is DOHC has larger ports then the sohc's i *think* someone correct me please..

 

also, i dont know if a sohc zc vtec vs a dohc zc would win in a race? could anyone verify this also? vtec > non vtec but dohc or dohc > single vtec ?

 

actually its about 125hp vs 137hp with the ZC comming out on top...

 

i had a zc motor in a crx. i wasn't extremely happy with it. i eventually bent a valve. i hear from alot of people who say they bent valves.

i would go with th sohc vtec. much more potential.

 

swapping a d16z6 out for a ZC is not worth it in my opinion.

The two motors are very similar in terms of power output, and actually if I had to choose one, i'd lean towards the Z6, which you already have.

unfortunately you're car feels sluggish because its an ex and is heavy as ****.
dseries has potential.. but it's strength is in ease of use, and low price, not overall power output, which is why you'd want one in a lighter car.

turbo is your best bet.
and actually would do quite well, giving you plenty of torque to pull that coupe around.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">swapping a d16z6 out for a ZC is not worth it in my opinion.

The two motors are very similar in terms of power output, and actually if I had to choose one, i'd lean towards the Z6, which you already have.

unfortunately you're car feels sluggish because its an ex and is heavy as ****.
dseries has potential.. but it's strength is in ease of use, and low price, not overall power output, which is why you'd want one in a lighter car.

turbo is your best bet.
and actually would do quite well, giving you plenty of torque to pull that coupe around.</TD></TR></TABLE>


true. and the z6 has more aftermarket support!

 

ah also there are SOHC ZC VTEC's which are essentially jdm z6's