i am new to the import scene, but i'm well above novice. anyway, i purchased a 93 ex civic coupe that already had minor modifications done to it. while driving i was challenged by a jetta. it was a peice of cake but after i finished the race, my car lost power by alot. come to find out, i threw a piston rod in my engine. this hasn't happened before, why now? also, anyone know a good price on a b16 and a goodplace to install on top of precautions i should take in getting the engine(transmission, ecu, etc.) DOWN WITH SINGLE-CAMS!!!!

 

first post and already a Stunna

try jdm honda parts or password jdm they should both have what you need and they usually have quality engines

 

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Down with you.

How would you lose power if you threw a rod? The motor would not have been running at all.

 

DWS-C
MY MOTOR WILL RUN BUT. ABSOLUTELY %50 LOSS OF POWER. I'M SPEAKING OF TERMS TO WHICH I CAN CUT THE CAR ON BUT I HAVE TO IDLE HIGH TO KEEP THE CAR RUNNING, THEN AFTER A WHILE OR IF I GET OFF THE GAS OR GEAR, IT CUTS OFF(THE CAR)
DWS-C

 

Down With Single Cams?!?!? That's a Bunch of crap! ! single cams DO have potential to make power it just is not as Simple as a b16 swap would alone. But more power to ya if ya DO get the b16

 

BTW exactly How Hard BAD were you driving to manage to Blow such a new engine? i'm still boosting on 1.5 1988 internals daily with no problems! NA? 93 ? i dunno it must have been a poorly maintained and/or WHIPPED HARD daily

 

ohhh boy...you gonna get flamed

 

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Down with you.

How would you lose power if you threw a rod? The motor would not have been running at all.</TD></TR></TABLE>
i threw a rod and it ran for about 20 seconds after it went out haha far enough for me to pull in the little uturn thing int he median haha

 

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wow were proud its still slow

 

I ADMIT IT, I PROBABLY WASN'T DRIVING AS WELL AS MARIO ANDRETTI BUT GOT-DAMN, I DO KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A STICK,ON TOP OF THAT, I'M NOT A HONDA ABUSER(ONLY CAR). PLUS THE ENGINE HAD 167K MILES ON IT. I DON'T WHIP HARD DAILY.

 

Buy another D16 block for $200, build it with strong internals for around $1500, and have yourself a nasty D ready to boost for $1700 which is way less than any B16 swap.

 

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i tend to agree. also how did you diagnose the rod failure?
sohc

 

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i tend to agree. also how did you diagnose the rod failure?
sohc </TD></TR></TABLE>

i had a couple of mechanics listen to it, i also described the sound to others that couldn't come see the car. sounds like a hard click-click-click on the bottom right side of the engine

 

sorry, just posting to up the count.
need to vouch for timmay in the classifides, but it won't let me.
again, I appologize, and will let you continue on with your posting uniterrupted.