Civic EG

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:42 pm**

Well the whole month of may my car had been working like shit, barely running, smoking, stalling at red lights all the time, and burning oil. so i decided it was time to solve the "problems".

so june 3rd i parked the car and now i'm driving these...

brothers truck

girlfriends car

my bmx

the place i'm doing all the work.

did the whole tear everything attached to the car off...in that process i found a few leaks, that will be fixed later in the summer.

and my turbo was only bolted on with three bolts...one must have fell out somewhere along the way.

no more innercooler/charge pipes:(

then started blocking the car up, the teal dx way. :thumb:

me wrenchen away

jacking the engine out haha.

and there it was done.

ok now that thats out, i will be replacing it with a JDM DOHC ZC.

This ZC has quite a history haha, i bought it before i had my SI for $1100 with tranny and everything, and was going to swap it into my CX, but the si came along then boost so i sold the ZC to a friend for $800.

6 months later i bought it back for 400, with a new timing belt and HG, i just got done reassembling it last night. and this motor has not seen a engine bay since it arrived in Canada off the boat. about a year and a half ago now.

re-assembled

my centerforce stage 2 clutch and pressure plate.

more updates will be comming soon... i hope to have the car running by the weekend.

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:55 pm**

This is about the coolest thread I've seen all day. :thumb:

Keep the progress pics coming!!

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:13 pm**

let me know how you like the zc. ive been thinking about doing a zc swap for a long time but dont know anyone who has done it

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:16 pm**

it takes precision to drop the motor through the bottom and pull it out on the jack! :thumb:

So are you going to be putting the turbo on the ZC?

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:16 pm**

AddictiveAllMotor wrote:This is about the coolest thread I've seen all day.

Keep the progress pics coming!!

haha thanks man...i hope to rock your socks off tomorrow also.

D15kid wrote:et me know how you like the zc. ive been thinking about doing a zc swap for a long time but dont know anyone who has done it

ya i will man...but i dont expect anything fancy out of the ZC, i will be building the Z6 for boost throughout the summer and winter.

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:18 pm**

teal_dx wrote:it takes precision to drop the motor through the bottom and pull it out on the jack!

So are you going to be putting the turbo on the ZC?

haha fucking right it does man...so far you and i are the only 2 i have seen do it this way, and i have done it twice..muhahaha

as for boost no, NA, Boostin' the Z6 once built.

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:26 pm**

woot! looks good craig

your z6 will be awosme when you build it.. I think you just want to beat me on the track lol

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:32 pm**

JDM-Chick wrote:woot! looks good craig

your z6 will be awosme when you build it.. I think you just want to beat me on the track lol

SOHC beating a b18c...sounds good to me.

ya the built z6 should be a blast.

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:32 pm**

ok i know the z6 produces "125hp" stock and the dohc zc produces "130 hp" stock right? for differences i know that the z6 has vtec, is a sohc, has higher compression, smaller intake mani, while the dohc zc has no vtec, is dohc, lower compression and bigger intake anything else that im missing or incorrect on??

but yeah show us more pics!!

Posted: **Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:39 pm**

Why not boost the ZC while its in the bay. might as well. lower compression.....more boost!

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:35 am**

chnzgoofball wrote:ok i know the z6 produces "125hp" stock and the dohc zc produces "130 hp" stock right? for differences i know that the z6 has vtec, is a sohc, has higher compression, smaller intake mani, while the dohc zc has no vtec, is dohc, lower compression and bigger intake anything else that im missing or incorrect on??

but yeah show us more pics!!

to be honest i dont really knwo all that much about the zc.

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:37 am**

Greasedmonkey wrote:Why not boost the ZC while its in the bay. might as well. lower compression.....more boost!

i'm not going to boost because i want to sell my setup and re do every thing.

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:45 am**

more pics, i got the ZC in tonight, shoudl be running by tomorrow night i hope.

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:49 am**

to be honest ive never seen a civic with the zc...well a nice civic...i might end up doin this swap on my crx

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:25 am**

wow ure working quick!! :thumb:

Civic EG

3 steps forward, one step back(56k stay away)

3 steps forward, one step back(56k stay away)