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Old 09-Aug-2003 | 03:15 PM
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is it sohc or dohc? cuz if its sohc it likly has vtec, and if its dohc, its pretty much impossible to put a b seris vtec head on
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 04:15 PM
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for a civic board peoepl dotn' knwo to much...it will be a SOHC zc that basically is the "si" usdm motor...it has 108 ish hp..it is basically the same motor the stock si's have...the 130 hp zc is the DOHC one....
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 04:22 PM
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there is a single cam ZC motor which has more then 108hp... i'm not sure exactly i knew at one time.... it is not the same motor as the stock si's have either... it has the same displacement but the bore is smaller and stroke longer.... not by much but enough to see on paper....
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 05:15 PM
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xactly... the jdm sohc zc makes 130 hp(honda rated) and came in 92-95 civics with dual stage vtec, unlike tri stage from the 6th gen civics
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 05:18 PM
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yay i was right... i thought that all the single cam vtec motor were single stage, and like the b series were dual.. also h series... then like the nsx was tri stage vtec?? but i could and probably am not right on this one..
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 05:32 PM
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not with the nsx iu dun think... it was used in the cx for fuel economy but i could be used as a super agressive performance in the nsx
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 05:39 PM
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when you said cx did you mean vx there?? cause cx never came with vtec... while the vx had a totally different form of vtec from pretty much all other vtec motors... if you have a hynes manual you can see the difference its kinda weird how it works but meh... i'm sure if pulovr was on now he would find a nice picture of what i'm talking about
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 08:05 PM
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yeah... i guess i messed up the trim level... mistake
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 08:44 PM
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:cough cough:

for a civic board peoepl dotn' knwo to much...it will be a SOHC zc that basically is the "si" usdm motor...it has 108 ish hp..it is basically the same motor the stock si's have...the 130 hp zc is the DOHC one....
Wrong.

Thank-you Come again.



Good try though.

Some of the ZC's did come with SOHC engines, but they were not all Vtec ones. Also, they came in NON vtec as well.

Some also came as caburated instead of FI.

Trust me on this.


Some of the SOHC ZC non Vtec came out of the Civic Ferio 4WD, (as well as some other Honda cars). Because of this, they had more torque than thier North American conterpart.


Ie......if you took a JDM ZC SOHC motor out of the above car, and switched out the carburator for a FI set-up, you would have the HP of the North American Si, but with more torque to boot. Oh yeah, that's also with NO Vtec either.

Do a few mods like CAI, header, FPR, exhaust, and you'd have a car that would drive circles around the Si. and because the valve cover looks EXACTLY the same as the wimpy D15 one, people would just look the other way, and not take notice. hehe little do they know.

By the way, SOHC NON Vtec ZC's start at around $300-$350. Not bad for what you get.
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 11:38 PM
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i didn't even know ZC's came with vtec...

i was to believe the ZC motor was used in the Si in japan... and the SiR had the b16
Old 09-Aug-2003 | 11:44 PM
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Honda had soooooooooooooo many different combos when it came to stuffing this engine in that car, that it's almost imposible to remember them all.
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 12:04 AM
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SOHC ZC outta the EF's is rated at 120HP, while the DOHC ZC is rated b/w 130-140HP(depends on which source ya look it up.)
ZC VTEC is whole other story though.
ZC was for the EF7(JDM Si) and b16 is from the EF8(SiR)
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 01:39 AM
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I'm getting dizzy.
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 02:25 PM
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lets just smile and nod that the zc is a jdm motor....
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 02:51 PM
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Yes, I can feel the dizziness slowly going away now.
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 02:52 PM
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hey guys the motor says 16v on the engine cover and has 4 bolts holding it on on each corner of it, um i hoenstly dont think it sonly 108hp cuzz i dunno it feels like alot more like maybe 140ish but then again who knows.....cuzz she will squeel the tires all the way till i hit 3rd gear and i dunno i cant see a 108hp doing that but then again i could b wrong...
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 04:23 PM
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check your plugs
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 05:23 PM
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corey, its a "dseries" sohc zc is 120hp, I had one, you can install a vtec head on it easy depending on what year you go with, I have a 96 acura eL, honda civic SI head vtec for that .... $200.00 complete...
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 05:24 PM
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for $300, Ill give you, 5th gen intake manifold, 4th gen civic SI dizzy, Head, valve cover (vtec), wires, and timing belt!! that is a good deal guy,
Old 10-Aug-2003 | 05:30 PM
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could u install it?


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