CRX-ZC advice please
 

Hey guys! I'm fairly new to the board, but, I have an '89 CRX-Si that's gettin up there in the miles. I have a friend that can hook me up w/a ZC engine imported from Japan for only $450 plus whatever shipping is.
I was wondering if any of you have done this or seen this done. I've heard things come up about the brown seals vs. the black ones, & I know the black ones are better.
What I'm wondering is: Is it gonna be really hard to find little piddly parts that I might need like spark plugs or oil filters or little things like this.
I would probably go w/a bigger motor...maybe up to B16A, but I'm a spoiled brat and MUST have my A/C.
Help me out guys!!!
Thanx in advice. :yes:

I've seen a ZC in an 89 hatch. Works well and actually pulled pretty hard, at least enough to outrun lightly modded D series Civics without a problem.

Parts are not gonna be a problem- most of them are fully interchangable with the 86-89 Integra's parts (also a 1.6L DOHC non-VTEC).

Go for it!

Exactly!!!!
I have a friend that has a ZC in his 89 Civic hatch, another with a 90 CRX and I know a guy that just did one in his 89 CRX. They haven't had any problems with finding parts....they say it's easy as pie...and...your right 2ndgenteg they do pull pretty good...I was impressed needless to say.

:yes: Thanx men! ;)

yeah, i swaped one in my friends crx over the summer, there are plenty of avalible parts for it. i belive its also similar to the b18 nonvtec engine.

Yar my buddy has one in his 90 CRX, and it takes me :)

Though i guess since i have 200lbs of stereo equipment sitting on my rear axle.. a gremlin could take me :)

:D I dunno bout a gremlin.... but thank you boyz ;) Your input is MUCH appreciated. How long did it take to get in there?

well... we didnt exactly work hard... it was 4 saturdays working from noon till 8 but we also went 4wheeling and dirt bike riding, its probobly 2 full days. we ran into harness problems though, thats what slowed us down one day

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Harness problems? How so?

we switched from duel point injection to multi point injection, the harness was only wired for 2 injectors, we had to hack apart a 91crx SI harness to get the parts we needed... the 88 and 91 have different main harness connectors to the ECU or we would have just swaped harnesses.

:yes: see, I see. ;)

It should take some one with exsperience about 3 days and an amuture about 5. I did my swap with a b16 in about 4 days and I had no previous exsperience. SInce you have an SI you shouldnt have any problem with the harness......It should be like warm apple pie and just slide in.

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lol, thanx! :yes:

Your welcome ....Any other help you may need just holllllllllllaaaaaaaaa.....

kewl
 

whats the deal with that icon pic? It's kewl:yes:

Re: kewl
 

yeah I like it also

Which Icon Pic??????????

yeah, having a SI will make this alot easyer than the HF i put it in

Yeah I have a dx an the harness was the biggest problem

Yeah that's what I heard

It wasnt impossible but it was a serious pain...The next hardess thing to that is doing the fuel pump by yourself.

the 1 thats under your name

Thank you ....It reminds me of my younger days when me and my crew used to hit the train yards ....We all had gas mask on like that when we were bombin the train yard....Ahhhhh the good old days...

Lucky13

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Umm....ya? :D

:D

;)

Oh shit..now that's always fun...!!!! I hear ya hybrid

Ahhhh its about time I finally found some one that can relate.....lol.........havent ran into a fellow painter in years man ...most of the crew down here died off.....Dvs krew repin for all the conners of the urban nation.... :bow:


Lucky13

O ic.... what's your tag? :bandit:

Skoobie 04

Cant telll you that .....might incriminate myself

ahaha
 

Well, I may be a paralegal... But you're a fellow CRX-er! I couldn't rat on you! :no: ;)

Re: ahaha
 

That's ok...you would never find an illegal tag my way anyway

:yes: very true.

I agree ......We used the name Dvs for our krew and i went by ges one. Those days are long gone though . we only do commision peices and our garages...

:cool: My cousin does those. His tag thingie is: Focus

Thingie ??????????? Huh hih she said thingie

I've got a thingy...hahaha...Yah man...either on my friends skate shop (legally) or raves (legally) or on paper....

:D HEY! Don't make fun of me just b/c I don't know the lingo. :paranoid: :D

I would never make fun of anybody...i was just talking about my thingy..lol