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From: Jeff Randall <jrandall@avei.com>
> You said that you could drop in the motor from the new Si Civics, if I
were
> to have a 5th or 6th Generation Civic correct? Then if I had a 5th or
6th
> gen civic could I throw in the Del Sol VTEC motor? Technically its the
same
> motor except the 99 Si is OBD-II.
No -- unless there was some factory specification mandating replacement
motors with that engine. A pretty long shot. Otherwise, you're stuck with
whatever cars you share the line with.
> The B16A motor has been around since 89
> in Japan. It came stock in CRXs and Civics, then in 92+, all the SiRs got
> B16A with 170 hp, the 94-95( I believe those are the correct years) Del
Sol
> VTEC here got the 160hp, and now the 99 Civic here also gets the same
motor.
Japanese (or European, or Antarctic) -spec motors won't ever be legal
outside of Modified -- they are not the same as U.S. motors, even if they
share the same model number.
> Final question, if they couldn't tell what year motor you have, how could
> they tell if it was legal or illegal? That would make for a cheap swap in
> any 5th or 6th gen car, buy an old B16A ($400), Si hydro tranny ($?), and
a
> new B16A ECU, and a lot of rewiring. Thats basically a civic with a GSR
> motor to compete in any stock class. Correct me if i'm wrong, thanks.
Many probably couldn't. You could probably get away with it for a long time
at the regional level. At the divisional/national level until you started
winning and your competitors started really looking at your car. On the
other hand, you missed the long discussion on cheats over the winter break.
Basically condemned them all as scum and decided they weren't worth our
time....
Jamie
'92 Prelude Si
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
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