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California98Civic · 11-07-2016, 07:34 PM

The D15Z1 should not be too hard to find, though they are pretty old now. Try Car-Part.com - Used Auto Parts Market ... but just buying the engine without the wire harness, ECU, and wideband O2 would not be wise... no lean burn, poor functioning in general without all those critical parts. How about using a D16Y5 instead? More recent. It's OBD2. And it has a little more HP the the fifth gen fuel-sipper engines. It can be mater to a VX/CX transmission too if the already tall gearing that comes with its stock transmission is still not tall enough for your project.

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	The D15Z1 should not be too hard to find, though they are pretty old now. Try Car-Part.com - Used Auto Parts Market ... but just buying the engine without the wire harness, ECU, and wideband O2 would not be wise... no lean burn, poor functioning in general without all those critical parts. How about using a D16Y5 instead? More recent. It's OBD2. And it has a little more HP the the fifth gen fuel-sipper engines. It can be mater to a VX/CX transmission too if the already tall gearing that comes with its stock transmission is still not tall enough for your project. __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.