Knowing how the internal combustion engine works is the basic concept that all back yard mechanics should know before they begin any kinda of performance mods. But not everyone is a wiz kid when it comes down to the details on pistons and valves so I thought i would do a search on the web [...]
The D16Z6 engine is a great engine to build for turbo applications because of the following reasons: – Z6 Oil Pumps are solid – Ease of Tuning as it’s made for the OBD1 ECU – Top end power is great for turbo builds – Crank is good up to 600HP – P08 Cylinder Head with [...]
If you need complete D Series engine specs, I found a great link that covers head, block, piston and cam. Click Here for more info.
The most common cause of Honda engines getting rebuilt is the infamous timing belt breaking. When your engine is running, the bottom half (block, crankshaft, and pistons) and top half (cylinder head, Valves, springs and retainers) are synchronized to make sure that the valves don’t hit the pistons. When the timing belt breaks the top half (valve [...]
Posted in Cylinder Head, Engine Info, Honda Civic 1992 to 1995 
Tags: cam gear, timing belt, timing gear, valve train 
No Comments »Sometimes if your doing a swap or you take the engine apart and you forgot to mark where the vacuum hoses go it’s hard to figure it out. So to double check that all my hoses are in the right places I searched for a vacuum hose layout for my car and found one for [...]
All the D Series engine specs by Wikipedia take a look. D Engines
I found this great writeup on how to protect your engine block by a process similar to a block guard. This is called Block Posting, check out this write up it’s great. Block Posting
I found a website today that shows the extensive engine build for a 1989 civic. Now this is the model older then mine but still have losts of great information about the B series Engine. And whats even better is the main website that has even more information. ENDYN Energy Dymanics
Here is a couple of sites I found online with a list of all the civic engines with HP and Torque specs. Enginereplacement.com Streettuners.com
