Some pics of the engine I built for my Honda...

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:08 pm

These are some pics of my D16Z6 that I built up for my Honda Del Sol. I put higher comp pistons in it and had a mild porting and a valve job done to the head. The compression ratio is about 12.3:1. Very high but it runs good on 93 pump gas, but it does run even better on Turbo Blue gas. I picked up a 5 gal drum of it one day and dumped that into my tank. Big difference.

These are the new pistons, they are from a D16A1 (88 Integra).

Random pic of the cylinder head.

Pistons inside the block.

Random engine pic of it on the engine stand.

Ready to go in my Del Sol.

Inside the engine bay.

All done.

brianp · Post by **brianp** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:36 pm

That's pretty cool! My dad has a Del Sol, he loves it!

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:33 pm

VERY Nice!!! Honda engines are so well engineered! It's amazing how efficient they run. It's weird seeing an aluminum block though!

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:34 pm

oh yeah, honda has awesome engineering with their engines. when i bought my new pistons I was going to balance the pistons and my old connecting rods. I checked the weight of all the pistons and they were the exact same, then i checked my connecting rods that i was reusing and they all weighed the exact same. i was shocked. later on i found out that honda pre-balances their pistons and stuff at the factory.

Mac · Post by **Mac** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:17 pm

so are you running D16A1 parts in your D16Z6?

i have a 87 integra so i'm up on those engines.

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:25 pm

Mac wrote:so are you running D16A1 parts in your D16Z6?

i have a 87 integra so i'm up on those engines.

yep, I have D16A1 piston and rings in it. All of the bearings and stuff are from the stock Z6, same with the connecting rods

icE · Post by **icE** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:19 pm

sweet, i was thinking of a b16 or d16z6 swap in my old 90 civic 4-door, but i have a 95 accord now

I'm thinkig of an h22 swap down the road, can't go wrong with 220hp on a stock engine over the 145hp the car came with

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:57 pm

the H22 fits nice in those accords. the accords and preludes have the same engine bays. i think you use the engine mounts from the prelude. but i could be wrong.