I have a civic DX sedan 5speed.
It has 0 compression in number 3.
The interior is in great shape, the rear fenders are rusty but otherwise its not bad. The question is what to do with it. Do I tear apart the motor that is in it to diagnose/fix? Drop a junkyard motor in it? Scrap it out? Part it? Sell it to a chump team? Start my own chump team?
Anyone a Honda god and know from across the internet what is wrong. It has 150 in 3 cylinders. 0 in 1 (cyl 3). Runs fine otherwise.
In reply to nocones: Not a Honda god, but sounds like you may have burnt/broken the exhaust valves. if you aren't losing coolant or don't have a milkshake in your oil pan there is probably a pie shaped chunk out of one or both exhaust valves. (maybe intakes too). Just a guess..
How much trouble would it be to pull the head and inspect it?
The D15B2 is (in)famous for weak valve seals which could lead to burnt, even broken, valves.
I say throw a junkyard motor in it and continue driving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HUqWb6hyTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBcpZOh2_OA
Junkyard motor.
Start LeMons/Chump team.
Slap some E36 M3ty wide wheels (steelies since it's rusty...gives it that ratrod vibe) stretch the cheapest tires you can find over them...Nankang or Wanli come to mind, slap a bunch of stickers on it with words like "hellaflush" and "stance" and "Lowlife" on it. Cut the E36 M3 out of the springs, stancetards love static.... Grab a weird shift knob (beer tap? dildo?) throw that in there. If you're feeling EXTRA froggy.... go buy some cheap press bent pig steel tailpipe from vato zone and make yourself a set of Shakotan pipes for it. Throw on CL for 5-6x more than you have in all the parts. Use profits to buy newer, better Civic.
I say Lemons. The hardware in Chump is a lot faster. Our 95 Civic EX is a backmarker in Chump.
Tyler H wrote: I say Lemons. The hardware in Chump is a lot faster. Our 95 Civic EX is a backmarker in Chump.
Agreed. The cheatonium is rampant in ChumpCar.
I will probably pull the head in a few weeks and see what's going on. A lemons build may be in the future.
If it's a fried valve it's cheaper to fix that, hone the cylinders, slap in some cheap rings and rod bearings than it is to do a boneyard motor. Plus you know what you have. Ten valves, a cheap set of rings, a cheap set of rod bearings, a new water pump and timing belt for our Civic was something like $135 from Rock Auto.
Since you already own the car and can't show a purchase price, if you plan to do LeMons you might want to contact Judge Phil through the LeMons board, typically he will want pics etc (make it look nasty! 
) and he will assign a 'residual value' that's your starting point. Remember you can sell stuff off the car to bring that down, too.
I bought the car so I have a purchase price and it's a Lemons/chump legal price
If you were closer, we swap that head or motor in a weekend and head to LeMons!
drop a z6 head on it and go MPFI. It can probably be done cheaper than fixing whatever is wrong with your motor
Im about to throw a full d16z6 in my 1990 5 speed dx sedan with an si tranny. should be fun
wrongwheeldrive wrote: drop a z6 head on it and go MPFI. It can probably be done cheaper than fixing whatever is wrong with your motor Im about to throw a full d16z6 in my 1990 5 speed dx sedan with an si tranny. should be fun
Yeah do that! Then you won't get left for dead as bad on the straighaways. Si trans would help too...
Add a lot of HP?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN8Kz2H8iU4
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