how to tell if a motor is vtec

sn95guy · Post by **sn95guy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:35 am

ok i have a d15 motor swapped civic, the guy told me it came out of a del sol or something but he didnt know cus he bought it like it was. he said the car used to get raced before he got it. well i put a gauge cluster in it with a tach and at 4k it starts to pull hard at normal throttle. under heavy throttle it does also but not every time. i have a check engine light and havent ran it yet. also i have a auto computer in the car if that makes a difference. it cuts out when going into 3rd gear mostly and soem times just under normal driving will bog down and die unless i rev it up then it goes fine... anyone?

Dabeastwthn · Post by **Dabeastwthn** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:09 am

Well I can answer the vtec ??..
If it was minime swapped or it says d15b with no number after the b then it is. Most likely it's not but if you look on the passenger side of the valve cover you'll see a wire with a "green" plug if it is.

sn95guy · Post by **sn95guy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:13 am

ya pretty sure it doesnt have that, i think it says b7 on it, but do they all pull and get real loud when they hit 4k? my girlfriend has a 93 civic lx 4door with the same engine code but a auto. it doesnt pull or sound like my car.. could it be the intake and full exhuast that makes it do it?

Dabeastwthn · Post by **Dabeastwthn** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:18 am

That's cause it's an auto and not vtec either!

Hell I could never really tell when vtec kicked in on my old Civic EX auto anyway! lol

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:12 pm

Dabeastwthn;112448 wrote:That's cause it's an auto and not vtec either! Hell I could never really tell when vtec kicked in on my old Civic EX auto anyway! lol

can barely tell in my mom's 99 ex auto, unless you take the intake hose off, lol. if its the d15b7 then it came out of the del sol s (aka lowest trim lvl) and isnt vtak

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:45 pm

If you really want vtec you do a head swap. Google mini-me swap, and it should have the information.

Midori · Post by **Midori** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:27 pm

look on the back right corner of the head, if there is a little round guy called a "solinoid" then you have Vtack!

sn95guy · Post by **sn95guy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:21 pm

ya pretty sure its not vtec, but how easy is a b18 swap? i was looking at some motors and trannys out of 92-94 integras...

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:22 pm

B18 is not hard in a sol since you can buy OE B series mounts and shift linkage.

there are quite a few write-ups on it, let me see if I can dig one up.

sn95guy · Post by **sn95guy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:25 pm

its goin in a 92 hatch... i found a motor tranny and ecm for like 700 or so with only 85k miles on it