I had a question about my 93 civic ex. Ok first, On the D16D6 motors does it say vtec on the valve cover or does some not say on some of the valve covers. Does the ex models have a vtec light in the instrument cluster? or not. Mine doesnt and I was wondering if It means that I don't have vtec or doesn't I can't tell. People say that my car should have vtec but I can't tell. Can someone tell me a way to see If my car has vtec or not cuz the motor is stock and the valve cover doesn't say it and the instrument cluster doesn't have a vtec light.
93 civic ex question
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it wont have a vtec light im pretty sure about that, not sure if they all do, my 94 ex say vtec on the cover. u can hear it kick in if u have it around 4500rpms
^ ^ ^ ^ exactly what exboy said. Plus you can look for the block stamp that says D16Z6. With a SRI or CAI you can really hear your engine switching over to the vtec cam lobes.
doesnt matter, ill say 1st or 2nd would be the easiest to hear it in personally
yea, my d16z6 doesn't say vtec on the valve cover, I'm pretty sure there was only a few models that didn't... but they're still z6s. Also, you might not be able to hear your vtec since it's sohc but if your block says d16z6 99.9% it's VTEC... the .1% is for if someone swapped out the Z6 head for a non-vtec head
The vtec light if it has one would be on the instrument cluster in the top left corner usually. At least that is where iv'e seen some. Yea the motor says D16Z6 on it. I was just woulnderin' cause I didn't see a vtec light or vtec on the valve cover so I wasn't sure if it had vtec or not. Thanks for the help.
open up your hood. On the left hand side of the block (i believe) there should be this connecting looking thing that is green. thats how you can tell if you have VTEC in your z6.dracing said:The vtec light if it has one would be on the instrument cluster in the top left corner usually. At least that is where iv'e seen some. Yea the motor says D16Z6 on it. I was just woulnderin' cause I didn't see a vtec light or vtec on the valve cover so I wasn't sure if it had vtec or not. Thanks for the help.
Oh. ok thanks for the help. And about the black valve covers, I don't know, I painted mine blue and can't remember the original color. I raced my car to night and didn't hear a big difference around 5500 rpm's. I probably wouldn't though cause they don't have much power(in my opinion) to start with. Oh well I'll just try sell it to help get money for a LS swap on my car. Again, thanks for the help.
I have a 93 civ and I installed a VTEC activation light, look up the thread I gave instructions for installation. The valve cover does not say VTEC on mine only after 93 did they say VTEC. The VTEC activation should kick on at exactly 5000 rpm's. for that year.