What nots with a ZC engine?

[CWBETB]

Hello, I was reading through the CRX resource and saw a couple posts about guys throwing rods in them. What causes this? Is it just abuse? Id like to prevent this as much as possible! I love my ZC but they are getting old

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[13secondcivic]

haven't heard that one! I think abuse. do they use NOS, turbo or SC??

[NC_Rex]

worn bearings - yeah abuse otherwise.

[DjBiG]

yo i love my Zc i got it in a 4door LxR u heard .Well i think it just abuse i also heard they like to blow smoke to i cant lie before i crashed my 4door 2weeks ago i was racing it when i let her hold i hold it at 73000 rpm then drop it in 2nd & run it with out the e brake wit a Lx 5 speed tranny long gears the AcT stage 2 clutch holds good .peace

[Setanta]

We have an '84 AT Si Civic over here that is running over 205bhp NA with a ZC motor in full group A spec. It crucified every other car in its class but threw rods after it developed over 180bhp. With billet rods it was fine apparently.

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[CWBETB]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Setanta:
We have an '84 AT Si Civic over here that is running over 205bhp NA with a ZC motor in full group A spec. It crucified every other car in its class but threw rods after it developed over 180bhp. With billet rods it was fine apparently.

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Thats interesting. I heard the ZC's can handle up to 75 more horsepower before you need to beef up the internals. There was a guy a lil while ago that sent me some pics of his car. I think he was running a large turbo on it that pushed 100 hp or so. Needless to say he blew the hell out of it but ran low 13's! He said it actually lasted a while.



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[Setanta]

Heheh... that's turbocharged which doesn't really equate to high RPM although it does equal more stress on the motor.

The AT Si was making peak power @ 8500 rpm... that's all the time on a race track. Hence the fact that it was chewing up rods

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[Jim 91 Si-ZC]

Yeah.....I think if we stay with the minor mods that we have ex: I/H/E and the norm....combined with changing the oil and not abusing it ...I'd say the ZC engine should last as long as any other engine!!!

:-)

I am kicking around....Supercharging....

what do you think?