D15b2 rover 216 engine swap??

[thorburnlad]

Hi guys
own a civic 1.5lsi dpfi 95reg
I was initially looking at the mpfi swap but why when i can get the whole rover 216 engine for the same price? |Does anybody know the engine code for the rover/honda 216 1600 engine? any ideas on what parts i would require?
The reason for the engine swap instead of just aan mpfi conversion is due to the valve stem oil seals leaking and causing misfire above 5k and i may look into turboing it aslong as engine conversion gos A*
Iv heard the 1600 engine that was in the rover was bomb proof and also very fast.
Come on guys insult me

Thanks
Ryan

 

[thorburnlad]

???????

 

[Briansol]

We don't have very many UK members on board... and the rest of us likely have never even seen a rover in person. I'm afraid we won't be much help here. I couldn't even tell you what a 216 looks like with out doing an image search.

 

[thorburnlad]

right thats cool. Ok so ignore that, my prblem is my car is already obd1 p04 dpfi and i am now looking into a civic coupe inlet mani head etc. I understand the ecu off that is obdo?? would i need a jumper harness to convert the obdo ecu into obd1?

 

[thorburnlad]

or what ecu could i use???

 

[phunky.buddha]

If the systems work the same way as they do in the US, you can use your OBD1 ECU to control the Rover 216 engine- which is basically the same as the DOHC ZC from Japan which quite a few people imported to the States. You'll have to update the program in the ECU though so the fuel/timing maps match up to what the DOHC ZC wants to see. Most of the OBD1 ECUs can be flashed with a new EPROM chip in place of the stock one and free programs like Uberdata and Crome.

 

[hondafreak513]

Calesta I used a ecu out of a 88-89 integra when I put a zc motor in my crx, I found out it has a higher fuel/air mixture and timing, when I did this I actually noticed the power increase. And thorburnlad good luck on switching from dpfi to mpfi, ive done this and ran into problems till I found out to just run four new wires to the ecu for the injectors than doing what the swap site told me.