jfields0622
New Member
OK, so I've been dealing with this issue for about two days now. This car is my only transportation and so I really need to get it done quick. It's been a week since the motor blew in my 1988 Honda Civic DX, and I'm still doing the DOHC ZC swap. I'm doing it by myself, with no cherry picker, and very minimal tools. I really need your help on this question as I am dumbfounded.
When I got the ZC motor, I noticed that the mount thats on the transmission of the ZC goes from side to side, while the mount on my DX goes up and down. Now, I know all the websites and everything says the ZC motor should bolt right into my DX but it wouldn't because of the ZC transmission mount. So I did some research, and verified through several sources including zcspeed.com, thezcr, and honda swap, and honda tech, that the DX transmission would work and bolt right onto the zc engine.
So I took off the ZC tranny and took off the DX Tranny, and alas the DX tranny will not slid into the ZC. I looked at the transmission that was on the DX and it is an L3...what am I doing wrong. PLEASE HELP
When I got the ZC motor, I noticed that the mount thats on the transmission of the ZC goes from side to side, while the mount on my DX goes up and down. Now, I know all the websites and everything says the ZC motor should bolt right into my DX but it wouldn't because of the ZC transmission mount. So I did some research, and verified through several sources including zcspeed.com, thezcr, and honda swap, and honda tech, that the DX transmission would work and bolt right onto the zc engine.
So I took off the ZC tranny and took off the DX Tranny, and alas the DX tranny will not slid into the ZC. I looked at the transmission that was on the DX and it is an L3...what am I doing wrong. PLEASE HELP
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