Hi,
I just bought a 91Civic hatchback, completely stock. It has 198,000 and still real strong. Well cared for car. I was thinking about getting a new motor for it and kinda fixing it up. Not really interested in racing, but would really love to make this car a performer (motor,tranny,suspension) and give it a good face lift. My question is, what type of motor does it currently have and what other motors are compatable. Heres what I know and can find by looking at the engine. 4 cyl. 16 valve 1500 cc. eng. type is mhn1.5v5fcf7 displacement is 91cid, manual trans. Everything appears to be stock. Any starting points for me would be helpful. I should also mention that the car will be my daily driver. I will need to be able to do most of the minor things on the weekends and evenings, save up for the right motor (prefer a new one from the crate) and then share my wife car when having the paint and body work done.
Thanks for ant type of advice.
Rob.
San Diego, CA.

 

welcome to the forums.. i can not give you the exact engin code but i can tell you where to find it.. to the left of you exhaust manifold on the block there should be kinda like a plate where it will have a code similar to D15A5 or D16A6 etc. D= single over head cam.. the 2 numbers after D is the liters and the last number and letter code is where it was made and if its vtec or not.

 

yeah basically it has a d-series motor, but you can put a b-series, k, er an h22. i mean bro you have alot of motors to choose from that arent all about racing ya know