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[STS233]

My '85 needs a new engine block and per the rules I run under, I can not update to an 86 or 87 engine. If anyone has an engine or just a block that is in good condition within a reasonable distance of Knoxville, TN, please let me know. If you think the block could be shipped for a reasonable fee, I would entertain that also. It has to be unmolested. For example, never bored and never decked. Feel free to PM me here or send me an e-mail at dsp33-at-prodigy-dot-net.

Thanks,
Mark

[hondaman]

I know you are not allowed to swap engines in STS2 but I think you would be OK using a block from any 1st gen CRX Si. As far as I know the blocks were all identicle and the only obvious difference was the wording on the valve cover. Personally I wouldn't worry about it and use any suitable block from any year.

YMMV,

Scott

[STS233]

Scott,

I like the way you think and I agree they are all the same. If I weren't planning on running this car at national events, I probably would just put in another block. I have two of them laying around. However, I really want to avoid some weenie protest based on my block having the wrong numbers stamped on it.

Thanks,
Mark

[hondaman]

You might consider just calling Doug Gill out at the National office and get an 'official' opinion. I really don't think you will have a problem using a block from any first generation CRX Si.

Scott

[timpat92855]

Year model should not matter as long as it is the same engine from the same type car...but look into it...if so i have a 86 HF 1.5 i jus pulled out...its a full short block, jus needs the cylinders honed and cross hatched in north mississippi

[BGPKR]

If you're still looking I have a relatively low mileage Si block for sale. If interested PM me.

[STS233]

Year model should not matter as long as it is the same engine from the same type car...but look into it...if so i have a 86 HF 1.5 i jus pulled out...its a full short block, jus needs the cylinders honed and cross hatched in north mississippi

I know all the 1st gen engines will bolt in but per the rules I run under, I have to have the correct code on the block. I can't update and backdate to different engine codes. It would have been a lot easier if Honda had made all the Si engines either an EW3, 4, or D15 instead of changing the designation every year.

Before Hondas, I raced a VW. They put the JH code engine that I ran in almost every body style between 1983 and 1990. Finding a JH code engine was as easy as going to any local junkyard.

Thanks anyway.

[STS233]

If you're still looking I have a relatively low mileage Si block for sale. If interested PM me.

PM on it's way. Thanks!

[FireballPhil]

I have an Si engine with number EW3 2506193 and I am in Memphis, TN
PM if interested. I can possibly meet in Nashville this weekend.
Phil