dohc zc distributor?

humorwvphumorwvp Wagonist
in Engine & Drivetrain
so i have a rt4wd and I got a dohc zc to drop in. one of the cables on the distributor is broken of from the sensor so I'm probably going to need a new distributor. Then on eBay I came across this distributor adapter to run a dohc zc in a civic/crx with out any wire cutting or adapting. I wasn't aware that I needed to do anything to the distributor for it to work on my civic. I tried doing a search but really didn't find anything on it and now I'm kind of confused. And so my question is has anyone here ever used something like this? Or recommend it to ease installation. Or what ever thoughts you have on this subject would be helpful. Below is a link to the eBay add, hope it works as I'm not a computer wiz. lol

:? http://www.ebay.com/itm/88-91-Honda-Civ ... 2884wt_149

Comments

  • CleanpigpenCleanpigpen Band Wagon
    Dohc zc needs a jumper harness to work on an oem mpfi harness but plugs directly into a dpfi harness
  • humorwvphumorwvp Wagonist
    Oh, nice thanks for the reply. I guess I better get one of these harnesses.
  • woodiwoodi Wagonist
    Depending on what distributor you get it may have a round or rectangular distributor plug. I think the D16A1 integra distributors had the square plug the ZC ones were round like the D16A6. If you have the wrong plug you can depin the plug and swap whichever half you need on the dizzy or harness (just match color to color).

    As for rewiring provided you have an OBD0 ZC the only rewiring you need to do is to splice the cylinder position sensor plug onto the cylinder position sensor wires that go into the dizzy on the single cams. I forget the wire colors right now but a quick search on-line will tell you which ones. It looks to me like that's basically what that adapter harness does. It plugs in between your body harness and dizzy and splits those two wires off to the cps mounted on the exhaust cam.

    Either way you'll still need to buy an 88-89 integra distributor or 88-91 ZC distributor which is a TD-03U
  • CleanpigpenCleanpigpen Band Wagon
    The ZC has a square plug. Same as the D16A1/8/9
  • woodiwoodi Wagonist
    Cleanpigpen wrote:
    The ZC has a square plug. Same as the D16A1/8/9

    Good to know... I couldn't remember if my ZC Dizzy came with a square or round plug on it (I was the second person to put it in a USDM car so it may have already been swapped to round) but I knew the replacement Dizzy I bought had the square plug and I swapped my harness to the square plug to make things more strait forward with stock parts.
  • CleanpigpenCleanpigpen Band Wagon
    woodi wrote:
    Cleanpigpen wrote:
    The ZC has a square plug. Same as the D16A1/8/9

    Good to know... I couldn't remember if my ZC Dizzy came with a square or round plug on it (I was the second person to put it in a USDM car so it may have already been swapped to round) but I knew the replacement Dizzy I bought had the square plug and I swapped my harness to the square plug to make things more strait forward with stock parts.

    Yeah they have to be square plug because the Cam Sensor is located on the 2 pin connector for the cam sensor. Instead of being internal like the d16a6, therefore allowing the larger round plug.
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