I have a 89 civic 1.5 with 300k mileage it is tired and it has started to blow some smoke out of its ***, I can go thru a place where I can get a replacement motor from japan rebult delivered to my house.for less than 500 with a year guarantied.
For the same amount I found a low mileage 1.6 vtec out of a auto that was crashed he will give me motor mounts ecu wire harness etc.
Can anyone give me feedback on pros and cons I do not race it is just a family car. It has been a good car and I want to keep it and would like it running good.you can reply here or email me at mpc_@live .com

 

if its just a family car then go with which ever engine you trust more and the japan motor has a year warantee... and probably has lower miles than the vtec engine i'd say go with it. also your 89 civic probably has dual point intake manifold and putting a vtec engine wouldnt do much of a difference without converting to mpfi. to hook up the vtec engine and ecu you would need some rewiring.. if you want more power go for the vtec engine i can give you a diagram on how to rewire the car. and also get a complete mpfi intake manifold (fuel rail,injectors), distributor, resistor box, extra wires, vtec engine wire harness, extra ecu pins. and the d15 engine you could just bolt up...

 

if your mechanically inclined go for vtec cuz itll be a lil bit funner
if you are satisfied with how the engine is now go for non vtec

 

Well said, that's what I'm gonna say also

 

WTF? lol why is that in your sig?

 

OP did you make up your mind?
im curious on what you decided

 

If I only planned on driving it and didn't want a lot of extra work, I would go with the $500 warranteed non-vtec motor....my last one made it 238,000 very, very hard miles......