Finding build date of JDM B16A2

**Kiz_EG6** · 04-10-2007 10:10 AM

Hey guys, hoping someone can help me out with this;

Ok, so I've got a JDM B16A2 which is currently sitting in my crashed 92 model civic.

The engine was taken from a JDM SiR EG6, but i am unsure as to what the manufacture year of the donor car was!

The reason i need this is that i am looking at buying a 93 model GL and dropping all my gear in it, but if the engine is in fact from a 92 model EG6 then I am under the impression that i will not be able to legally register it!!

I still have the expired reg from the crashed civic, so I was wondering if Vic roads would have the age of the engine on record, or if there is any way of finding this out from the engine#?!

**JasonGilholme** · 04-10-2007 10:18 AM

if it says b16a2 i don't think its JDM.

I thought the JDM ones just said B16A or b16B. Can't remember exactly.

**Kiz_EG6** · 04-10-2007 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by JasonGilholme

if it says b16a2 i don't think its JDM.

I thought the JDM ones just said B16A or b16B. Can't remember exactly.

Yeah, that's right, it only says B16A on it, but it is a B16A2, coz it's the 125k-watt version, sorry should have been clearer on that!

**JasonGilholme** · 04-10-2007 10:43 AM

i've got a b16a2 in my del sol and its only 118 kw atfw.

if it says b16a its a b16a. if it says b16a2 its a b16a2.

AFAIK B16a = JDM

b16a2 = AUDM and some SE Asian countries.

b16a3 = USDM.

Theres a thread here on ozhonda that breaks it down very well. have a search cause at the moment i wouldn't say yours is jdm.

**Kiz_EG6** · 04-10-2007 10:59 AM

Dude, stick to what you know, all it says is B16A, as it is JDM, no number following.

I am merely stating that it is the second generation of JDM B16A's, being the 125kilowatt version, not the 1st gen 118kilowattm, as i thought this may clarify the build date a little better, as this is why i started this thread, not to get in stupid arguments about what motor i have, if you do not have the answer i am looking for, please go away!!

**JasonGilholme** · 04-10-2007 11:04 AM

mate i'm not starting an argument with ya.

Stop sayin its a b16a2 then. otherwise people will think you've got the 118kw version ok.

**SlobberGoat** · 04-10-2007 11:53 AM

Isn't the date stamped/encoded across the front of the head?
Just above the exhaust manifold?

**cristian** · 04-10-2007 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Kiz_EG6

Dude, stick to what you know, all it says is B16A, as it is JDM, no number following.

I am merely stating that it is the second generation of JDM B16A's, being the 125kilowatt version, not the 1st gen 118kilowattm, as i thought this may clarify the build date a little better, as this is why i started this thread, not to get in stupid arguments about what motor i have, if you do not have the answer i am looking for, please go away!!

what a tool...

**zco** · 04-10-2007 10:07 PM

to the original poster.. the guy was just trying to help you out. you should have phrased your post a little bit better isntead of calling it a b16a2..

ESL FTL :thumbsdown:

**SLOWEGG** · 04-10-2007 10:55 PM

Look on ur head, there should be a circle stamp showing the year date. If its from 88-90 (i think) its a gen1 JDM motor, If its from (91-95) its a gen2 motor from an eg6/eg9. Not 100% about the years.

**honda_zivic** · 04-10-2007 11:29 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_B_engine#B16

**Kiz_EG6** · 05-10-2007 08:48 AM

Cheers to those who have helped me out on this thread.

Anyone else just for your information, nit picking is NOT HELPING OUT and it's not like i flamed the guy for it, I merely asked him not to clutter the thread with other rubbish, I asked a simple question, only requiring simple answers!

As i explained, it doesn't have B16A2 stamped on it, but it is the second generation, which is still cosidered to be a B16A2, whether JDM or not!!