Honda Car Forum

my civic has a d16zc and is at 197,000 mi. i want to someday drop in a b16 type r engine but want to know how much longer the d16 is going to last?

If you have taken good care of it, it will last a good long time. Hondas are like cadillacs if you take good care then they last a life time. We have an old honda motorcycle (79) still runs like new and an 84 caddy that has 256,000 miles and still running.

it'll last 4 ever... i have 91 Honda Accord Ex with 300,000 miles on it and still race it sometimes.....just change the oil and you'll be fine..and on the swap i would go h22 or even k-series with a b-series it'll be hard to keep up.....thier transmissions are the best 4 racing though...in my opinion

well at this milege many cars might need there rings replace that is the major worry for you engine but I am sure it will run strong with good maintain for another 50,000 miles are you by the way on Honda-tech? do you mean D16 ZC or D16Z6? and the B16B is a great and rare swap not many people do it since a Type R motor cost $500 and get more hp

Oh man if you don't drive it like a maniac a Honda will last you so long. #1 reliability in my opinion are honda's and acura's because they are the same thing. They can last you so long. Ive heard stories of people driving their honda accord's until 600,000km's before the sold it or gave it away because it was just too old in the body but still a well-kept engine. I have an 88 accord in MINT condition with 333,000km's and all it needs is a clutch in maybe 50,000km's and thats it. Nothing else has been replaced but the exhaust is getting there. Thats it!

yea man honda engines go. you might need to replace parts that wear out like clutch and stuff but the motor goes forever as long as you change the plugs oil and timing belt every 90,000. my first car was a 92 accord went to 300,000 and i sold it for 600 bucks after i crashed it then i had a 93 civic ex went to 230,000 raced it every weekend downtown and a girl pulled out infront of me totalled then i had another civic 96 dx that was at 180,000 when i sold it for 4000. im always going to prefer a honda comfortable and reliable.

Maybe forever if well maintainedthat's you see more old honda's still on the road and you see very few in the junkyard