yeah do what the honda guy said. that # there is the key , see if they match with the engine and also n the driver side door.
a friend got a good deal on a civic si but when he went to register he had a little problem. he had 2-3 diff vin number lol anyway this was 2yrs ago and last yr the car swallow some water and die lol so we install a used nice engine on it with like 160hp.