Ok, due to the fact that I'm rather sick of a d15b2 and the fact that the head ended up being warped from the way it acts (and this is said after changing the head gasket driving it 30 miles and having a smoke cloud that covered everywhere I went in that 30 miles) it was time to just say screw it since there were other issues with that engine anyways.

Spent the last month or so looking at engines online and around the area came across a zc engine that was being put back together and the guy ended up having one project too many for his g/f to deal with.

So he sold his civic but not the engine

Had the pistons and rod connectors put in but thats it. Crank is out and oil pan not on, head is off, you get the idea but for the price of 50 bucks couldn't say no. He still had the order forms that came back with the head after getting it worked on at a machine shop still wired around part of it, only thing it didn't have was a valve cover..still didn't seem bad so it came home with me. Figured if anything a zc would drop into an 89 rex a hella lot easier then a b series and I'm not trying to go and start racing just wanted something reliable that would be worth having without killin the already thined wallet. I read a lot of info about whats needed for a zc to go into a crx and it's always conflicting with each other, and I'm not looking to start anything like a flame war with people getting pissed at each other for different info. A lot of sites that sell engines such as this one: http://www.jspecauto.com/page.aspx?page_id=17#1 state that it can just be dropped in and can go, I already know I have a few changes off the bat with that car having dpfi and the zc engine coming with mpfi but god knows what ecu it has I haven't checked quite yet and the last owner of the crx had an integra engine in it and dropped the crappy d15 back in the day before I bought it so I wouldn't count on it being stock hell the trans is now a 4 speed standard. I know I need gaskets seals etc, but any idea of what kind of part list I'm looking at? Will my old distributor still work or how about the starter, things like that. Once I get all that worked out I think I'll start posting pics once I rip that old engine out and ignite it in a field. Needs new front fenders the rest of the cars body work is done due to the wreck the previous owner got into which is how I got it for dirt cheap anyways.

EDIT: almost forgot, it's dohc so if I got the right info, non vtec right? Don't really care if it is or not just need to know to get it running.