got a 2000 protege with the zm-de 1.6L DOHC. much torquier and more peppy then my friends 96 civic with the d16 honda engine. at 300 000km (187000miles) the engine is running fine with black oil in it. dont know s*** about the cars history so it could be a rebuilt engine or whatever but this is definetly a good, underated engine. so far it is treating me well.