95 civic engine swap
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95 civic engine swap
well,I have lots of options when it comes to doing a swap into my 95 coupe. I was wondering which would be the best for the money. I can get a ls motor for fairly cheap,then throw a turbo or supercharger on it. Or,I could do the gsr or type-r motor but they're $$$. If I go with the ls motor do you guys think I'll miss the vtec,or I guess it won't matter if I have boost,correct??
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go with b16a2 and then supercharge it with a vortech supercharger and aftercooler...
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go with a b18c1 and then build the internals and turbo it with like 12 PSI and get the intercooler
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go with a b18c1 and then build the internals and turbo it with like 12 PSI and get the intercooler
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yeah great idea but,the vortech supercharger is set-up for obd2 systems and the b16a2 is the jdm OBD1 92-95 civic vti motor. Now If I could figure out how to convert it,that would be awesome. I'm also an auto tranny man,I found you can make an auto shirt smoothly and take off pretty quick with a 3000 stall torque convertor.
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go with b16a2 and then supercharge it with a vortech supercharger and aftercooler...
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go with a b18c1 and then build the internals and turbo it with like 12 PSI and get the intercooler
go with b16a2 and then supercharge it with a vortech supercharger and aftercooler...
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go with a b18c1 and then build the internals and turbo it with like 12 PSI and get the intercooler
and the vortech SC is a joke...
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Originally posted by Bakeoff
How does odb affect it? If it will bolt up to the engine, it will work fine. OBD is just the wiring harness and ecu you're running.
How does odb affect it? If it will bolt up to the engine, it will work fine. OBD is just the wiring harness and ecu you're running.
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If obd is just ecu and the plugs being different on your sensors,then....Why couldn't I use my existing obd 1 ecu,engine harness and sensors on an type-r obd 2 motor. The only thing I would need to get would be an obd 1 distributor from a jdm b16a dohc,unless my 1.6 sohc vtec distributor would work. any ideas??
the reason I need to keep my existing harness is because its already wired for the auto tranny's transaxle and lockout solenoids. If I use the type-r engine harness it won't have that stuff and would rather not try and hardwire it in.
the reason I need to keep my existing harness is because its already wired for the auto tranny's transaxle and lockout solenoids. If I use the type-r engine harness it won't have that stuff and would rather not try and hardwire it in.
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Hey man I say your best bet for what you are trying to do is to call www.jdmpower.net and buy a complete jdm auto gsr swap from them. It will come with everything you would need to keep your car an auto. What you are trying to do with the Type R motor is going to be a pain and will cost you alot of $$$.