b18c in a 93 cx
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From: rochester, ny
Using the stock cx harness is what I was referring to.
The lengthening would work. Just might look bad. Personally, I could care less about running wires across (through a tube or such), but I think that's personal preference.
I think this would make a nice purchase, though: http://tinyurl.com/l75ds
The lengthening would work. Just might look bad. Personally, I could care less about running wires across (through a tube or such), but I think that's personal preference.
I think this would make a nice purchase, though: http://tinyurl.com/l75ds
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From: nj
If he's going to use the CX harness, he'll still have to remove the JDM harness and swap it on, so I don't really understand why you think it will be easier than getting a GSR harness.
If he wants to use the CX harness, he has to:
-remove D15 or whatever is in a CX
-take off CX harness
-take off JDM B18C harness
-put on CX harness
-lengthen some wires
If he uses a USDM B18C1 harness:
-take off JDM B18C harness
-put on USDM B18C1 harness
Of course he still has to take out the D15, but swapping the harness is something he can do prior to the big swap day, and it's two steps less than using the CX harness (at the cost of an extra harness).
Maybe I'm just not understanding what you mean, but I don't see how it's harder to use an extra harness.
If he wants to use the CX harness, he has to:
-remove D15 or whatever is in a CX
-take off CX harness
-take off JDM B18C harness
-put on CX harness
-lengthen some wires
If he uses a USDM B18C1 harness:
-take off JDM B18C harness
-put on USDM B18C1 harness
Of course he still has to take out the D15, but swapping the harness is something he can do prior to the big swap day, and it's two steps less than using the CX harness (at the cost of an extra harness).
Maybe I'm just not understanding what you mean, but I don't see how it's harder to use an extra harness.
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From: rochester, ny
I hope you guys both saw that I posted a link to a gsr harness on ebay in my last post. 
To explain what I meant before..
1. unplug both harnesses he has - leave the engine bay side of cx harness hanging in engine bay.
2. drop in b18c, sans harness
3. start plugging in, lengthen or add as needed (which will probably be a bunch with dohc teg --> sohc civic swap).
When I swapped a b18a into a 91 civic hatch, I used a foreign harness and with all the troubles, I swore I'd never do it that way again. I found myself wishing I'd left the stock harness over and over again. I got tangled up a lot in the under-dash portion of the harness and screwed up all kinds of things that way.. odo, speedo, etc.
To explain what I meant before..
1. unplug both harnesses he has - leave the engine bay side of cx harness hanging in engine bay.
2. drop in b18c, sans harness
3. start plugging in, lengthen or add as needed (which will probably be a bunch with dohc teg --> sohc civic swap).
When I swapped a b18a into a 91 civic hatch, I used a foreign harness and with all the troubles, I swore I'd never do it that way again. I found myself wishing I'd left the stock harness over and over again. I got tangled up a lot in the under-dash portion of the harness and screwed up all kinds of things that way.. odo, speedo, etc.
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From: nj
Oh I think I see the problem. I'm not sure about the fourth gens, but in a fifth gen (and 94-01 Integras), the wiring harness comes in two pieces. One is in the car and goes to the engine bay at the shock towers. The second one is on the engine and connects to all the components and then to the shock towers. So it's actually much, much easier to swap out the engine part of the harness with the engine outside of the car. The car part of the harness that goes to the ecu and parts of the dash don't need to be touched.