is it possible to do a complete swap of a b18 C1 comlpete motor into a 97 civic hatchback dx? What ecu will i need? any special motor mounts? Would i lose the ac what about the power steering? IS there anything special i need to know abotu doing this swap? Cutting away the engine bay or anything? ANy help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

 

nope its pretty much a straight up swap all the things you need should come with the swap ... motor/tranny,ecu,axels,etc....... PeAcE

 

what kind of ecu would i need? an obd 1 or obd 2?

 

obd 2 because your car is obd 2 now, but there are ways of running an obd 1 ecu. you just need obd 2 to obd 1 wire converter.

 

your gonna need mount kit to or at least two mounts...( drver side and rear mount off si 99

 

for b16 you can use your stock dx or cx mounts besides the tranny mount(b16) for the b18 you need the driver side mount bracket off a b16..use the stock wire harness off the motor and ecu...then re wire the green plug ...you gonna need a helms manuel for the wiring

 

ok easyest way to do this is to pull the gsr wiring harness all the way through the firewall of the gsr and just get th dx out of your way and use the gsr wiring harness. this saves you from haveing to run vtech wires.

 

yeah the wiring on that is gonna be hard. i dont think you have a knock sensor, and your gonna hafta wire up the vtec stuff too. its not too bad a swap tho, pretty straightforward

 

the wiring is easy, its 3 wires(i think). they are knock sensor, vtec oil pressure switch(power and ground), and vtec siloniod. you just have to get a pin-out of the ecu that you are going to use, and put the wires where they are supposed to go by running them from the engine side of the harness to the ecu

not that hard.........