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97 Civic coupe b series swap. Any honda owners plz help!


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I have a 97 civic that is obd2 wiring. well anyways it came stock with a d16y8. I bought a complete b16 swap which of course i dont expect everything to be there. but the guy threw in two obd1 vtec ecus and said they would plug right in. and i knew it couldnt be that easy. sure enough they didnt. so i would either need a obd2 to obd1 conversion harness or just get the obd2 ecu correct? but even after that how would i get the vtec part of it to work?

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I have a 97 civic that is obd2 wiring. well anyways it came stock with a d16y8. I bought a complete b16 swap which of course i dont expect everything to be there. but the guy threw in two obd1 vtec ecus and said they would plug right in. and i knew it couldnt be that easy. sure enough they didnt. so i would either need a obd2 to obd1 conversion harness or just get the obd2 ecu correct? but even after that how would i get the vtec part of it to work?

Yeah you just need the obd1 to obd2 wiring. Then for the vtec part just take it to a mechanic if you dont know what your doing. Then you have someone to blame if something goes wrong lol. I have a 92 prelude with an H23A in it but then i swapped an H22A VTEC into it. Good luck! :drinks:

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I personally always ran OBD1 on my swapped Honda's, just a personal preference I guess. As for VTEC if your having problems you can always run it off an RPM activated switch and make it engage whenever you want. 4,400-4,600 is where I usually had mine set in the tune.

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ur harness is obd2a thats the 96-98 harness i would get the obd2a-obd1 conversion for it cus an obd1 ecu is always nicer and make sure ur running a p28 ecu its the gsr ecu... as for vtec u can wire that into the ecu... i have a 96 civic hatch with ls/vtec if u have any other problems message me i'll help ya out

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You need to check into your smog laws, you may just want to convert to an OBDII for that. If not, OBD1 is a better way to go.

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