guys, i already have the d16z6 block and it's going through the build up process...should i just stick a z6 head on it too and go obd1?? how hard is the process and what else will i need besides ecu and wiring harness...i keep hearing horror stories, and sometimes not...also people say the distriubtor needs to go as well, and some say not....thanks in advance

 

what year is your car. i can get you a harness we sell at our shop for obd2-1's.. they sell for 200. they are made by one of the engineers at Alburn in Alabama and shipped to me in pensacola, FL bout three hrs drive.. i get them for 96-98 cars. i ve used three already and loved them. My partner , some navy guy off the street got one, and one customer have bought them and love them. another guy is picking one up soon. if you need one let me know i ll get it to ya


mike

 

well I had a d16z8 obd 2 convert to obd 1 into my 93 civic hb. didnt change anything but to a p28 ecu b/cuz my car is obd 1. Use my old engine wire harness and rewired the vtec wires. However I had a check engine light from a sensor from the intake manifold. Distributor can stay, all you have to do is rewired it, someone gave me instruction on how to rewired it. If you want to change it to OBD 1, all you probably need is a ECU and a obd 2 to obd 1 ECU harness. and I think you would want to keep the y8 intake manifold beceaue the intake plentum is bigger.

 

my only concern would be my AVCR and VAFC, will the actual wires still connect to the same spot in the ECU? or would i need a obd1 ECU then the wiring would just be the same as a obd1 car?


[Modified by 98civicEX, 8:38 PM 8/12/2002]

 

**well you can keep your car obd 2 if you don't want to rewire your avc-r and vafc, and probably have to hook up a knock sensor into the y6, because OBD 1 doesn't comes with one for 92-95 sohc vtec. You would have to keep your Y8 intake manifold and distributor and injectors.

**if you want to convert to obd-1, I think you would need to rewire the wires and a few other things.