***92 Civic w/ JDM B16a swap horribly slow
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***92 Civic w/ JDM B16a swap horribly slow
Barely goes up hill, slower than my 99 dx.
So I bought the car online and got screwed (imagine that). It's got the obd1 b16a in it with a jdm p30 ecu, short ram, and 2 1/4" exhaust. Not 100% sure all the wiring is right but it appears to be. Also I replaced the spark plugs. The only cel code was for the vss and i replaced that so no cel anymore. I removed the cat and it was clogged so I beat that thru temporarily until I know if I'm keeping the car. There is a 4 wire o2 in the stock location but there's a 2 wire o2 coming straight out of the cat? Idles pretty well, not perfect though. The exhaust is just a muffler shop exhaust. I was thinking about driving open header to see if somethings wrong with the exhaust
Any ideas?
So frustrated, I always said I'd never buy a car someone else worked on. I did and got screwed. Stupid me. HEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I bought the car online and got screwed (imagine that). It's got the obd1 b16a in it with a jdm p30 ecu, short ram, and 2 1/4" exhaust. Not 100% sure all the wiring is right but it appears to be. Also I replaced the spark plugs. The only cel code was for the vss and i replaced that so no cel anymore. I removed the cat and it was clogged so I beat that thru temporarily until I know if I'm keeping the car. There is a 4 wire o2 in the stock location but there's a 2 wire o2 coming straight out of the cat? Idles pretty well, not perfect though. The exhaust is just a muffler shop exhaust. I was thinking about driving open header to see if somethings wrong with the exhaust
Any ideas?
So frustrated, I always said I'd never buy a car someone else worked on. I did and got screwed. Stupid me. HEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: ***92 Civic w/ JDM B16a swap horribly slow
then get the correct o2 sensor installed,
And just go through in correct order troubleshooting everything pertaining to the symptoms
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I would start by inspecting the timing marks on the belt, then id move onto the distributors position and also check for vacuum leaks. i once had a slight leak in my intake manifold and i felt like the motor was sooooo far off timing. once i fixed the air leak the motor came back to life. hope this helps
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I would check timing, do a full tune up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, 3 part fuel service and top engine cleaning, change oil and filter, check compression and do a leak down. All good things to do on a car you just bought. Weird that it has a second O2 sensor on the cat being that it is a 92 OBD1 car and a OBD1 B16A motor. It should only have 1 O2 sensor. You may have a OBD2 cat on the car.
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Re: ***92 Civic w/ JDM B16a swap horribly slow
A LS trans would not make it very slow. I am running the LS trans on my LS Vtec and it pulls very nicely.
I would check timing, do a full tune up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, 3 part fuel service and top engine cleaning, change oil and filter, check compression and do a leak down. All good things to do on a car you just bought. Weird that it has a second O2 sensor on the cat being that it is a 92 OBD1 car and a OBD1 B16A motor. It should only have 1 O2 sensor. You may have a OBD2 cat on the car.
I would check timing, do a full tune up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, 3 part fuel service and top engine cleaning, change oil and filter, check compression and do a leak down. All good things to do on a car you just bought. Weird that it has a second O2 sensor on the cat being that it is a 92 OBD1 car and a OBD1 B16A motor. It should only have 1 O2 sensor. You may have a OBD2 cat on the car.
It may pull good,
But you will have dips in your overall powerband from 1-4 gears
Although it doesnt pertain to the matter, just dont want you thinking you wouldnt be faster with GSR, B16, or R trans
night and day.
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Re: ***92 Civic w/ JDM B16a swap horribly slow
A LS trans would not make it very slow. I am running the LS trans on my LS Vtec and it pulls very nicely.
I would check timing, do a full tune up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, 3 part fuel service and top engine cleaning, change oil and filter, check compression and do a leak down. All good things to do on a car you just bought. Weird that it has a second O2 sensor on the cat being that it is a 92 OBD1 car and a OBD1 B16A motor. It should only have 1 O2 sensor. You may have a OBD2 cat on the car.
I would check timing, do a full tune up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, 3 part fuel service and top engine cleaning, change oil and filter, check compression and do a leak down. All good things to do on a car you just bought. Weird that it has a second O2 sensor on the cat being that it is a 92 OBD1 car and a OBD1 B16A motor. It should only have 1 O2 sensor. You may have a OBD2 cat on the car.
I also had one on an ls-vtec , but that's not what the op has. It can make a huge difference in an untuned b16.
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Re: ***92 Civic w/ JDM B16a swap horribly slow
Coolant was in my #2 spark plug hole. When I did a tune up I didn't notice that. But ends up it was only running on 3 cylinders. So off with its head. There was glue in the #2 spark plug hole. Figured the head was stripped and the ******* that ripped me off glued the spark plug in. Turns out the glue or whatever was sealing a crack in the head I guess. So pissed. What would cause a head to crack right there?
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