mtrucinski

iv owned a couple hondas and love them and iv found a car in my area that im wanting to purchase but NEED some help and have ALOT of questions.. the dude i want to buy the car off of put a 91 ls motor in a 94 civic sedan but never hooked it up...i havnt gone to look at it so im not sure how far he has gone on the swap but what is everything i would need for an ls swap into an eg.. i know u guys are gonna say go do ur research but i cant seem to find any good websites that thoroughly explain step by step on how to do this swap.. iv never done a honda swap before but the guy im buying the car from said its basically plug and play as far as hooking up the wire harness.. what exactly do i need for this swap?? and as far as the engine wire harness is it plug and play?? now my next question is im going to be buying a car that iv never herd run before.. what do i look for?? can i compression test a motor w/o starting it?? if u guys were going to buy a car uv never herd run before what would u look for?? give me a little help please dont just tell me to do reasearch i have i just cant find any really good websites that show u how to do the swap step by step.. help me out a little bit send me sum links to some good sites and ur thoughts...THANKS

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

It's illegal to put an older motor into a newer model car that is going to be driven on the streets. You don't plan on keeping the older motor in it do you?
As far as the LS swap-do some research. Thousands of posts on the subject from where to purchase engines/parts to the installation itself.

If it were me I'd pass on that car. Unless the price was absolutely right.

mtrucinski

illegal?? please explain

94EG8

You are not permitted to swap in an engine older than the vehicle its going into. Its a federal law, but its not enforced in most states (the only 1 I know it is enforced in is California)