Hatchback_Pat

started a build on my civic. swapping in a b18b with a gsr tranny. nothing to special. just a low budget build. pulling all the parts off a totalled integra. plan on swapping a b18b and doing a disk break conversion. this is my first swap ive ever done. im basically doing this with all the info ive retained from the faqs from this forum. so here it goes. heres some pic of my progress.

Hatchback_Pat

got the lil baby motor pulled. and got the engine bay cleaned up to.

ej7attack

nice work...keep it up

Hatchback_Pat

pulled the uncomfortable stock eg seats out and threw in some Ls seats. much better.

Hatchback_Pat

thanks man

Hatchback_Pat

got the ls motor pulled out of the donor car. and pulled the automatic trans off. i also got some my gsr shift linkage, starter, clutch and flywheel, and msd ignition. gonna bolt up the flywheel, clutch and pressure plate. and bolt up the 5 spd trans to the motor. then should be ready to drop the motor in.

Hatchback_Pat

got a couple of questions if anybody can help. picked up this trans the other day. guy said it was a gsr trans. since there wasnt any codes on it im wondering if it really is a gsr. been reading the faqs and the only way to check is by pulling it apart and counting teeth on the final drive. is there anyother way? do the ls cases look exactly like gsr cases. and another thing im trying to identify this plug and what sensor it goes to. the the plug that runs from the bottom side of the tranny. any help?

Hatchback_Pat

Just a quick update ordered some ARP pressure plate and flywheel bolts. Figured if im gonna do it i got to do it right.

CX-Adam

I wouldn't know... It's probably not a bad Idea to pull the case apart anyways and peek inside to see if there's any damage. Getting the case apart is actually pretty easy.

Hatchback_Pat

Yeah ive heard and read that its not to hard. It seems like a lot of work. Was just trying to see if there was an easier way. I guess i should take ur advise and pull it a part just in case there is some damage. It will probably save me work in the long run. Thanks

typerturbo29

iTrader: (1)

ls and gsr have same case, you would have to count teeth on say third gear to get a good idea

typerturbo29

iTrader: (1)

But otherwise keep it up, first time doing a swap is the best.

StreetsideStig

Awesome project. Subscribed.

Hatchback_Pat

Would u happen to know how many teeth a gsr has?

Hatchback_Pat

Yeah thanks was definitely intimidated at first. But its a lot easier than i thought. It asctually a lot of fun. You get a sence of pride i guess doing it urself u know.

Hatchback_Pat

Thanks theres a lot more to come. Thinking about doin some body work and giving it a fresh paint job as well. If the budget alows it. All in all i think ive only spent 4-5 hundred bucks.

Hatchback_Pat

So took my tranny apart and its in pretty good shape. Counted the teeth on the last gear and the final drive and divided the 2. Like it said on the faqs. And it came out to be 4.400 so it turns out its a s80 gsr trans . For only 200 bucks not bad. But after i put it back together i was bolting up the starter i noticed that one of the holes was threaded and only one bolt would screw it? Is there a nut im supposed to put on the bolt inside of the clutch housing? Has anybody ran into this problem?

vallejoda9

great job so far! i plan to do the same swap in my 95 hatch but probably just with a ls tranny. Im looking forward to see how it turns out!

typerturbo29

iTrader: (1)

There should be one long bolt and one short bolt, no nuts inside the case for the starter as far as I remember

strykr89

Good luck!

I can't wait till the weather warms up so that I can do this to my EJ. I got a donor DC4 with a B18B1 w/ B16 (Y21) trans, along with some boltons, ES Inserts and moates demon on my p75 ECU.

EKSedAndy

The starter is held on with two bolts, a shorter one that threads into the tranny housing and a longer bolt that goes through the tranny housing and threads into the engine block. Don't put the starter on until the tranny is bolted to the engine, it will make it much harder to line up the input shaft.

That sensor on the bottom of the tranny is for the reverse lights. If you're using the Integra's engine harness that plug should be in the same loom of wires that run under the distributor.

StreetsideStig

NICE.

Hatchback_Pat

Alright thanks for clearing that up for me. A friend of mine suggested to get a itr final drive kit. He says its a world of difference. He has the same set up in his hatch b18b1 with a gsr tranny and a itr final drive kit.i guess he smokes ls, ls-vtec swapped cars and keeps up if not beats some b16s. Does anybody have a itr final drive kit gsr tranny? Im thinking since i have the tranny off it might be worth getting.

Hatchback_Pat

Thanks good luck with your swap.

lub

looks awesome so far.