egsmatch911

im doing a swap i have an 1992 eg 5sp with a d15b8 with an lsd tranny that came factory. My motor blew up and my friends dad has an automatic ek with a d16b8 now i want to bolt that motor onto my tranny. Wht will i run into and what harness will i use or what ecu?

CivicSpoon

Once again, your transmission doesn't have LSD if it's the stock transmission. No matter how much you think it has LSD, or how much anyone has told you it is; it's not unless it's an aftermarket LSD or not a USDM transmission. Honda never sold a Civic with a D-series engine that had LSD, here in North America. That is a fact.

With that out of the way. You'll use the stock engine harness, or you could use a '96-'01 Integra engine harness but the stock harness will be easiest. The '96-'00 Civic harness is a 1-piece, unlike the 2-piece of the '92-'95 Civic and Integras, so you can't use it in your car. With the stock harness, you can use your stock distributor, it will bolt right up & has the plugs to match. Use the stock injectors and alternator as well.

For the ECU, you have a couple options. You can use a '92-'95 Si/EX P28, get your stock ECU chipped for VTEC and the correct maps, or buy an OBD1 to OBD2(A or B depending on the year of the ECU) and get the P2P ('96-'00 EX) ECU. But it'd be cheaper and easier to get the P28 or chip your stock ECU.