S4UCEY

hey, i'm having some issues with my brand new ls/vtec. I just finished doing the conversion and got the engine back on friday. Today i put the motor/tranny in the car. When i connected my battery it sparked all crazy. I disconnected it and waited a few mins and re-connected it. No, sparks this time. I turned the key, and had no power to anything in the car. I took the battery to walmart and they charged it. i put it back in the car after the charge. When i connected the terminals, they got HOT, fast. Then bout 3-4 sec later my ground wire from the tranny->chassis started burning up and smoking all crazy. I let it all cool for a bit and replaced the wire for a bigger one. Reconnected it all and the same thing happened.

So i just pulled out the harness to check for bad wires. checked all the fuses

anybody know what the problem might be?? Everything worked when i pulled my motor. I hydrolocked the ls and built my ls/vtec.

using a obd1 p75 ecu (til i get my p28 chipped), obd1 ls wiring, obd1 b16 dizzy. I still havent got to hear it crank or anything yet.

***95 civic coupe (ex)***
***ls/vtec***
96 b16 head
port and polish
blox dual valve spring
blox titanium retainers
blox cam gears
new valve guides
new valve seals
new valves
ITR cams

98 b18b1 block
bore and hone
vat
reconditioned rods
shotpeened rods
81.5 low compression turbo pistons
acl rod bearings
acl main bearings
acl thrust washers
vtec oil pump
vtec water pump
gsr timing belt
arp rod bolts
arp head bolts
golden eagle ls/vtec conversion kit
full engine gasket set
new starter
obd1 b16 distributor
ceramic headers
cold air intake
full 2.5" exhaust

S4UCEY

I ended up pulling the starter wire and touched the other wire(to the fuse block) to the + then connected the -. No sparks or burning wires. I pulled the starter wire and replaced it, replaced the tranny->chassis ground wire and i was good. I finally was able to start it. Now my only problem is my idle. Its not a steady idle, and sits around 1100-1400 back and forth. Any ideas??