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Old 12-17-2001, 11:05 AM
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I am wanting to put a 1st gen JDM B16A in my girlfriend's 91 CRX with auto tranny. I have all the parts ready for the manual swap, the Helm's wiring manual and I'll be getting the motor package with HASport mounts. I had a few things that I can't find answers to.
First, I was told there was no US counterpart to the 1st gen B16A distributor. I know lots of people out there have the B16's and I was wondering what distributor they are using when and if it comes time to replace it? Is the PW3 or PW0 ecu a better choice or are they pretty much the same spec wise? I'm still unclear on a few other things but I'll leave those for later posts.
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The distributor uses the same internal parts as a 90-91 Integra. The PR3 ECU is better if you plan to chip the ECU since there are most programs available for it.
Old 12-17-2001, 11:18 AM
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What if you have bearing failure of the distributor housing and need to replace the distributor itself? This happened on my stock VX motor long ago and I had to buy a new distributor, but I retained my old internals.
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In that case you can either buy a used OBD B16 distributor from someone or if you want a brand new one you can use one from an 88-91 Civic/CRX but you have to cut off one of the legs from what I hear. I think this also applies to the 90-91 Integra distributor housings.
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